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6 months ago ::
Dec 23, 2012 - 8:55AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 29, 2011
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This deck may be my most hastily put together. It's full of stuff that I had in the "Good for EDH" pile, but hadn't found a place for yet (Archmage Ascension, Malignus), stuff that just goes well with Niv (Sword of Feast and Famine, Venser's Journal) and then filled the rest of the spots with goofy stuff that looked like fun (Alpha Brawl, Curse of Echoes). So here's the deck. As always, constructive feedback is appreciated.
Side note: I have yet to calculate how many basics will go in.
Commander (1) Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius  Lands (38) Desolate Lighthouse  Izzet Boilerworks  Izzet Guildgate  Reliquary Tower  Steam Vents  Sulfur Falls  18 Island  14 Mountain  Creatures (19) Frost Titan  Galvanoth  Goblin Electromancer  Hypersonic Dragon  Inferno Titan  Ludevic's Test Subject  / Ludevic's Abomination  Malignus  Mercurial Chemister  Nin, the Pain Artist  Phyrexian Metamorph  Psychosis Crawler  Scourge of Geier Reach  Snapcaster Mage  Solemn Simulacrum  Sphinx of Uthuun  Stormtide Leviathan  Sturmgeist  Tyrant of Discord  Urabrask the Hidden  Artifacts (11) Howling Mine  Izzet Keyrune  Izzet Signet  Lightning Greaves  Mind Stone  Planar Portal  Staff of Nin  Swiftfoot Boots  Sword of Feast and Famine  Thran Dynamo  Venser's Journal  Enchantments (9) Archmage Ascension  Carry Away  Coastal Piracy  Curiosity  Curse of Echoes  Dissipation Field  Fervor  Quicksilver Dagger  Volition Reins  Spells (21) Alpha Brawl  Banefire  Blasphemous Act  Blue Sun's Zenith  Chaos Warp  Counterflux  Detonate  Dissipate  Fact or Fiction  Fissure  Grab the Reins  Insurrection  Into the Core  Into the Maw of Hell  Mystical Tutor  Red Sun's Zenith  Spelltwine  Turn to Frog  Trade Secrets  Windfall  Planeswalkers (2) Jace, Architect of Thought  Tamiyo, the Moon Sage 
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6 months ago ::
Dec 23, 2012 - 9:45AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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Deadeye Navigator is practically a staple at this point and allows for numerous shenanigans. Palinchron if you want to go infinite mana for Niv. Other than that, I don't know because I've never played Izzet colors.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 23, 2012 - 3:17PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 26, 2010
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No milling defense? I would be concerned...put in an Elixir of Immortality  , Psychic Spiral  , or one of these  big boys  to protect yourself. Particularly if you're racing against a life gain deck...you want some recursion.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 23, 2012 - 7:02PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 29, 2011
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Deadeye Navigator is practically a staple at this point and allows for numerous shenanigans. Palinchron if you want to go infinite mana for Niv. Other than that, I don't know because I've never played Izzet colors.
I'm not into infine anything really, at least not in EDH. I do like ole' Deadeye though. I'm going to see how the deck does before I make any subs though.
No milling defense? I would be concerned...put in an Elixir of Immortality , Psychic Spiral , or one of these big boys to protect yourself. Particularly if you're racing against a life gain deck...you want some recursion.
That would never occur to me, honestly. I don't think I've ever had anyone try to mill me in EDH. It's not a bad idea though. I used to run the Elixir when I started in the format, but I kinda...forgot about it. I'm also not convinced about the viability of mill strategies in EDH unless it's part of some janky jankness from Janktown.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 23, 2012 - 10:29PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 11, 2007
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Mill isn't a viable strategy in this format...libraries start at 99 cards, there are multiple opponents, and many of them are running eldrazi. It's not something you need to prepare your deck against. I'd never bother with something like elixir of immortality....paying 3 mana for 5 life is terrible (heck even heroes' reunion  is bad), and shuffling your grave away means you can't use recursion, flashback, etc. It's just a terrible card.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 24, 2012 - 6:03AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 17, 2006
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Mill isn't a viable strategy in this format...libraries start at 99 cards, there are multiple opponents, and many of them are running eldrazi. It's not something you need to prepare your deck against. I'd never bother with something like elixir of immortality....paying 3 mana for 5 life is terrible (heck even heroes' reunion is bad), and shuffling your grave away means you can't use recursion, flashback, etc. It's just a terrible card.
usually no, however, if there's a group hug deck floating around in your playgroup it can be a concern.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 25, 2012 - 1:34PM
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No Stuffy Doll  with Nin?
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6 months ago ::
Dec 25, 2012 - 5:40PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 29, 2011
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No Stuffy Doll with Nin?
I would if she was the commander, but...eh.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 25, 2012 - 6:35PM
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I lost to "mill" one time accidentally. I ended up getting hit three consecutive times with a sword of body and mind and watched all my recursion get dumped into my yard. I mana drained a maelstrom wanderer so I could flashback increasing ambition to look for praetor's counsel (one reason why milling is bad) but couldn't find it. So without any viable path to victory I conceded and looked over my card choices while the rest played out the game. That's when I found my praetor's counsel stuck to another card.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 25, 2012 - 6:40PM
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If you're going for funsies Illuminate  and Invoke the Firemind  seem fun with hypersonic. I'm also all about cyclonic rift and vandal blast.
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