So i want to build Esika, God of the Tree ....more accurately I want to build The Prismatic Bridge .
so once the Bridge is in play I'm going to hit a creature or walker every turn until i run out, no chance of whiffing like Golos. My thought is that this allows me to play way too many rocks, like all of the signets and talismans, all of them, and a high number of like Cultivate and other ramp cards, no mana dorks.
so if you were going to build this deck with 10-15 haymakers, all in the vein of 'answer each and every one of these by themselves or you die' what would make your short list? I don't want combos or situational cards or anything like that, I want the cards that if they hit and are all alone and they are not answered, they are a huge problem. I'd also like to play stuff that doesn't get played too much because casting cost. Things like
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"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
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so once the Bridge is in play I'm going to hit a creature or walker every turn until i run out, no chance of whiffing like Golos. My thought is that this allows me to play way too many rocks, like all of the signets and talismans, all of them, and a high number of like Cultivate and other ramp cards, no mana dorks.
so if you were going to build this deck with 10-15 haymakers, all in the vein of 'answer each and every one of these by themselves or you die' what would make your short list? I don't want combos or situational cards or anything like that, I want the cards that if they hit and are all alone and they are not answered, they are a huge problem. I'd also like to play stuff that doesn't get played too much because casting cost. Things like
Novablast Wurm
Godsire
Sunblast Angel
Garruk, Apex Predator
Eldrazi titans
Ugin the Spirit Dragon
every version of Nicol Bolas
what else would you include? your list of 'i am absolutely the archenemy
Then you have infinite godo tokens and combats.
Oh, you said no combos. Mb
But interestingly you could build the deck with no little creatures and just use non-creature spells for all your low-cost spells.
Tidespout tyrant is one of those high-value high cost cards
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I did try to experiment with just Esika, God of the Tree to utilize turning my Legendary Creatures into mana dorks though that would require me to run Sakashima of a Thousand Faces just to pay the 5 Kicker for Rite of Replication to make five copies of Sakashima that can now tap for one mana of any color with Esika, God of the Tree. Leyline of Singularity was also an option with non-Legendary Creatures but was too risky with not hitting the right creatures and planeswalkers with The Prismatic Bridge. If Indestructible is a problem just run Shadowspear, Bonds of Mortality, and Hour of Devastation.
Hope that helps and good luck!
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
Brooding Saurian would be a tough fit since Esika wants to run as few creatures as possible to get the most out of the creatures she gets with The Prismatic Bridge. Both Brand and Gruul Charm are excellent techs against Tergrid though I'm not sure how she interacts with Library of Leng though. Other than that, Esika is quite fun to play while also having ways of dealing with indestructible with Bonds of Mortality, Shadowspear, and Hour of Devastation for when you want to utilize Child of Alara and Reaper King.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta