Try to find 1 drops for Hussar. Typically when wizards limits an ability to once per turn, it's a pretty broken ability. Especially if simply playing a creature untaps that creature
Your card of choice to abuse yard is snap. You start adding in goyf's and flayers and then graveyard hate comes along... In colorless form in every sideboard... And you fold. You'd be better off running shadow, Bob, and snap.
That way, yard hate merely makes a piece of your deck ineffective rather than completely shutting it down.
Hey there abzan players. Are you upset with blood moon decks? Feel like your greedy Mana base has a tough time again land hate? Sick and tired of seeing opt and Snapcaster Mage dismantle your deck? Step no further:
Traverse is a sorcery. What exactly are you going to do with it on turn 2? Why are you rushing to enable it for colors that are generally restrictive to answers in creature form.
If you want to focus on anything for sultai it's 4 snapcaster mage's where stuff like grisly salvage, thought scour, azcanta become much much better. Where you're using your graveyard as a resource rather than for delirium.
Slamming goyf in with delirium is a HUGE mistake. I had an assault loam deck before. It didn't take me long to swap goyf for hollow one? Why? It's more resilient and is a threat that IS NOT dependant on the yard. It's an attack from a different angle rather than just scooping to yard hate. That hate comes in many forms and is in every sideboard.
Assassin's Trophy was an absolute gift from God for BGx. Sure you have fulminator in your sb for Tron. But Trophy catches all with so many 3 color decks running around and it's maindecked.
Have you played against someone running decay and trophy as an 8-of? Spoiler: The games go super long.
Additionally, Vraska GQ is a strong card. A 4 Mana 6 loyalty walker with decay as it's minus is no joke and is an excellent walker in a control shell.
There's that bg enchantment that flips to a land. Forgot what it's called but Steve, ewit, stitch all like it. liliana's indignation is a funny card if u can dope up a creature deck or have excessive Mana.
I think the right configuration is 3 chords, 2 glares, and 2 hussars. With full sisters and auriok. Everytime I play with throne I get the same impression, powerful, but don't build around. Pure 1 of.
Deck does need some interaction with board wipes. Ranks is sometimes good, but really only against a mass of targeted removal.
I've been toying with the green saproling makers because thune flat out ends the game if they don't path it right away. Wooded bastion is a better answer for convoke.
I could see the vehicles being useful against board wipes, but so are manlands? Like Wildwood. Interesting.
Any thoughts on garruk? I can think of a lot of situations where all 3 of his abilities are useful
Lots of decks pack land destruction. So I'd rather run sprout swarm over lgeions, ss comes with convoke. Sure it's counterable but choke is green which packs the most sideboard options for blue. I dont even see sprout swarm as really playable, it's slow and 5 Mana for a token is a lot. You STILL need a board for it to find grace. And that's the thing. What's going to build your board. So far Emmara Glare with a chorded Thune is the core.
I'm running 12 sisters. Been exploring the green token makers and white token makers. Chording Thune is generally a game ender as they're probably going to kill emmara first, before they see it. Chord end step is an emblem or 2. And then more emblems simply by attacking with emmara casting creatures etc.
Glare is also a great enabler. It's a slower win. But it's super effective against those big delve creatures or most fatties. Emrakul ain't a problem.
I almost want to run leyline of sanctity main board as the deck has an incredible matchup against any aggro or creature based matchup.
Hussar is the other enabler, and the lands of course.
Chord, Glare, and hussar are all difficult for opponent to deal with if your not in blue/black. I haven't tested it, but I'm not fond of copter. I could be wrong, but it's an artifact enabler that can also get blanked by creature removal. It just adds outs for opponent instead of diversifying the deck away from creatures. Will post more later
Not a huge fan of that CMC on stonybrook. Having soul warden or souls attendant with auriok and emmara gives plenty of options for sky hussar which has won me soooo many games. Turn 3 your draw engine is going. The signaler gives u options to create multiple tokens/vigilance. It's another emmara that has a similar effect to emmara. Additionally a board wipe really hurts this deck. Chord/Glare etc. I'm currently running 4 emmara and 3 signaler. I recommend it highly. With so many 1 and 2 drops and souls at 3 there's plenty to do with 3 mana. Let alone just holding a chord for 5 on selfless. That's one issue I'm having with the deck is the mana base. Chord is very demanding, yet hussar requires white creatures.
Your card of choice to abuse yard is snap. You start adding in goyf's and flayers and then graveyard hate comes along... In colorless form in every sideboard... And you fold. You'd be better off running shadow, Bob, and snap.
That way, yard hate merely makes a piece of your deck ineffective rather than completely shutting it down.
Oath of Nissa
renegade rallier
vraska, golgari queen
If you want to focus on anything for sultai it's 4 snapcaster mage's where stuff like grisly salvage, thought scour, azcanta become much much better. Where you're using your graveyard as a resource rather than for delirium.
Slamming goyf in with delirium is a HUGE mistake. I had an assault loam deck before. It didn't take me long to swap goyf for hollow one? Why? It's more resilient and is a threat that IS NOT dependant on the yard. It's an attack from a different angle rather than just scooping to yard hate. That hate comes in many forms and is in every sideboard.
Assassin's Trophy was an absolute gift from God for BGx. Sure you have fulminator in your sb for Tron. But Trophy catches all with so many 3 color decks running around and it's maindecked.
Have you played against someone running decay and trophy as an 8-of? Spoiler: The games go super long.
Additionally, Vraska GQ is a strong card. A 4 Mana 6 loyalty walker with decay as it's minus is no joke and is an excellent walker in a control shell.
emmara, soul of the Accord
You can attack with her, or use something with a tap effect... Like Glare of Subdual, lands to manafix, or whatever u want.
Deck does need some interaction with board wipes. Ranks is sometimes good, but really only against a mass of targeted removal.
I've been toying with the green saproling makers because thune flat out ends the game if they don't path it right away. Wooded bastion is a better answer for convoke.
I could see the vehicles being useful against board wipes, but so are manlands? Like Wildwood. Interesting.
Any thoughts on garruk? I can think of a lot of situations where all 3 of his abilities are useful
Lots of decks pack land destruction. So I'd rather run sprout swarm over lgeions, ss comes with convoke. Sure it's counterable but choke is green which packs the most sideboard options for blue. I dont even see sprout swarm as really playable, it's slow and 5 Mana for a token is a lot. You STILL need a board for it to find grace. And that's the thing. What's going to build your board. So far Emmara Glare with a chorded Thune is the core.
Glare is also a great enabler. It's a slower win. But it's super effective against those big delve creatures or most fatties. Emrakul ain't a problem.
I almost want to run leyline of sanctity main board as the deck has an incredible matchup against any aggro or creature based matchup.
Hussar is the other enabler, and the lands of course.
Chord, Glare, and hussar are all difficult for opponent to deal with if your not in blue/black. I haven't tested it, but I'm not fond of copter. I could be wrong, but it's an artifact enabler that can also get blanked by creature removal. It just adds outs for opponent instead of diversifying the deck away from creatures. Will post more later
ok that's cheesy lol
just as good as emmara
Emmara's # 5-8
On that glare plan? Check
Holdout Settlement/Survivors' Encampment? Check
Hussar/Chord? Check
Been running this list:
4 Essence Warden
4 Soul Warden
4 Auriok Champion
4 Emmara, Soul of the Accord
2 Archangel of Thune
2 Sky Hussar
1 Selfless Spirit
4 Lingering Souls
2 Return to Ranks
Enchantment
2 Legion's Landing
2 Glare of Subdual
2 Path to Exile
2 Assassin's Trophy
2 Chord of Calling
It's been okay