U/W Delver

Started by Jacetherican, July 08, 2012, 11:50:35 PM

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Jacetherican

I am aware of the rotation and the effect it has on this deck, but we can still use these spells for a bit.  Talrand sky summoner is 2UU at a 2/2, although it may seem slow and expensive unlike restoration angel, this guy is a one man army. Snapcaster only helps him. Delver still benefits from the spells as much as talrand does. I carry no swords here since at times the are a little chunky and most people have answer to them in one form or another.
Geist of Saint Traft is a creature that wins on his one, and i do like him lots. I always have. However, there is going to be lots of aggro and strangleroot geist-dungrove elder are pretty annoying. So i now play 3 instead of 4 like i used to.
I literally dropped both sword of war and peace and a geist of saint traft to add the deck a bit more versability against both aggro and control.
Honestly delver didnt get much if not anything once again, so there isnt much to change. Downpour maybe?
I welcome all  comments

Closing Time

I have wondered if it's possible to add Jace's Phantasm, Thought Scour and Mind Sculpt to a Delver deck to make it even more aggro? Maybe lose Dismember and Talrand. Just mill the opponent enough to get the ten cards in the graveyard

Jacetherican

Quote from: Closing Time on July 10, 2012, 10:51:54 AM
I have wondered if it's possible to add Jace's Phantasm, Thought Scour and Mind Sculpt to a Delver deck to make it even more aggro? Maybe lose Dismember and Talrand. Just mill the opponent enough to get the ten cards in the graveyard

I do like Jace's Phantasm. The problem is if we make room to make it good, we are taking synergy out of the deck.
Mind sculpt is a no no in my opinion. Thought scour is good. Maybe in that mono delvers list

Dudecore

I've never found the swords to be clunky in standard play, and {Spirit Mantle} to be more wieldy in faster games vs. Tokens.

I tried {Talrand, Sky Summoner} tonight in my playgroup, he was super susceptible to removal ({Doom blade}, {Go for the throat}, ect.}, and he has a weak body for 4 CMC.

I'm always on the hunt for the next level Meta deck, but he didn't do it for me. I'm thinking perhaps {Elgaud Shieldmate} to protect him, but even then it's a tough sell.

Often found myself trading him, since it's not quick enough. Which decks did you play this against?

Jacetherican

I learn through playtesting for like six hour that Talrand is a bit soft to removal and that you gotta making him work with other spells, unlike the famous restoration angel. Angel is just better all around , flash flying 3/4 is hard to ignore.
I also learned that Augur of Bolas digs deep for key spells, provides card advange, has great synergy with restoration angel, and can sonewhat fix u draws. For example. Play him, look a the top 3 and u see vapor snag land land. U get what i mean.
He is really good and he is also a wizard.

Jacetherican

Bs mono green aggro
Naya pod
Naya humans
Delver
Esper control
Rg aggro
He shines in the green match ups but soft to bonefire. He is good in the mirror too. If you stabilize with talrand is over, the problem is doing so.

Jacetherican

How can i share a modified version of this deck O_O?