I'm trying to put together a fairly budget deck for girlfriend. She's not overly competitive and quite a Timmy when she plays. She's solely interested in getting out a few scary dragons. As such, the deck I'm trying to put together for her tries to get out some big dragons as reliably, and consistently as possible.
The deck right now is about 50/50 big dragons and saprolings. I figured that while a 6/6 is big, it's no where what you'd get from a Devour 2 creature and as such, I've tried to make sure she's usually got some dragon fodder around.
So far she's pretty happy with the deck, but I wanted to post it on here for some help with the consistency. It tends to be a little hit or miss right now and I'd like to tighten the list up somewhat.
I've arranged the list by Card type and subsequently by converted mana cost.
We play together in meta that varies in terms of commanders, strategy, and competitiveness. For a rough idea we've got Mimeoplasm, Lazav, and Mirko Vosk on mill;Sharuum with artifact combo (no infinite); Ghave, Aurelia, Krenko, and Trostani are all very heavy into to tokens; a new Zurtron deck; and an infect deck. Having said that, there are a number of other decks, I'm forgetting and at least two more heavy elf-token decks (Rys and Ezuri). As such, I've built the deck in mind for those (and with a lot of consideration to the budget). Also, green ramp is a very prominent archetype in our group.
The meta I'm trying to build for, in terms of power levels, is really varied too. Honestly, imagine if you took a bunch of really powerful decks and replaced all their draw spells with other good stuff. That's what people play, and my moderately strong, but very consistent, decks tend to win a lot of games just because I can get what I want instead of being mana drought early in the game, or being flooded when you need some threats.
Things I've noticed are that I might need more Devour focus or to just chop it, and much more answers. Looking at the list, I see that there it's a little all over the place and need help to figure out where to focus it.
Like I said, she really loves playing and dropping huge dragons, but hasn't overly much interest in deckbuilding. Which isn't an issue for me because I love deckbuilding, but I do think that the deck would perform better if she was a little more involved in the deck. I'll think of ways to do this.
Thanks for reading this and if anyone would like any more clarification on the specific card choices, let me know.
The deck right now is about 50/50 big dragons and saprolings. I figured that while a 6/6 is big, it's no where what you'd get from a Devour 2 creature and as such, I've tried to make sure she's usually got some dragon fodder around.
So far she's pretty happy with the deck, but I wanted to post it on here for some help with the consistency. It tends to be a little hit or miss right now and I'd like to tighten the list up somewhat.
I've arranged the list by Card type and subsequently by converted mana cost.
6 Darigaaz, the Igniter
Lands
9 Mountain
9 Forest
6 Swamp
1 Rakdos Guildgate
1 Golgari Guildgate
1 Gruul Guildgate
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Gruul Turf
1 Terrain Generator
1 Darigaaz's Caldera
1 Cathedral of War
1 Fungal Reaches
1 Transguild Promenade
Creatures
1 Elvish Pioneer
2 Gyre sage
2 Viridian Emissary
3 Yavimaya Elder
3 Farhaven Elf
5 Seedguide Ash
7 Sylvan Primordial
3 Thunder-Thrash Elder
4 Thorn-Thrash Viashino
4 Hellkite Hatchling
6 Predator Dragon
6 Preyseizer Dragon
4 Archwing Dragon
5 Hunted Dragon
6 Moonveil Dragon
6 Steel Hellkite
6 Dragon Broodmother
6 Moltensteel Dragon
6 Hellkite Tyrant
7 Imperial Hellkite
8 Utvara Hellkite
2 Reassembling Skeleton
3 Psychotrope Thallid
4 Algae Gharial
4 Creakwood Liege
5 Mycoloth
6 Dragonlair Spider
4 Anger
4 Dimir Houseguard
Artifacts
1 Skullclamp
1 Skyblinder Staff
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Spawning Pit
3 Whispersilk Cloak
3 Darksteel Ingot
3 Strider Harness
3 Crystal Ball
6 Staff of Nin
1 Tragic Slip
2 Tribute to the Wild
3 Annihilating Fire
3 Natural End
3 Crushing Vines
Sorceries
1 Vandalblast
5 Dregs of Sorrow
5 Yawning Fissure
1 Disentomb
2 Disturbed Burial
1 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Genesis Wave
5 Diabolic Revelation
9 Dragonstorm
3 Far Wanderings
3 Journey of Discovery
3 Cultivate
4 Explosive Vegetation
7 Boundless Realms
Planeswalkers
4 Koth of the Hammer
4 Garruk Wild-Speaker
Enchantments
2 Aspect of Mongoose
3 Fecundity
3 Stab Wound
4 Gruul War Chant
4 Parallel Lives
We play together in meta that varies in terms of commanders, strategy, and competitiveness. For a rough idea we've got Mimeoplasm, Lazav, and Mirko Vosk on mill;Sharuum with artifact combo (no infinite); Ghave, Aurelia, Krenko, and Trostani are all very heavy into to tokens; a new Zurtron deck; and an infect deck. Having said that, there are a number of other decks, I'm forgetting and at least two more heavy elf-token decks (Rys and Ezuri). As such, I've built the deck in mind for those (and with a lot of consideration to the budget). Also, green ramp is a very prominent archetype in our group.
The meta I'm trying to build for, in terms of power levels, is really varied too. Honestly, imagine if you took a bunch of really powerful decks and replaced all their draw spells with other good stuff. That's what people play, and my moderately strong, but very consistent, decks tend to win a lot of games just because I can get what I want instead of being mana drought early in the game, or being flooded when you need some threats.
Things I've noticed are that I might need more Devour focus or to just chop it, and much more answers. Looking at the list, I see that there it's a little all over the place and need help to figure out where to focus it.
Like I said, she really loves playing and dropping huge dragons, but hasn't overly much interest in deckbuilding. Which isn't an issue for me because I love deckbuilding, but I do think that the deck would perform better if she was a little more involved in the deck. I'll think of ways to do this.
Thanks for reading this and if anyone would like any more clarification on the specific card choices, let me know.
Edit: Wanted to add a quick list of the cards I'm considering adding: mwonvuli acid-moss, Rampant Growth, Growth Spasm, Sign in Blood[/c], silent arbiter. I just found these in pile of considered additions.