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Post by Daij_Djan on Jan 12, 2021 0:42:16 GMT
Welcome to the Deckbuilders' Challenge originally created by sdfkjgh! To participate in this Contest you'll have to design a deck along the contest guidelines and throw it into the arena with other competitors' entries! At the end of every two weeks, a winner will be determined by forum poll, and the winner decides the challenge for the next fortnight's Contest! Here we go, competitors: our twenty-first challenge! The winner of the “Otter this World poll“ was Daij_Djan with... |
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And the challenge issued by our winner was... In case you don't know (to be fair, I'm pretty sure 99% of you don't ), it's actually going to be my birthday in just a few days – so I want you all to build a deck featuring at least one card that gives a „present“ to your opponent(s)!A „present“ could mean many things: Donating a permanent to them, making them create a token, making them draw a card, grant them life.. Feel free to be as creative as you want! Please provide a decklist using deckstats, tappedout or similar. Feel free to add some comments as they will be included in the final poll. Please provide a deck name as well as choose a card to represent your deck in the poll.And now, time to begin the challenge! Best of luck, competitors!
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Post by Flo00 on Jan 13, 2021 20:22:18 GMT
Time to rebuild my Zedruu deck... Gifts for Everyone!I started playing commander with the release of the first commander decks. And Zedruu still has a spot in my heart. I'm still shocked that she isn't a Goat. I also threw in a Generous Gift theme in the removal section. Now all I nedd to do is take out five more cards. The hardest part of deckbuilding... Done. It's nice to have your friends review your decks. Happy Birthday Daij_Djan!
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jan 14, 2021 5:25:51 GMT
Daij_Djan Cheers and happy birthday. Bombshells from the SkyBlock Constructed (Ravnica)So it turns out that Ravnica block actually has all the cards needed to make a win via Bronze Bombshell possible - you get 3 Bronze Bombshells on the fields and donate them all via Sky Swallower to instantly kill your opponent for 21 damage. To increase the likelihood of this happening, we run 4x Mizzium Transreliquat to function as additional copies of it (or just to copy Izzet Signet in a pinch). If we can't get the magical 21 damage, we can still inflict 7-14 damage and use our burn cards to try and burn the opponent out while swinging with our Sky Swallower. Part of the benefit of running 4x Seal of Fire is that we can effectively 'bank' increments of 2 damage this way and throw it all at the opponent on turn 5-7 to push them into the kill range if we don't have enough Bronze Bombshells to do the job. In the event we somehow can't assemble the combo at all or get hit by something like Memoricide or Surgical Extraction, we can still play as a more traditional control deck that attempts to counter or remove all opposition until we can land a big creature to swing in and defeat our opponent.
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Post by Lady Mapi on Jan 14, 2021 6:37:20 GMT
Ugh, I was happily brewing a deck that ramps your opponent right into a waiting Armageddon... and then it sucked. Horribly. I might need to go back to the drawing board there.
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Post by melono on Jan 14, 2021 18:38:20 GMT
Use either Zedruu's ability, or one of your card's abilities, and give everything to everyone! Especially the things that aren't worth jack.
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Post by SilentKobold on Jan 19, 2021 10:01:01 GMT
Once perusing the Youtube comments of an old hearthstone video I found this, now very paraphrased, gem: "How ironic that the goal of many players of playing card games is to prevent the opponent having cards, playing cards, or both."With Vault Keys to Warped Mirrors, Eternal Commands and Fiery Turns, many magic players ask "If I'm having so much fun, why should I stop playing and let my opponent my turn?". Now, in the spirit of that 'one guy' always showing empty handed, Daij I gift to you: infinite time to goldfish, though milling protection I cannot do...
Happy Birthday Daij Djan
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jan 25, 2021 21:52:01 GMT
Big thanks to you all
This thread is now closed, the poll can be found here. And here's the next challenge!
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