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Storm

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:14 am
by LP, of the Fires
[deck]4 Jeskai Ascendancy
4 Sylvan Caryatid
4 Kiora's Follower
4 Rattleclaw Mystic
4 Divination
3 Treasure Cruise
4 Commune with the Gods
4 Taigam's Scheming
4 Dragon Mantle
1 Crater's Claws
2 Defiant Strike
4 Temple of Epiphany
2 Mystic Monastery
4 Mana Confluence
1 Forest
1 Mountain
4 Frontier Bivouac
1 Plains
2 Island
2 Flooded Strand
1 Windswept Heath[/deck]

Mostly stolen from Sally. The plan is play mana dorks and card draw looking for Jeskai ascendancy. Once it's in play, you combo off either that turn or the next digging through your library building mana to crater's claw them to death. I've killed turn 4 fairly easily with this deck but you literally don't do anything without ascendancy around and you're really soft to agro.

Still draw engines like this are worth investigating.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:42 am
by jsilv
Seems like a great FNM deck. If it had a 2nd engine card I'd like it a hell of a lot more. Still if slow midrange durdle decks are the rage this could be an interesting angle to take.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:12 am
by LP, of the Fires
It's definitely something to keep an eye on.

When it's going off, it feels like you've cast Ancestrall recall, pyromancers ascenscions, past in flames, and Tendrils.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:19 am
by Platypus
There's so much enchantment hate cards in the upcoming Standard than relying on just Jeskai Ascendancy feels very questionable. Even Mardu have access to two easily castable instant exile target enchantment cards (Deicide and Erase). Still, looks like a decent deck in an unknown meta, will take people by surprise. Have to keep this deck in mind, since the engine is powerful.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:14 am
by Pedros
How do you generate enough mana to kill someone with Crater's Claw? I understand this untaping stuff, however you need to have ~3 dorks to genarate between 1-2 mana every spell.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:27 pm
by Tyrael
Well, Mystic generates 4 mana when you morph it so there's that

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:09 pm
by Platypus
Apparently there's a turn 2 kill combo available with Jeskai Ascendancy as well, but that one is very magic christmasland.
Turn 2 kill
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:29 am
by NotARobot
Played around with this a bit earlier

Its hilarious and fun but I think it needs a few negates or something to protect you from that removal they go for when you swing in with a giant guy

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:09 pm
by zenbitz
I think it works with any 0 cost non artifact instead of Cornucopia, right? Tormud's Crypt or Briber's Purse X=0.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:36 pm
by Platypus
Yes, any 0 CC non-Artifact Creature will do.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:11 pm
by NotARobot
Theres a version of this all over running burning anger as the kill condition... its definitely a lot of fun on your hexproof dudes.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:43 pm
by zenbitz
Ha, props for burning anger on and infintely pumped sylvan cartyid. I stopped thinking about burning anger because, you know, 5 drop aura.