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11 months ago ::
Aug 26, 2012 - 9:58AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 13, 2012
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I played with a version of this deck in my first tournament. Won 2, tied 1, lost 1. Found a few cards, like Niblis of the Urn, to be pretty invaluable. I rearranged everything and decided on a new iteration based on basically what saved my butt, or turned into wins. It's 63 cards. 2 x Glacial Fortress  12 x island  11 x plains  4 x Drogskol Captain  4 x Niblis of the Breath  4 x Shriekgeist  4 x Niblis of the Urn  4 x Midnight Haunting  2 x Cackling Counterpart  3 x Feeling of Dread  2 x Negate  4 x Favorable Winds  2 x Safe Passage  1 x Gilded Lotus  2 x Cloudshift  2 x Unsummon  I found mysel often able to get damage through thanks to Niblis of the Urn I used Cackling Counterpart to get extra Drogskol Captain into play making my creatures huge. The gilded lotus  was handy for things like feeling of dread  or even negate  when I was out of mana and had said cards in my hand. Additions? Subtractions? Thanks.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 26, 2012 - 12:59PM
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Maybe some Doomed Traveler  for your 1-drops? Also Dungeon Geists  are very nice and you could also maybe add in Geist-Honored Monk  . Are you using Cloudshift only to protect your creatures from removal? In that case I would go for Faith's Shield  instead.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 26, 2012 - 4:40PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 13, 2012
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Thanks. Cloudshift change is brilliant.
Would you suggest dungeon geists instead ofn iblis of the breath?
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11 months ago ::
Aug 26, 2012 - 5:01PM
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Cards that could potentially work really well here: Geist of Saint Traft  !!! Phantasmal Image  2 mana Dungeon geist, gets hexproof from cap'n crunch Vapor Snag  > unsummon Dungeon Geist  nice beater, fits theme, and it works as a control. win-win-win Lingering Souls  Splash black for the flashback, it's worth it Mindshrieker  Works well, 2 drop Intangible Virtue  This one is a big maybe. You've got a bit of tokens going around, maybe 2-3 of these could help push those tokens over the top Cards in the list I don't like: Unsummon Meh Shriek Geist  Milling does nothing for you, really not a great choice Gilded Lotus Not worth having. You don't need the ramp or the fixing Cloudshift You should be moderately consistantly hexproof, don't see the need. Only thing flickerable for other reasons is Dungeon Geist Negate use Mana Leak  Safe Passage I feel like your tapping control should keep you from taking too much damage. Maybe Oblivion Ring  could work better here.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 26, 2012 - 5:24PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 13, 2012
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Sant Traft looks amazing, shame he's $17!
I like that mindshrieker a lot. Definite replacement for shriekgeist it looks like.
I do want to avoid everything going out this rotation.
I'll play with Safe passage vs Oblivion ring. Saef Passage's intent was to prevent direct damage, but that doesn't really seem to be much of an issue these days.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 26, 2012 - 8:20PM
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Sant Traft looks amazing, shame he's $17!
I like that mindshrieker a lot. Definite replacement for shriekgeist it looks like.
I do want to avoid everything going out this rotation.
I'll play with Safe passage vs Oblivion ring. Saef Passage's intent was to prevent direct damage, but that doesn't really seem to be much of an issue these days.
RDW is dead, it's all goblins now. And you tap down krenko and you can lol your way to victory.
Even though they rotate, don't criple yourself by not using good cards. Image is understandable since he's like 10 dollars, but Vapor Snag and Mana leak are commons and are worth every penny and then some
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11 months ago ::
Aug 26, 2012 - 10:40PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 13, 2012
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Good point. Commons are 10c a piece here, worth swapping in even if I only get to play it a few more times.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 27, 2012 - 3:00AM
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Aw, I posted a similar deck last week and got no response. Ah well... The only thing you might have to worry about are cards that wipe the field. Hexproof doesn't protect against that from what I understand, as there are spells that avoid targetting and affect everything on the field. It might be something to keep in mind when going against white opponents who can pull Day of Judgment  .
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11 months ago ::
Aug 28, 2012 - 4:48AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 16, 2012
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If you can put off buying other cards or stuff for a couple of weeks or so and save up, Geist of Saint Traft will be worth every cent, the guy's nutty. That said, my immediate response to this deck is to get in Traft and make it 60. -2 Islands -2 Plains +2 Glacial Fortress - Worth it, and I think 25 lands is exactly 2 too many for a deck that curves out as low as yours does. -2 Cackling Counterpart +2 Geist of Saint Traft -2 Cloudshift -1 Gilded Lotus -2 Safe Passage -1 Favorable Winds (I hate that autocard forces me to spell 'Favourable' wrong >=[ ) -3 Feeling of Dread (Again, unless experience tells you these are far better for you than I think they are) That leaves us with 8 spots to fill up. I would recommend something like +3 Mana Leak +3 Oblivion Ring +2 X(draw card maybe? Another Negate and a Mana Leak perhaps?)
I want to be Cultured. 
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11 months ago ::
Aug 28, 2012 - 5:40AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 13, 2012
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I'll definitely be throwing oblivion rings in. So far feeling of dread has been super useful to keep me alive a few turns until I get the right cards out to make my spirits bigger (or locking down their ability to block.) Will end up with 4 glacial fortress eventually for sure. Will keep looking for a good deal on old St Traft too. thanks.
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