I played Magic for years until I had my collection of every single planes walker stolen. We're talking Foil Mindsculptor, Jace Beleren Alternate artwork from the book, etc. I quit around the time Return to Ravnica started, I started playing in Shards of Alara. So my friends have finally convinced me to get back in the game. I want to, just not standard. So I am trying to build a "Modern" deck to play with. I want to use Geist of Saint Traft and the new Geist cards. I also saw a UWR Delver Geist deck, but it is pretty expensive... I need help making a Geist deck that can compete or at least hold its own to the modern "meta". What is the best possible deck I can build using cards like Rattlechains? Thanks for all your help!
Geist is very powerful with Noble Hierarch. Turn 2 geist is awesome in modern!!!! you get the exalted trigger AND the angel. 4 nobles ain't cheap tho. maybe start with 4 birds. I used to run 4 noble and 1 birds. I like remand with Geist, you just need to buy a few turns. Remand does exactly that. Elspeth pumping him is also really fast. he dies to almost all mass removal at 2 toughness, so maybe run indestructible or bounce effects. new 2/1 spirit in Eldritch Moon cost 2 flash sac it:creatures you control are indestructible until EOT. seems really strong. try running "unsubstantiate" it just came out in the new set as well so itll be cheap. it can bounce a spell or creature to its owners hand. with geist that also seems amazing. its like the 5-8 remand. going bant also allows for serious pressure in GW colors. voice of resurgence, pridemage, loxodon smiter, scooze, goyf(too much $) and other stuff. removal is path to exile! dromokas command! or you can go more control and not play green. play more counters and draws and bounces. maybe cryptic command. not sure where you wanna head!
-Mace
EDIT: really sorry to hear about you having your planeswalker collection stolen. That f*(king sucks
I played Magic for years until I had my collection of every single planes walker stolen. We're talking Foil Mindsculptor, Jace Beleren Alternate artwork from the book, etc. I quit around the time Return to Ravnica started, I started playing in Shards of Alara. So my friends have finally convinced me to get back in the game. I want to, just not standard. So I am trying to build a "Modern" deck to play with. I want to use Geist of Saint Traft and the new Geist cards. I also saw a UWR Delver Geist deck, but it is pretty expensive... I need help making a Geist deck that can compete or at least hold its own to the modern "meta". What is the best possible deck I can build using cards like Rattlechains? Thanks for all your help!
-Mace
EDIT: really sorry to hear about you having your planeswalker collection stolen. That f*(king sucks
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/developing-competitive-modern/220049-uwr-midrange
It's not cheap, but use it as a guideline as it's arguably the most powerful Geist-centered deck out there (and really, one of the few).
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