MTG Salvation

Quote from claytonthegreat

not true i only play 3 cryptics, and the deck is fairly budget and i place at FNM regulary with it.

edit: just checked ebay you could do it for under 90 dollars and it does work well

This is exactly what I'd do, Twinsanity... and I also realized the money thing.

But then I remembered my foil cryptic Rewards

Quote from Masked_Legend

Anyone tried a Kederekt Parasite and Spiteful Visions variant yet?

You read my mind. I was thinking about this type earlier today, while perusing the decks for critique, and I saw the "Kederekt Dreams" thread. Although I dislike the idea of them drawing cards with Spiteful Visions, and just drawing into an answer...

If you respond to the trigger, yeah.

They probably used the Dread template instead of the DSC template simply for EDH, which I love about WoTC. If they didn't I'll probably punch somebody.

Because if your general dies and it never is able to go to the yard to get RFG'd again... you'd only play him once, really.

Except he won't ever be in combat with them, because he has protection from creatures.

You have to word Fen Cleave like Deathbringer Liege (if thats what you were going for... so you could kill something and bounce a bunch if you had to, otherwise its just retrace synergy.).

Make sure it checks the number of cards in your hand AFTER it starts resolving... otherwise big dudes are illegal targets, because you haven't bounced enough swamps to target them yet.

AAAA xUB u(r?)
Sorcery
Each player discards x cards and draws x cards.

This is funny and cool.

Specter Deluxe 1UB r
Creature - Specter
Unblockable, Shroud
Whenever Specter Deluxe deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.
1/1

Seems like it's too good with the Shroud, unblockable, and a really powerful ability...

DiscDraw Wall 2UB c
Creature - Wall
t: Draw a card
t: Target player discards a card, use this ability only as a sorcery.
0/4

I'd play it, looks good. Being able to block and still draw cards is good really good. And having them use removal on a wall is better

Greedychantment 3UB r
Enchantment
Whenever a player discards a card, draw a card.

Geth's Grimoire.

Strike Mute 1W
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has first strike.
Whenever a creature is dealt damage by enchanted creature, prevent all damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn.

I like this.

Avalanche Yeti 4R
Snow Creature - Yeti
Avalanche Yeti comes into play with a number of +1/+1 counters counters on it equal to the amount of S spent to play it.
Trample
If Avalanche Yeti would be dealt damage, remove that many +1/+1 counters from it instead.
Whenever Avalanche Yeti attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on it at end of combat.
0/0

I like this too.

Trust of Thieves 2UB
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature you control
Enchanted creature gets -3/-0 is unblockable.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, search defending player's library for any card and remove it from the game. When enchanted creature leaves play, play that card without paying its mana cost.
Trust your thieves to get the job done, and they'll trust you to betray them.

So do you want this to only play the last card RFG'd by it? I think it should say "play each card removed from the game by ~ without paying their mana costs." Though I think you only want it to play the last one.

Call to Defend 2WW
Instant
Put a creature card from your hand into play blocking target unblocked creature that's attacking you.

Funny combat trick, and a cool way to cheat a bomb into play.

Dragonbreath Shaman 1RR
Creature - Human Shaman
Haste
T: Copy target sorcery spell with X in the mana cost. (The copy has the same targets.)
He adds his own breath to those of the dragons to feel he is one with the gods.
2/2

This is really cool, I love X spells. Oh man, this guy in EDH...

Juggernaut Rampage 8
Artifact Creature - Juggernaut
Juggernaut Rampage attacks each turn if able.
Whenever Juggernaut Rampage attacks, put a 6/4 Juggernaut artifact creature token into play tapped and attacking. It attacks each turn if able.
Whenever Juggernaut Rampage becomes blocked, destroy all blocking creatures at end of combat.
6/4

This is CRAZY... crazy HILARIOUS!

Gaoler's Grasp 3WB
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be played.
When Gaoler's Grasp comes into play, enchanted creature's controller loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.

Cool, bigger badder Pillory. I've always liked Pillory.

Avenging Guard 3WW
Creature - Human Soldier
Flash
You can play Avening Guard without paying its mana cost if two or more white creatures have been put into your graveyard from play this turn.
3/2

I like it, I'd play it.

Daemonic Dagger 3B
Artifact - Equipment
If a creature dealt damage by equipped creature this turn would be put into a graveyard, remove it from the game instead.
At end of turn, if Daemonic Dagger is not equipped to a creature, put a creature card removed from the game by it into play and attach Daemonic Dagger to it.
Equip - Pay 3 life.

So does this put the creature you killed into play under YOUR control, or the owner's control? It's kind of cool if it's owner's control, how it'll betray you because its Daemonic.

Though then it wouldn't really do anything, so I assume it's supposed to be under your control.

Maybe I'm missing something when I read it...

Bountiful Orb is cool. I'd totally build around that.

4x that, like 16 land and then 40 X spells.

IT'LL WORK, I'M TELLIN YA

They come into play tapped, so you couldn't play Ram Gang turn 2 AND replay Rampant Rooting. Though you COULD turn 3 Deus.

But black doesn't give creatures flying, blue does.

It may be complicated, but I like complicated.

I believe Johnny is the name.

Quote from Kaon

Suspend in Surreality - 1WWU
Instant (R)
Until end of turn, all attacking creatures you control are treated as though they were attacking alone.

Whats the timing for this? I know you can't play it after attackers are declared or Exalted won't work since it's a trigger UPON attacking alone, so you have to play it before you attack. But somehow the wording seems weird to me, since you have to play it before combat that means all the creatures you control won't be attacking and the spell won't really refer to any creatures right? Maybe I'm overcomplicating things but seems like it should be:

Until end of turn, whenever more than one creature you control attacks, treat each as if it was attacking alone.

Wail of the Banshee is cool.

Leering Tusker... if you mean power 5 or greater, it'd suck. You should change it to "At end of your turn" otherwise it'd be a multicolored vanilla 2/1... that can only attack once before dying.

I'd make it "one mana of any color that land could produce"

Kind of like Convoke.

I like Swarm of Decay. It's cool how it's a card that can kind of, feed itself.