I generally play kitchen table magic in a meta loaded with tribal deck. That suits me well, since I just happen to love tribal deck! I also have some strict preference when it comes to my decks. One of them is to try to get each color combinations represented in equal proportions.
So far, I have 14 mono-colored tribal decks (3 for each colors except R, which will get its 3rd soon), 12 guild-aligned tribal decks, 1 colorless tribal deck and 1 naya-aligned tribal. Seeing this only makes me want to complete my tribal decks collection with the 9 remaining shards/wedge-aligned tribals I'm missing and, while I'm at it, a 5-colors tribal.
The problem is I want to build these deck without using tribes I already built around. SO, I'd need some suggestions of tribes that would fit for the missing shards/wedges or even decklist for these.
Here's what I have so far:
W
Soldiers
Rebels
Birds
U
Merfolks
Wizards
Illusions
B
Zombies
Vampires
Rats
R
Goblins
Warriors
(Dragons)
G
Elves
Treefolks
Snakes
x
Constructs
WU
Spirits
WB
Clerics
Knights
WR
Giants
WG
Cats
UB
Rogues
UR
Elementals
Weirds
UG
Humans
BR
Minotaurs
BG
Slivers
RG
Beasts
Shamans
WRG
Centaurs
WUR
Monks
BRG
Oozes
WBR
Samurais
Missing color combinations
Abzan
Bant
Esper
Grixis
Sultai
Temur
5-colors
I plan to make the following changes to my currently existing decks to help achieving my goal:
Switch Elementals to a 5-color deck
Switch Beast to Temur-aligned deck
Switch Spirits to an Abzan or Bant-aligned deck, then switch Birds to WU and find another W tribe (Angels?).
Switch Slivers to a Sultai-aligned deck and find another BG tribe.
Switch Dragons to a shard/wedge deck and find another R tribe (Phoenix?)
Switch Humans to a Bant or Sultai-aligned deck and find another UG tribe.
Tribes I'd like to fit in these builds:
Wall (any color combination which include at least G, and ideally W, so I guess Abzan or Bant).
Ally
I don't really care for power level, as long as the deck is fun to play and/or fun to play against. Also, I'm fond of "weird" tribes that don't usually receive much love.
Well, you could easily make your sliver deck 5-colours. Or, Atogatog, if you're feeling silly.
Let's see... a good GB tribe... Nothing really comes to mind... Fungus/ plant, maybe? Spirits? Trolls (there actually seems to be a decent selection)? Demon-ramp?
I would take the Treefolk deck and make it Abzan, and replace the Green deck with a Beast deck or something. Put that Wirewood Savage to good use!
It's a bit hard to find a tribe associated with a wedge, actually.
Alternatively to either of those, Slivers is great as Abzan or Bant. Harmonic Sliver and Predatory Sliver are 100% necessary. I don't know as much about the deck though so I'm not gonna go too in depth. They rock Aether Vial.
That being said, Temur is GREAT for Elementals. You can have a lot of fun with Animar, Soul of Elements and Maelstrom Wanderer. A lot of great Elementals in those colors, and you can make it more blue-focused to make Master of Waves really pop. That way you can make your five color deck into Scarecrows! Reaper King all day.
Warriors works really well for B/G, especially with some of these newer cards. Bramblewood Paragon for days son. Abzan is another good place to take them if you want, they're wasted on monored.
Humans would do best as Bant, all of the best humans are white. Champion of the Parish is completely insane.
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Thanks for your inputs so far. Here's what I should end up with:
W
Soldiers
Rebels
Angels (need to build a decklist)
U
Merfolks
Wizards
Illusions
B
Zombies
Vampires
Rats
R
Goblins
Warriors
Phoenixes (need to build a decklist)
G
Elves
Treefolks
Snakes
x
Constructs
WU
Birds (need to build a decklist)
Humans (need to build a decklist)
WB
Clerics
Knights
WR
Giants
WG
Cats
UB
Ninjas (need to build a decklist)
Rogues
UR
Dragons (need to build a decklist)
UG
Mutants (need to build a decklist)
BR
Minotaurs
BG
Trolls (need to build a decklist)
RG
Shamans
WBG
Walls (need to build a decklist)
WUG
Spirits (need to build a decklist)
WUB
Sphinxes (need to build a decklist)
UBR
Artificers (need to build a decklist)
WUR
Monks
BRG
Oozes (need to build a decklist)
WBR
Samurais
UBG
Slivers (need to build a decklist)
URG
Beasts (need to build a decklist)
WUBRG
Elementals (need to build a decklist)
Total tribal count = 40 decks
So, to sum up, I need to build the following decks to complete my crazy project:
Angels
Phoenixes
Birds (already have some good ideas)
Humans (possibly some kind of a UW Hatebear)
Ninjas (already have some good ideas)
Dragons (built around Dragon Tempest and Scourge of Valakas)
Mutants (already have some good ideas)
Trolls (already have some good ideas)
Walls
Spirits (already have some good ideas)
Sphinxes (already have some good ideas)
Artificers
Oozes
Slivers
Beasts (already have some good ideas)
Elementals (already have some good ideas)
Any suggestions/help with the remaining tribes would be appreciated!
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Here's what should look like the final tribes in my project:
W
Soldiers
Rebels
Pegasus (with some lovely My Little Pony sleeves for the lolz)
U
Merfolks
Wizards
Illusions
B
Zombies
Vampires
Rats
R
Goblins
Warriors
Dragons
G
Elves
Treefolks
Snakes
x
Constructs
WU
Birds
WB
Clerics
Knights
WR
Giants
WG
Cats
UB
Rogues
UR
Artificers
UG
Mutants
BR
Minotaurs
BG
Slivers
RG
Shamans
WRG
Centaurs
WUR
Monks
BRG
Oozes
WBR
Samurais
WBG
Walls
WUG
Spirits
WUB
Sphinxes
UBR
Eldrazis
UBG
Allies
URG
Beasts
WUBRG
Elementals
Another problem arise, minor this time around. I store my casual decks in Fatpacks. Each Fatpack contains five sleeved 60-cards decks. I only have 38 tribal decks to put in these. I need two more!!!
If you need two more, Humans is pretty noticeably absent from your list. They can be in just about any color combo that features white, notably RW Aggro. UB Ninjas is flavorful and would be popular around a casual kitchen table as well. Fungi (GB or Abzan) and Scarecrows (WUBRG!) are two other fun, flavorful decks you could build.
URGImperial AnimarGRU BRGProssh, Tokenmaker of KherGRB WURNarset NostalgicRUW UBR"I like your deck better" JelevaRBU UBlue BraidsU GAzusa, Lost but RampingG
WUHanna, Pillowfort's NavigatorUW WBRAleshacratsBRW UBRGrixis Pew PewRBU URGYasova the ThreateningGRU BGGlissa the ArticiferGB WUSygg MerfolkUW RSquee, Value NabobR
URGImperial AnimarGRU BRGProssh, Tokenmaker of KherGRB WURNarset NostalgicRUW UBR"I like your deck better" JelevaRBU UBlue BraidsU GAzusa, Lost but RampingG
WUHanna, Pillowfort's NavigatorUW WBRAleshacratsBRW UBRGrixis Pew PewRBU URGYasova the ThreateningGRU BGGlissa the ArticiferGB WUSygg MerfolkUW RSquee, Value NabobR
So far, I have 14 mono-colored tribal decks (3 for each colors except R, which will get its 3rd soon), 12 guild-aligned tribal decks, 1 colorless tribal deck and 1 naya-aligned tribal. Seeing this only makes me want to complete my tribal decks collection with the 9 remaining shards/wedge-aligned tribals I'm missing and, while I'm at it, a 5-colors tribal.
The problem is I want to build these deck without using tribes I already built around. SO, I'd need some suggestions of tribes that would fit for the missing shards/wedges or even decklist for these.
Here's what I have so far:
W
Soldiers
Rebels
Birds
U
Merfolks
Wizards
Illusions
B
Zombies
Vampires
Rats
R
Goblins
Warriors
(Dragons)
G
Elves
Treefolks
Snakes
x
Constructs
WU
Spirits
WB
Clerics
Knights
WR
Giants
WG
Cats
UB
Rogues
UR
Elementals
Weirds
UG
Humans
BR
Minotaurs
BG
Slivers
RG
Beasts
Shamans
WRG
Centaurs
WUR
Monks
BRG
Oozes
WBR
Samurais
Missing color combinations
Abzan
Bant
Esper
Grixis
Sultai
Temur
5-colors
I plan to make the following changes to my currently existing decks to help achieving my goal:
Switch Elementals to a 5-color deck
Switch Beast to Temur-aligned deck
Switch Spirits to an Abzan or Bant-aligned deck, then switch Birds to WU and find another W tribe (Angels?).
Switch Slivers to a Sultai-aligned deck and find another BG tribe.
Switch Dragons to a shard/wedge deck and find another R tribe (Phoenix?)
Switch Humans to a Bant or Sultai-aligned deck and find another UG tribe.
Tribes I'd like to fit in these builds:
Wall (any color combination which include at least G, and ideally W, so I guess Abzan or Bant).
Ally
I don't really care for power level, as long as the deck is fun to play and/or fun to play against. Also, I'm fond of "weird" tribes that don't usually receive much love.
Anyone has any inputs?
Walls would be better as Bant
Add green to Knights for abzan
Modern Warp / UR Control / UR Storm / Naya Breachshift / ElectroBalance
Solidarity / Lands / Sneak and Show / Grixis Delver / Reanimator / Belcher / Storm / Dredge
http://archive.wizards.com/magic/displaythemedeck.asp?set=bok&decknum=1&lang=en
Let's see... a good GB tribe... Nothing really comes to mind... Fungus/ plant, maybe? Spirits? Trolls (there actually seems to be a decent selection)? Demon-ramp?
I would take the Treefolk deck and make it Abzan, and replace the Green deck with a Beast deck or something. Put that Wirewood Savage to good use!
It's a bit hard to find a tribe associated with a wedge, actually.
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4 Odious Trow
4 Lotleth Troll
2 Rendclaw Trow
4 Varolz, the Scar-Striped
4 Troll Ascetic
2 Thrun, the Last Troll
2 Mossbridge Troll
4 Utopia Sprawl
4 Wild Growth
2 Engineered Plague
Instants/ Sorceries (8)
4 Doom Blade
2 Dismember
2 Gleeful Sabotage
12 Forest
8 Swamp
UGTurboFogGU
BRSacrificial AggroBR
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EDH
BRRakdos, Lord of PingersBR
GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
UB Ramses OverdarkUB
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GB has a lot of options
3 Doran, the Siege Tower
3 Overgrown Battlement
4 Shield Sphere
4 Treefolk Harbinger
4 Wall of Blossoms
4 Wall of Omens
3 Wall of Roots
4 Wall of Souls
2 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Idyllic Tutor
Enchantments (4):
4 Rolling Stones
Land (22):
2 Forest
4 Godless Shrine
4 Murmuring Bosk
4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Temple Garden
4 Verdant Catacombs
For Allies, Naya is the best choice but Bant can be fine. White is absolutely necessary as it gives you Hada Freeblade, Champion of the Parish (honorary ally), Kazandu Blademaster, Kabira Evangel, Talus Paladin, and Mirror Entity; I also like putting Abzan Falconer in the deck. Blue gives you Jwari Shapeshifter and Umara Raptor, plus a little Phantasmal Image action as well as counterspells so you can just play under an Aether Vial. Green gives you Oran-Rief Survivalist mainly, and Harabaz Druid if you want it (I'm not a big fan of Vastwood Animist). The cool thing about allies is any color combo can technically work as long as you build the deck right, I'm pondering a controlly Esper build right now in fact.
Alternatively to either of those, Slivers is great as Abzan or Bant. Harmonic Sliver and Predatory Sliver are 100% necessary. I don't know as much about the deck though so I'm not gonna go too in depth. They rock Aether Vial.
The tribe designed for five color back in Morningtide was Elementals. Primal Beyond is a pretty sweet land, you get fixing with Smokebraider, and some cool dudes like Horde of Notions, Incandescent Soulstoke, Fusion Elemental, and depending on how you build it you can even rock Master of Waves really well. There are a huge number of cards available to this deck.
That being said, Temur is GREAT for Elementals. You can have a lot of fun with Animar, Soul of Elements and Maelstrom Wanderer. A lot of great Elementals in those colors, and you can make it more blue-focused to make Master of Waves really pop. That way you can make your five color deck into Scarecrows! Reaper King all day.
Warriors works really well for B/G, especially with some of these newer cards. Bramblewood Paragon for days son. Abzan is another good place to take them if you want, they're wasted on monored.
Humans would do best as Bant, all of the best humans are white. Champion of the Parish is completely insane.
Fungus is a fun Abzan tribe. All the Thallid buddies, white and black give you Deathspore Thallid, Mycologist, Pallid Mycoderm, and Ghave, Guru of Spores. OF course you can just ditch white and go B/G with Thelon of Havenwood.
A replacement U/G tribe that I enjoy is Snakes. Mystic Snake, Seshiro the Annoited, Sosuke, Son of Seshiro, Winged Coatl, River Boa and Mire Boa, Lorescale Coatl (with Brainstorm? Yeah). It's kinda goofy but it's fun.
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W
Soldiers
Rebels
Angels (need to build a decklist)
U
Merfolks
Wizards
Illusions
B
Zombies
Vampires
Rats
R
Goblins
Warriors
Phoenixes (need to build a decklist)
G
Elves
Treefolks
Snakes
x
Constructs
WU
Birds (need to build a decklist)
Humans (need to build a decklist)
WB
Clerics
Knights
WR
Giants
WG
Cats
UB
Ninjas (need to build a decklist)
Rogues
UR
Dragons (need to build a decklist)
UG
Mutants (need to build a decklist)
BR
Minotaurs
BG
Trolls (need to build a decklist)
RG
Shamans
WBG
Walls (need to build a decklist)
WUG
Spirits (need to build a decklist)
WUB
Sphinxes (need to build a decklist)
UBR
Artificers (need to build a decklist)
WUR
Monks
BRG
Oozes (need to build a decklist)
WBR
Samurais
UBG
Slivers (need to build a decklist)
URG
Beasts (need to build a decklist)
WUBRG
Elementals (need to build a decklist)
Total tribal count = 40 decks
So, to sum up, I need to build the following decks to complete my crazy project:
Angels
Phoenixes
Birds (already have some good ideas)
Humans (possibly some kind of a UW Hatebear)
Ninjas (already have some good ideas)
Dragons (built around Dragon Tempest and Scourge of Valakas)
Mutants (already have some good ideas)
Trolls (already have some good ideas)
Walls
Spirits (already have some good ideas)
Sphinxes (already have some good ideas)
Artificers
Oozes
Slivers
Beasts (already have some good ideas)
Elementals (already have some good ideas)
Any suggestions/help with the remaining tribes would be appreciated!
Tooth and Nail
8 Rack
Mono Red Storm
Elves
R/G Tron
2 Swamp
4 Island
2 Plains
4 Ancient Den
4 Arcane Sanctum
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Vault of Whispers
3 Vexing Sphinx
4 Sphinx Summoner
3 Jelenn Sphinx
3 Arbiter of the Ideal
2 Medomai the Ageless
2 Sharuum the Hegemon
3 Enigma Sphinx
2 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Sol Ring
2 Azorius Signet
2 Dimir Signet
3 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Tinker
3 Utter End
2 Rescue from the Underworld
@ reeeech: One of my Buddy already has one.
I have a UBR Mishra Artificer deck, but it is not really tribal:
1 Vault Of Whispers
4 Seat Of The Synod
1 Great Furnace
9 Island
3 Polluted Delta
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
3 Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
4 Tangle Wire
3 Esperzoa
4 Pentad Prism
3 Executioner's Capsule
2 Tsabo's Web
2 Blood Clock
4 Epochrasite
3 Thirst for Knowledge
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
These are the decks that I have constructed, and are ready to play:
01. Ankh Sligh to be exact.
Here's what should look like the final tribes in my project:
W
Soldiers
Rebels
Pegasus (with some lovely My Little Pony sleeves for the lolz)
U
Merfolks
Wizards
Illusions
B
Zombies
Vampires
Rats
R
Goblins
Warriors
Dragons
G
Elves
Treefolks
Snakes
x
Constructs
WU
Birds
WB
Clerics
Knights
WR
Giants
WG
Cats
UB
Rogues
UR
Artificers
UG
Mutants
BR
Minotaurs
BG
Slivers
RG
Shamans
WRG
Centaurs
WUR
Monks
BRG
Oozes
WBR
Samurais
WBG
Walls
WUG
Spirits
WUB
Sphinxes
UBR
Eldrazis
UBG
Allies
URG
Beasts
WUBRG
Elementals
Another problem arise, minor this time around. I store my casual decks in Fatpacks. Each Fatpack contains five sleeved 60-cards decks. I only have 38 tribal decks to put in these. I need two more!!!
If you need two more, Humans is pretty noticeably absent from your list. They can be in just about any color combo that features white, notably RW Aggro. UB Ninjas is flavorful and would be popular around a casual kitchen table as well. Fungi (GB or Abzan) and Scarecrows (WUBRG!) are two other fun, flavorful decks you could build.
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He's got them under RBW.
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Modern: BRGLiving EndGRB
Legacy: UBGShardless BUGGBU
BRGProssh, Tokenmaker of KherGRB
WURNarset NostalgicRUW
UBR"I like your deck better" JelevaRBU
UBlue BraidsU
GAzusa, Lost but RampingG
WBRAleshacratsBRW
UBRGrixis Pew PewRBU
URGYasova the ThreateningGRU
BGGlissa the ArticiferGB
WUSygg MerfolkUW
RSquee, Value NabobR
W
Soldiers
Rebels
Pegasi (will be switched to Angels)
U
Merfolks
Wizards
Illusions
B
Zombies
Vampires
Demons
R
Goblins
Warriors
Phoenixes
G
Elves
Treefolks
Hydras
x
Constructs
Eldrazis
Golems
Myrs
Scarecrows
WU
Advisors
Birds
WB
Clerics
Knights
WR
Dwarves
Giants
WG
Cats
Dinosaurs
UB
Faeries
Rogues
UR
Artificers
Weirds
UG
Mutants
Snakes
BR
Minotaurs
Pirates
BG
Fungi
Slivers
RG
Beasts
Shamans
WBG
Walls
WUG
Spirits
WUB
Sphinxes
UBR
Dragons
WUR
Monks
BRG
Oozes
WBR
Samurais
UBG
Allies
URG
Elementals
Total tribal count = 50 decks
I will gladly share any decklist you might be interested in