First of all, I don't like it, I love it! Nice work!!
But, kind of a different deck. I thought we had an active angels thread. But I did a quick search and didn't find it. If there had been a thread, I wouldn't have wanted to poach.
So it looks to me like the coast is clear. I would say you could include it as a valid way to go. I have certainly lost to Angels decks in the past, so they haven't been bad and Feather reusing protection spells seems like it could improve them.
If I missed an active angels thread, I apologize to all involved.
Played more control decks. After all, I might not yet be ready to make this primer.
There is an argument for making at least a placeholder thread and improving over time. I'd be glad to help with formatting and filler. Just let me know.
I play Arena, so "cost" works a little differently for me than paper magic players. I only have a couple of copies at most of the more commonly recommended cards like Adanto Vanguard. I figured consistency was more important than including my single copy of Dauntless Bodyguard.
I may be misunderstanding, but I disagree. I think that if Adanto Vanguard is better than, say, Viashino Pyromancer, then two of each is better than 4 of the weaker card. Further, if you want to cut an excess Charge or two and put in one or two of a better creature, that seems like a slam dunk to me. An additional benefit of running less than full playsets would be to learn what cards work best in which matchups. Then you will be able to tweak your deck for an expected meta. This could even translate to sideboarding skill.
Longer answer: try packing all the rare duals in a deck. You need 19 W sources for a 90 % chance of casting Feather on T3. You have 16 and having to make R makes it even harder. Now consider Niv. Two thirds of your lands only tap for one useful color. You are likely to need 8 or more lands to cast him. Feather seems best in an Aggro or tempo shell. 8 lands is a lot.
Nice work on the decktags! That seems like more pump spells than I would want. I think I would replace a Charge or three with creatures. I would also replace 1-2 Mountans with Plains. Light Up the Stage is an idea for the deck.
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin definitely is a card to consider. I'm shocked he completely overlooked Jeskai though.
It looked to me like a decently researched article. I think he found Dive Down, but not Beamsplitter and thought U didn't have enough. I am not endorsing his conclusions, but rather offering his article as a vein of ideas to be mined.
I think someone (maybe in a Reddit thread?) found Krenko unimpressive, but maybe they were testing it differently. Soon, we get to see!
Decktags are super easy and great for allowing people to view your deck more easily, described here or "quote" a post with a spiffy decklist and see how it's done.
I mostly draft, so I end up with a random assortment of rares that I use to fulfill quests when I bomb out of drafts.
That said, I imagine that you have gotten the starter decks from your singleton Boros rare lands. I like building around Heroic Reinforcements and I agree that 4 Act of Treason seems like too much.
With 3-4 more duals (to get to 18-19 W sources, you could add WW cards like History of Benalia and Leonin Warleader. With or without Warleader, you could try Ajani's Pridemate with your Hawks and Leonin Vanguards.
Wow thank you all so much for responding to my little brew, I got my shell on pre order so I'll give it a try,
Is this sarcasm about the other Feather thread? I didn't even look until I saw this. I could tell from the title that I wasn't interested, but I would have looked if you had posted in this thread.
Jeskai is VERY interesting and with a mana base this good why not play three colors will probably drop more money in if I like how the deck feels
Yes, and I think Ryder052 has been very creative in addition to testing. I can imagine a meta where a Jeskai Aggro-Control/Tempo deck could be powerful.
I've found Mardu to be pretty good at racing opposing creature decks. I play 4 Blessing of Belzenlok, lifelink is huge and it's been a better Intergity overall.
Cool. List, please? I am curious about whether Judith fits. Bladebrand is a cantrips, but it doesn't seem that useful.
Thanks! Your list seems really good to me. I've been happy with Muldrotha, the Gravetide in my Sultai list, but I can't clearly say that it's better than anything you have. Muldrotha seems possible for sideboard consideration, even if it doesn't fit main. The Incubation Druids add value to Frilled Mystic, as you can hold up Mystic or Incubation Druid activation, but that is still marginal value (On Christmas, Frilled Mystic to counter Kaya's Wrath, then podding out of Frilled Mystic seems awesome.). Vraska is interesting. Hydroid Krasis is another obvious value play, not really synergistic with Vannifar, but probably good enough.
On the draw, playing a T3 Feather into a T4 Kaya's Wrath seems bad.
I am also a strong believer in my ignorance and the value of testing everything anyone thinks is good.
We need an effective combination of lands, creatures and pump spells. I can see putting in card selection cantrips like Opt. Getting good combinations of ramp, lands, creatures and pump spells doesn't seem impossible. But counting on that possibility just seems fraught to me.
Currently I am most interested in Boros Aggro, Naya Aggro and Jeskai Tempo versions.
But, kind of a different deck. I thought we had an active angels thread. But I did a quick search and didn't find it. If there had been a thread, I wouldn't have wanted to poach.
So it looks to me like the coast is clear. I would say you could include it as a valid way to go. I have certainly lost to Angels decks in the past, so they haven't been bad and Feather reusing protection spells seems like it could improve them.
If I missed an active angels thread, I apologize to all involved.
Short answer: no
Longer answer: try packing all the rare duals in a deck. You need 19 W sources for a 90 % chance of casting Feather on T3. You have 16 and having to make R makes it even harder. Now consider Niv. Two thirds of your lands only tap for one useful color. You are likely to need 8 or more lands to cast him. Feather seems best in an Aggro or tempo shell. 8 lands is a lot.
Please let us know how you fare with it.
I think someone (maybe in a Reddit thread?) found Krenko unimpressive, but maybe they were testing it differently. Soon, we get to see!
Decktags are super easy and great for allowing people to view your deck more easily, described here or "quote" a post with a spiffy decklist and see how it's done.
I mostly draft, so I end up with a random assortment of rares that I use to fulfill quests when I bomb out of drafts.
That said, I imagine that you have gotten the starter decks from your singleton Boros rare lands. I like building around Heroic Reinforcements and I agree that 4 Act of Treason seems like too much.
With only W 1 drops, your manabase seems skewed wrong. I would have 10 Plains and 8 Mountains to go with your 5 duals. With that manabase, I would look to add Legion's Landing, Legion Warboss, Tithe Taker, Venerated Loxodon, Tajic, Legion's Edge, and Unbreakable Formation if you have any. Other cards I have filled out my Boros deck with include Snubhorn Sentry, Adanto Vanguard, Skymarcher Aspirant, Hunted Witness and Rustwing Falcon, but I am not saying that these are better than what you have.
With 3-4 more duals (to get to 18-19 W sources, you could add WW cards like History of Benalia and Leonin Warleader. With or without Warleader, you could try Ajani's Pridemate with your Hawks and Leonin Vanguards.
Here is one of my random piles for reference:
4 Hunted Witness (GRN) 15
2 Rustwing Falcon (M19) 36
2 Skymarcher Aspirant (RIX) 21
2 Adanto Vanguard (XLN) 1
2 Tithe Taker (RNA) 27
3 Legion Warboss (GRN) 109
2 Venerated Loxodon (GRN) 30
4 Boros Challenger (GRN) 156
1 Tajic, Legion's Edge (GRN) 204
2 Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice (GRN) 153
4 Lava Coil (GRN) 108
2 History of Benalia (DAR) 21
1 Unbreakable Formation (RNA) 29
1 Chance for Glory (GRN) 159
4 Heroic Reinforcements (M19) 217
1 Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants (M19) 3
Land
5 Mountain (RIX) 195
10 Plains (RIX) 192
4 Boros Guildgate (GRN) 243
3 Sacred Foundry (GRN) 254
1 Clifftop Retreat (DAR) 239
I hope this helps!
Yes, and I think Ryder052 has been very creative in addition to testing. I can imagine a meta where a Jeskai Aggro-Control/Tempo deck could be powerful.
Yet another Reddit thread, this time for Temur.
I am also a strong believer in my ignorance and the value of testing everything anyone thinks is good.
We need an effective combination of lands, creatures and pump spells. I can see putting in card selection cantrips like Opt. Getting good combinations of ramp, lands, creatures and pump spells doesn't seem impossible. But counting on that possibility just seems fraught to me.
Currently I am most interested in Boros Aggro, Naya Aggro and Jeskai Tempo versions.