Anyone else been running Doom Whisperer? It has been great for me so far. Very efficient beater at 6/6 flying trample, and the instant speed "free" surveil 2 can be amazing to dig through your deck.
This deck looks super fun and I'd like to give it a try. If I do have fast mana rocks like crypt and mox diamond what would you take out? Also would you be considering grim monolith and mana vault?
I'm not a huge fan of mana rocks in a non-combo build of Gitrog. I can see running one or two, but I much prefer direct land ramp. I don't like to power out Gitrog before I have a sustainable land count. Sure you could run both types of ramp, but at what point are you diluting your actual threats?
his +1 triggers once for each creature, right ? so if 3 deal damage, u add 3 counters ? or is it just 1 no matter how many (sorry, no native english speaker)
Correct, triggers for each creature. Otherwise, it would say "whenever one or more creatures...."
Not particularly worse than any other fetch really. Generally we just let them search and say what they are finding then while they are shuffling and such move on to the next turn. Since it's a tapped basic land it generally doesn't impact the game much.
It's a fine card, probably underplayed in the format. I don't see why it would slow down the game any worse than any number of other cards, including any sort of tutor or things like the Top.
I agree that it's similar to a fetch or a tutor; however, this is every turn. Repeatable. Guarantees that slow down every single turn.
How is he doing it every turn? Comes into play tapped.
If you were deciding between the two before actually building your first deck, I would suggest going with Vaevictus Asmadi, the Dire. It can do a lot of what you seem to like with Etali, Primal Storm, more colors is generally stronger than mono red, and like you said, it can include Etali in the 99.
However because you already have the deck built and still seem to be enjoying it, my suggestion would be to take the budget you would use for upgrading/altering Etali and simply build a 2nd deck with a completely different commander archetype or colors. Being newer to EDH, I think you'll get more enjoyment out of having more than one deck to play with, especially if you often play multiple games in a session.
I was in the exact situation as you when I began with a single deck and contemplated a commander shift. I realized I would rather have the variety of options. It kept my first deck fresh and fun for longer. Eventually, I did make the switch in that first deck, but only after I had played it out completely and had other decks to rotate.
Why no skullclamp? I don't see it in the decklist or mentioned in the thread. It seems like an obvious choice in a deck with lots of tokens and sacrifice effects. Is there something I'm missing?
No there is nothing you are missing. It is a great card that works great with 1/1 token builds, or even just as the value of the bigger creature you are sacrificing. I think it was just not mentioned because in these "brew" threads people are usually looking for the bigger, sexier combos and synergy rather than the standard staples.
Not sure why everyone seems to be suggesting multi-color commanders or those that require complicated lines of play. It seems his wife is looking for simpler play and black only.
A good starting point could definitely be Erebos, God of the Dead. Low CMC, indestructible, card draw built right in, can easily come "alive" and beat face, and extremely flexible in the rest of the 99. You can still go the demon theme with the God commanding his minions, but doesn't force her into a single line of play or get her stuck with a high CMC commander who is also a hate-magnet and vulnerable.
Quick question, is this able to return land creatures that die at the same time such as Dryad Arbor or if regular lands are animated with something like Living Plane?
Woo boy, I'm throwing this right into my list. I'm not sad about seeing another Splendid Reclamation in the deck.
Yeah, I'm in the process of building a Gitrog deck and got super excited about this. Wayward Swordtooth is also a great addition or budget version of Azusa, Lost but Seeking
It was already said a few times, but Solemn Simulacrum was definitely the first one that jumped into my mind. I'm relatively new to edh/mtg and this popped up on so many lists and I couldn't wrap my head around the popularity. Just seems so slow to actually do anything.
Blaze Commando. It's a unique effect that isn't quite exactly replicated by any other card that I know of, and it would bring R/W in a it different direction from the usual if built around.
This would be really fun! So different than most RW commanders, and gives some extra ooomph to smaller burn spells that are otherwise inefficient in edh.
Not what I was expecting, but kinda cool. "Each player" will include you so with some top deck manipulation you can stack this pretty nicely. Since most dino decks, especially in EDH will be multicolor, Sensei's Divining Top, Worldly Tutor, Brainstorm, and Vampiric Tutor all make solid cheap options.
Hey guys never played any Commander before... Not sure the size of my local meta(decent size city/store) but do you think Its bad form to be a new guy playing Stax? Is it common in metagames? It seems like such an annoying/unfun deck to play against (the fun part for us).
If it is the only deck you have people might not enjoy playing multiple games in a row with you. I can enjoy playing vs stax, but win or lose, I would be looking around the room for another group after a few games.
Painful Truths draws you 3 cards for 3 mana in one turn. Secrets of the Dead draws you 3 cards over the course of 3 turns assuming Kess is on the battlefield and you have spells to cast from your graveyard. Phyrexian Arena also draws a card every turn, but there isn't a condition to be met.
I do feel Burning Provenance is playable. Being able to Shock a Birds of Paradise or Oracle of Mul Daya whenever you use Kess's ability seems strong.
Think you mean Burning Vengeance? Either way its probably not as strong for the same reason Painful Truths is kinda weak. Unless you are running lots of other flashback or cast from graveyard cards, just a straight lightning bolt twice probably better.
I'm not a huge fan of mana rocks in a non-combo build of Gitrog. I can see running one or two, but I much prefer direct land ramp. I don't like to power out Gitrog before I have a sustainable land count. Sure you could run both types of ramp, but at what point are you diluting your actual threats?
Jokes aside, as an edh player I love this card. "that many" makes it so easy to add counters.
Wouldn't they have to pay 6 life to keep it out of your hand? The effect still triggers twice right?
Correct, triggers for each creature. Otherwise, it would say "whenever one or more creatures...."
How is he doing it every turn? Comes into play tapped.
However because you already have the deck built and still seem to be enjoying it, my suggestion would be to take the budget you would use for upgrading/altering Etali and simply build a 2nd deck with a completely different commander archetype or colors. Being newer to EDH, I think you'll get more enjoyment out of having more than one deck to play with, especially if you often play multiple games in a session.
I was in the exact situation as you when I began with a single deck and contemplated a commander shift. I realized I would rather have the variety of options. It kept my first deck fresh and fun for longer. Eventually, I did make the switch in that first deck, but only after I had played it out completely and had other decks to rotate.
You can always make the switch to Vaevictus Asmadi, the Dire down the road.
No there is nothing you are missing. It is a great card that works great with 1/1 token builds, or even just as the value of the bigger creature you are sacrificing. I think it was just not mentioned because in these "brew" threads people are usually looking for the bigger, sexier combos and synergy rather than the standard staples.
A good starting point could definitely be Erebos, God of the Dead. Low CMC, indestructible, card draw built right in, can easily come "alive" and beat face, and extremely flexible in the rest of the 99. You can still go the demon theme with the God commanding his minions, but doesn't force her into a single line of play or get her stuck with a high CMC commander who is also a hate-magnet and vulnerable.
Yeah, I'm in the process of building a Gitrog deck and got super excited about this. Wayward Swordtooth is also a great addition or budget version of Azusa, Lost but Seeking
This would be really fun! So different than most RW commanders, and gives some extra ooomph to smaller burn spells that are otherwise inefficient in edh.
If it is the only deck you have people might not enjoy playing multiple games in a row with you. I can enjoy playing vs stax, but win or lose, I would be looking around the room for another group after a few games.
Think you mean Burning Vengeance? Either way its probably not as strong for the same reason Painful Truths is kinda weak. Unless you are running lots of other flashback or cast from graveyard cards, just a straight lightning bolt twice probably better.