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7 months ago  ::  Nov 13, 2012 - 9:02PM #11
Xeromus
Date Joined: Jul 15, 2011
Posts: 175
Restoration Angel .

With Trostani and a Faithmender in play, hitting Thragtusk with the Angel gets you 22 life. Armada Wurm is another great flicker target, getting you 20 life. Armada Wurm also works well with Trostani, turning that wonderful populate ability into 5 (10) life and a 5/5 trampler for 1GW.

Edit: I'm sorry. I forgot to factor in the Restoration Angel itself in those totals. Flickering Thragtusk nets you 30 life, and the Wurm is 28.

Also, while Chalice may be one of the possible wincons for a deck like this, you can't overlook the fact that you can just stomp on things with Thragtusks, Armada Wurms, and Angels.

A similar deck was covered recently in a DailyMtG article: Octupling Life for Fun and Profit
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6 months ago  ::  Nov 29, 2012 - 5:04PM #12
SSpidey86
Date Joined: Sep 11, 2009
Posts: 102
I thought about the Chalice today and found this thread. 
My point of view is that if you have Resto Angel, Thragtusk, Armada Wurm....then you might as well get rid of the chalice and just go for green white beatdown. You say you want to chalice but you're playing expensive stuff that if you play you've probably already won the game anyway. Even if you HAVE a chalice flipped, what do you think your opp is worried about. The chalice, or the two armada wurms in play plus your populating trostani.

If you REALLY want to play chalice, not just toss it in, then you need a different mindset. I understand you want to leave the thrag in because he's expensive. But in my opinion you can get to the 10 life surplus fairly quickly with much cheaper spells that you can play earlier, allowing you to activate the chalice faster. 

I'm going to propose the following deck. Maybe it'll work for you, maybe it won't.
Let me know what you think.

4 x Trained Caracal
4 x Cathedral Sanctifier

4 x Ajani's Sunstriker

4 x Rhox Faithmender
4 x Thragtusk

4 x Swift Justice

4 x Divine Favor
4 x Heroes' Reunion

4 x Chalice of Life

 

24 Land

The manabase shouldn't be too hard. It's only two colors. I'm sure you have an idea of what to put in here already.

One thing I don't like is that it lacks draw capability. I was going to go blue and put in some bounce spells like dramatic rescue and azorius charm and maybe think twice but then i forgot you had the thragtusk and plus. U/W can't play heroes' reunion.

Another is there I didn't put in any removal. The Swift Justice might get you some combat tricks in but maybe replacing them with O-ring is better?

I haven't played it at all so don't really know how it'll fair. I might be talking out my ......
 
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6 months ago  ::  Nov 29, 2012 - 5:14PM #13
ORC_Arjac
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6 months ago  ::  Nov 29, 2012 - 5:31PM #14
felisdomesticus
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Nov 29, 2012 -- 5:14PM, ORC_Arjac wrote:


Please remember to keep your comments positive, productive, and on topic. Remember we are trying to create a
mutually beneficial and productive community for everyone to take part in.


At the end of the day we are all in this thing together, and if we don't work together we will never get anywhere!


If you have any questions or would like to read the CoC you can find it here:


company.wizards.com/conduct


Remember, Keep it clean, Keep it nice, and of course Keep it fun!


Thank you for your understanding!



This ruling would be 100% more adorable if it were made by the ORC with a kitten avatar.

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