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G1961EB0

Date Joined: Oct 23, 2012

Posts: 132

Couldn't help noticing you were shy 1 Spellbound Dragon

you got blue, you got red, you want dragons, it's EDH (lots a big cost), if you need more reasons the list goes on. If this is just going to be a fun casual thing with friends Guided Passage

is a fun tutor with significant card advantage regardless of the filler your buddies desprately try to toss you, over what they think you're after

good times.

My general? It's always Kos

mgkg

Date Joined: Nov 18, 2012

Posts: 31

Spellbound I totally forgot about. Guided passage def is fun. Thanks for the heads up

G1961EB0

Date Joined: Oct 23, 2012

Posts: 132

Anytime!

My general? It's always Kos

morticianjohn

Date Joined: Jun 14, 2006

Posts: 2,166

Dec 11, 2012 -- 8:44PM, mgkg wrote:
how come 15 forests though? I only had more mountains because the dragon tyrant has an upkeep cost that will take 4 red out of my hands. I guess the chromatic lantern will negate any of these issues, but is there a specific reason you are advising forests over the other lands?

Example of an opening hand

cultivate , mountain , island , izzet guildgate , dragonmaster outcast , predator dragon , dragon's claw

Is this a keepable hand or would you mulligan? Now picture that hand with a forest instead of an island or mountain. The same can be said for farseek , somberwald sage , and axebane guardian in addition to cultivate . Essentially if you have a forest in your opening hand with one of these cards you gain access to all colors of mana. The only non-green mana fixing you have in the deck is chromatic lantern .

Also keep in mind cultivate takes you from 3 lands in your opener to 5 lands in your opener (as long as it resolves). So I would consider kodama's reach (functionally the same) which might be better in this deck than ranger's path which can only search up forests.

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Escef

Date Joined: Jul 23, 2003

Posts: 10,868

Any blue EDH deck really should run a Dreamscape Artist

. Turn any card in your hand into a nearly uncounterable blue Harrow

? Yes, please.

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mgkg

Date Joined: Nov 18, 2012

Posts: 31

harrow

and similar abilities make sense to me at the early game part, where essentially you lose 2 cards to gain 1 extra land, but mid to late game...its making less sense.

do I just need to get over it and try to find cheap version to include in my deck, or do I have some substance here? the way I look at it, discarding cards is fine as long as you have means of bringing them back in, unless I have some absolute junk cards in here that I dont intend on ever playing.

willing to listen to the suggestion, but just need more explanation for it to make sense in my head.

Escef

Date Joined: Jul 23, 2003

Posts: 10,868

Dec 14, 2012 -- 7:01PM, mgkg wrote:
harrow and similar abilities make sense to me at the early game part, where essentially you lose 2 cards to gain 1 extra land, but mid to late game...its making less sense.

do I just need to get over it and try to find cheap version to include in my deck, or do I have some substance here? the way I look at it, discarding cards is fine as long as you have means of bringing them back in, unless I have some absolute junk cards in here that I dont intend on ever playing.

willing to listen to the suggestion, but just need more explanation for it to make sense in my head.

Mana fixing
Deck thinning
Some cards are better in the graveyard
Madness enabler
Landfall enabler

Even late game, it's nice to pitch an excess land to fish two more lands you don't want to draw out of the deck.

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mgkg

Date Joined: Nov 18, 2012

Posts: 31

ok then. now to look for a cheap one online

Escef

Date Joined: Jul 23, 2003

Posts: 10,868

Dec 15, 2012 -- 11:56AM, mgkg wrote:
ok then. now to look for a cheap one online

Star City prices him at US$0.15, $0.25 for a foil. There's no such thing as one that isn't cheap.

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