New Posts For Thread: Someone please explain to me why this is an unused and weak combohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29516689/Someone_please_explain_to_me_why_this_is_an_unused_and_weak_comboMelira, Sylvok Outcast + Kitchen Finks + Altar of Dementia / Carrion Feeder / Viscera Seer / Dross Hopper / Bloodthrone Vampire = you win the gameBasically, Melira (She even sounds like a name some drug company's marketing department came up with.) is used with any creature with "put a -1/-1 counter on ~".Note that putting one on a creature as a cost isn't possible with Melira (since you can'thttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29516689/Someone_please_explain_to_me_why_this_is_an_unused_and_weak_combo?post_id=526519415#526519415Basically, Melira (She even sounds like a name some drug company's marketing department came up with.) is used with any creature with "put a -1/-1 counter on ~".Note that putting one on a creature as a cost isn't possible with Melira (since you can'tSat, 01 Dec 2012 12:50:39 -0600Several people have mentioned Sideboards and graveyard hate, but no one has asked what the OP plays. If he's playing casual, Sideboards are not all that common.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29516689/Someone_please_explain_to_me_why_this_is_an_unused_and_weak_combo?post_id=526502261#526502261Several people have mentioned Sideboards and graveyard hate, but no one has asked what the OP plays. If he's playing casual, Sideboards are not all that common.Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:44:30 -0600If you have a deck built around a combo with a creature, generaly there are easy ways to protect it. Like lightning greeves , though out side of blue, there are not much ways to get rid of counter. Expect for Gahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29516689/Someone_please_explain_to_me_why_this_is_an_unused_and_weak_combo?post_id=526502107#526502107If you have a deck built around a combo with a creature, generaly there are easy ways to protect it. Like lightning greeves , though out side of blue, there are not much ways to get rid of counter. Expect for GaFri, 30 Nov 2012 19:30:55 -0600Woodfall Primus and a sac outlet with Melira on the table is pretty grusome. But as someone already stated creatures are prone to removal, and graveyard hate belongs in every sideboahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29516689/Someone_please_explain_to_me_why_this_is_an_unused_and_weak_combo?post_id=526491873#526491873Woodfall Primus and a sac outlet with Melira on the table is pretty grusome. But as someone already stated creatures are prone to removal, and graveyard hate belongs in every sideboaFri, 30 Nov 2012 13:42:33 -0600One card I think works great in Melira/Persist combo decks that I haven't really seen discussed is Oran-Rief, the Vastwood . It doesn't go infinite, but it does allow you to sacrifice each one of your creatures everhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29516689/Someone_please_explain_to_me_why_this_is_an_unused_and_weak_combo?post_id=526486869#526486869One card I think works great in Melira/Persist combo decks that I haven't really seen discussed is Oran-Rief, the Vastwood . It doesn't go infinite, but it does allow you to sacrifice each one of your creatures everFri, 30 Nov 2012 10:51:46 -0600