Bolas control

Started by Greg54js, September 17, 2012, 09:20:49 PM

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Greg54js

Okay guys I'm really looking for honest opinions and real suggestions. I'm looking to make a bolas control deck that will last through RTR. I need cards suggestions. Especially for the mana base.

Kaleo42

{pillar of flame}, {bonfire of the damned}, {temporal mastery}, {dissipate}, {gilded lotus}, {stensia blood hall}, {nephelia drownyard}, {devastation tide}, {think twice}, {thundermaw hellkite}, {grislebrand},
And personally id add {deadeye navigator} and {zealous conscripts} as a certain end game if you manage to maintain card advantage. Ive seen both {archeomancer} and {snapcaster mage} do a lot in this type of deck. {vampire nighthawk} and {ghostly flicker} tend to kinda define how the deck plays early. Nighthawk leans toward pump and block/ lifegain or evasive beat into range of a burn spell. Flicker calls for {talrand, sky summoner} and the possibility of infinite drakes with {archeomancer} and {gilded lotus} being blinked by {ghostly flicker}.

Greg54js

Kaleo I love the card selections but I wanna focus more o the control aspect. I think conscript navigator is a good control theme along with the board wipes. However the thundermaw I feel is too much of an aggro-y type creature.

Kaleo42

Thundermaw is actually a great control card. His combo of haste and tap the blockers allows for a great finishing blow in a control deck that by nature deals a lot of damage.

Greg54js

My other issue is he's still 20 bucks a piece right? That's a little out of the price range currently

Crapshooter

Go G/U control with gilded lotus, avacyn's pilgrim and omniscience

Greg54js

Quote from: Crapshooter on September 18, 2012, 07:51:46 AM
Go G/U control with gilded lotus, avacyn's pilgrim and omniscience
No I want grixis colors

Crapshooter

Quote from: Greg54js on September 18, 2012, 11:52:17 AM
Quote from: Crapshooter on September 18, 2012, 07:51:46 AM
Go G/U control with gilded lotus, avacyn's pilgrim and omniscience
No I want grixis colors

But, kill, counter, bolas. Snapcaster and the 4 cmc 6/6 in rtr for creatures and rakdos's return for a little more control.

Crapshooter


Greg54js

Crapshooter. I understand the G/U manabase but I want it to be a true {R}{U}{B} deck

Crapshooter

That is b/u/r mana base. If you're going for control, you don't need too many creatures, just creatures that help control the board and a 6/6 that they have to sacrifice against only helps keep them in line.