MTG Salvation

i just found out last week that mana were colorless!

so that means that these situations wont work, right?:

cliffrunner behemoth wont have haste and/or lifelink even if you have a mountain and/or a plains unless you have a red and/or white permanent on the field (not land)

bloodhall ooze is practically useless during the early part of the game

celestial purge cant get rid of a swamp/mountain

what a ripoff!! i lost many battles because of these situations!!!!

any comments?

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So here are the cards in my deck, 60 cards in total:

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Lands:22 9x Forests 5x Plains 4x Mountains 4x Jungle Shrine Creatures: 20 4x Steward of Valeron 4x Druid of Anima 4x Woolly Thoctar 2x Knotvine Mystic 2x Qasali Ambusher 4x mosstodon	Artifacts: 1 1x mana cylix Sorceries: 3 2x Rampant Growth 1x Titanic Ultimatum Instants: 10 3x giant growth 4x double cleave 2x Naya Charm 1x Soul's Fire	Planeswalkers: 4 4x Ajani Vengeant

So I'm trying to end a game in 20 turns, so something like aggro. Are there any suggestions to boost up my pace without overspending?
Budget is very limited.
Plus is there any junk in my deck? or something doesn't fit?

Thanks for helping, really appreciate it.

firstly, your Naya deck should be tempo and not aggro or control.

knock out the Steward of Valeron, Druid of Anima, Knotvine Mystic, Mosstodon, and the Qasali Ambusher.

add 4 Cliffrunner Behemoth, 4 Wild Nacatl, 2 Thornling, 2 Godsire, and 2 Meglonoth.

replace Ajani with with either Garruk or Sarkhan vol (both would be best)

knock out Giant Growth, Double Cleave, Soul's Fire, and Mana Cylix.

add 4 Path to Exile, 3 Lapse of Certainty, 3 Fertile Ground, and 1 more Titanic Ultimatum.

these alterations are probably contradictory to your budget, but these are the things that you need to change to make your Naya deck the best it can be.

no offense, but i don't think it's a good card.

Firstly, it has a way too high cc.

Secondly, very few people are playing with sliver decks nowadays so no one would buy it that much.

Lastly, only one of all the slivers' abilities can be used per turn, and if they do, the slivers wont be able to attack or block anymore.

to Apollo 23: try adding more elspeths. it will be nice support to your exalted theme. oh yeah, you could also add mirror-sigil sergeant (it will only be useful if you have any blue permanent on the field).

i dont think you can. rupture spire requires you to pay one colorless mana but reflecting pool could pay mana of any color only. although you can pay for rupture spire with filter lands.

ok, what decks would this card be useful in?

and why is it just a common wherein it has a nice effect?

yeah, all you need is an opponent. you can play it even if your opponent has no cards in his hand, and has no creatures on his side of the field. your goal in playing it might only be for the life you gain and/of the life that your opponent loses. if it is, so be it.

can't you add tezzeret? your artifact theme will get stronger?

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Adding in Edge of Divinity for the sole purpose of pumping up Nip Gwyllion seems rather pointless, and enchanting Divinity of Pride seems like overkill. I'd take the Nip Gwyllions out...

Alternatives:
Mistmeadow Skulk - Lifelink + a nice protection

Augury Adept? - not so sure about this one

Ajani Goldmane/Ajani Vengeant - Definitely, if you'd prefer to splash red for Vengeant...Goldmane is just good all around in this deck.

Battlegrace Angel - Lifelink + Nice Finisher.

And 20 creatures definitely seems enough...enough to consider Windbrisk Heights.

i agree about the goldmane, and the windbrisk heights, but battlegrace angel is more effective in a bant exalted deck rather than a lifelink.

and isn't overkill good?

oh yeah, nip shouldn't be removed. its a nice t1 drop, and it easily grows into a stronger creature just for one mana. imagine a 7/7 on t2!! once you attack, either your opponent takes 7 and you gain 7, or your opponent blocks with a creature or two weaker creatures which will kill your opponent's creatures and make you gain 7 life.

in other words, a t5 (or less) win.

add 4 edge of the divinity. its an enchantment that costs either one white or black mana (like nip gwyllion). always enchant nip gwyllion because it can make nip grow into a 4/4, then 7/7, then 10/10, then 13/13. thus, you gain lots of life. you can even use wall of reverence with this so that you can gain even more life.

i think Quillspike would work best in a counter deck.

i mean, just look at its combo with Murderous Redcap; every time the Redcap would persist, quillspike can just take away its -1/-1 counter and become a 4/4 creature until end of turn. meanwhile, the redcap would just keep on dealing 2 damage every turn either by combat damage or by its ability.

the wall is an imbalance. its way too good!!! i mean, its a perfect turn 3 drop for a control deck so that you can stall the game and have more time to bring out your control creatures.

oh yeah, magnificent art.

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more scullers. cut the singleton batwing brume. redeem the lost wins games, try out a 2 of?

yeah, the two scullers are on their way, i'll knock out batwing, i might put redeem the lost, and i might add 4 gwyllion hedge mage to make the B/W theme stronger.

thnx!!:D

ok, so this deck i have made won second in FNM. but i'm still not satisfied. i need to improve it!!!!!!! yeah, so here it is:

9 plains
8 swamp
1 exotic orchard
1 vivid meadow
1 fetid heath

1 divinity of pride
2 tidehollow sculler
3 evershrike
4 nip gwyllion
4 deathbringer liege
4 knight of meadowgrain


1 ajani goldmane

4 glorious anthem
4 unmake
4 edge of the divinity
1 batwing brume
2 oblivion ring
2 terror
2 pollen lullaby
4 lapse of certainty

any suggestions?

just wait a minute there first, silov. before you really focus on an Esper deck, you should first see the potential and strength of other Alara decks. you may not like jund and naya because of their colors but you need to consider that both those decks have potential. another possibly strong deck is a Bant Exalted deck. consider your options first okay? but if you really really want an esper deck, then you should start out with something like this first:

4x Ethersworn Canonist
4x Crip Swap

4x Mulldrifter
4x Etherium Sculptor
4x Master of Etherium
3x Sharding Sphinx
2x Tezzeret the Seeker

3x Mirrorweave
4x Broken Ambition
4x Cryptic Command

4x Reflecting Pool
4x Arcane Sanctum
2x Vivid Creek
1x Vivid Meadow
9x Island
4x Plains