On another note, just won a MP autographed Badlands on eBay. Hope it'll be here soon
Gratz. The ABUR duals are great in any non-monocolored EDH deck. Got my Badlands many moons ago for Foil Dark Ritual. Scrublands was also in the pile I got from that trade as well. Now, to get the 2 duals that elude me. Underground Sea and Volcanic Island. May have to go with collector's edition on those. Especially since I don't play competitively.
I did have playsets of most duals, since I did run a Grixis Land Destruction deck about 15 years ago. When I went into the military, I got a storage unit and put 99.9% of my magic stuff into storage. Now, this christmas, since I was able to make it back to where they are stored, I found out that through numerous ownership changes and what not, that there is no record of me having a storage unit. So now I'm gradually trying to get back what I lost.
But the greatest things I lost can never be recovered, like all my dad's recipes from when he was alive.
It was a very cold day for me that day...
I removed Nin, the Pain Artist from my build for better cards that have been released in following sets. Nin is amazing, but it came to a point where she was being used to snipe creatures and thus players, but that would leave me open to get ganged up by the other players. That and she's very slow. Drawing her early game was never a good thing. Drawing her mid game wasn't really useful either because by then I already obtained the board presence to take the game.
As for Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, I don't really see him being of much use in this deck. In a Daretti, Scrap Savant deck obviously. But here he's just gonna hinder all our low casting cost enchantments that ping the opponent. No way.
Fate Reforged also revealed a lot of good cards that may be promising with Nekusar, the Mindrazer. Last week I updated my cards.xml with the cards directly from gatherer so I got decent images as well. With some testing I will post my findings on my opinions of these cards the next time I'm around here (as well as my physical deck and how it's been beast, lol).
So since Fate Reforged is completely spoiled, can we talk about new cards? Particularly this card?
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
+2 ability. I can see it being used to tick down opposing planeswalkers or kill problematic creatures.
-X: Can be used as an immediate board wipe for whatever ails us. Maybe can be used as a near reset but leaves us with something.
-10: Can we nearly say game over? With drawing 7 cards and then putting up to 7 on the battlefield, it will be a way to lock-up the game. But I can also see this a win-more card.
I just looked at that link there are some pretty impressive deck lists there. I noticed not a lot of people are running nin the pain artist, spell crumple, telepathy, toxic deluge, cyclonic rift or whirlpool warrior. I love putting out telepathy on turn 1
That link is basically the de facto thread for Nekusar now. Before you posted in here, the last post was in October, basically because we combined the decks in here and made a newer thread for use as a community thread. That is where 99% of the discussion concerning Nekusar is now.
At a quick glance, it's clear my mana could use a huge improvement. I am learning the at and science behind mana and attempting new things. Also, let's remember this deck was built entirely through cards I had collected, I know of about $250 I could spend and already have them on TCG but, I have a hard time justifying more than $4 a card. I also have about 80+ cards I am toying around with putting in.
I cleaned it up a bit for you
To see how I posted the list, just quote and look at the coding. You had forgotten to put numbers in front of the cards. It is a good start. Since you have the Exquisite blood in there, I would run Sanguine Bond so you can have that instant win combo.
Unless my math is wrong, it also looks like you are missing 6 lands/other slots...
I enjoy playing Nekusar, our play group just realized that Nekusar did not do commander damage, lol, needless to say I may have to buff him up a little bit.
Can you post your list? I myself started as a budget player and I have slowly built him up. This is a great group to receive feed back from. Welcome!
May definitely have to try it.
I did have playsets of most duals, since I did run a Grixis Land Destruction deck about 15 years ago. When I went into the military, I got a storage unit and put 99.9% of my magic stuff into storage. Now, this christmas, since I was able to make it back to where they are stored, I found out that through numerous ownership changes and what not, that there is no record of me having a storage unit. So now I'm gradually trying to get back what I lost.
But the greatest things I lost can never be recovered, like all my dad's recipes from when he was alive.
It was a very cold day for me that day...
Bind
What is your paper deck now?
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
+2 ability. I can see it being used to tick down opposing planeswalkers or kill problematic creatures.
-X: Can be used as an immediate board wipe for whatever ails us. Maybe can be used as a near reset but leaves us with something.
-10: Can we nearly say game over? With drawing 7 cards and then putting up to 7 on the battlefield, it will be a way to lock-up the game. But I can also see this a win-more card.
That link is basically the de facto thread for Nekusar now. Before you posted in here, the last post was in October, basically because we combined the decks in here and made a newer thread for use as a community thread. That is where 99% of the discussion concerning Nekusar is now.
To see how I posted the list, just quote and look at the coding. You had forgotten to put numbers in front of the cards. It is a good start. Since you have the Exquisite blood in there, I would run Sanguine Bond so you can have that instant win combo.
Unless my math is wrong, it also looks like you are missing 6 lands/other slots...
Can you post your list? I myself started as a budget player and I have slowly built him up. This is a great group to receive feed back from. Welcome!
5 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Creatures (11)
3 Laboratory Maniac
4 Clever Impersonator
4 Fate Unraveler
4 Sakashima the Impostor
5 Psychosis Crawler
6 Consecrated Sphinx
6 Niv-Mizzit, the Firemind
6 Sire of Insanity
7 Platinum Angel
10 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
11 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Artifacts (14)
0 Mana Crypt
0 Mox Diamond
0 Mox Opal
1 Library of Leng
1 Sol Ring
2 Howling Mine
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Mindcrank
3 Chromatic Lantern
3 Darksteel Plate
3 Temple Bell
4 Helm of Obedience
4 Teferi’s Puzzle Box
5 Memory Jar
Enchantments (18)
1 Bloodchief Ascension
1 Mystic Remora
2 Chains of Mephistopheles
2 Liliana's Caress
2 Waste Not
3 Dictate of Kruphix
3 Megrim
3 Rhystic Study
3 Underworld Dreams
4 Breathstealer's Crypt
4 Dissipation Field
4 Leyline of Anticipation
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Pendrell Mists
4 Stranglehold
5 Exquisite Blood
5 Sanguine Bond
6 Mind Over Matter
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Arcane Denial
2 Cyclonic Rift
3 Hinder
3 Spell Crumple
5 Evacuation
5 Force of Will
Planeswalkers (2)
3 Jace Beleren
5 Tezzeret the Seeker
Sorcery (10)
1 Minds Aglow
1 Winds of Change
2 Black Sun's Zenith
2 Demonic Tutor
3 Toxic Deluge
3 Timetwister
3 Wheel of Fortune
3 Windfall
5 Time Reversal
6 Time Spiral
Lands (37)
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Arid Mesa
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Cavern of Souls
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Flooded Strand
1 Great Furnace
4 Island
1 Mana Confluence
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Polluted Delta
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Steam Vents
1 Strip Mine
2 Swamp
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Watery Grave
1 Wooded Foothills