Turn 4, Mill 600 Cards Please... [Primer]
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Descendants' Path, worth it? —April 18, 2017
Up until now, I've considered Descendant's Path to not really be worth it in this deck. I would usually rather play another Ally immediately than set up to play another later. It's also contingent on actually having an Ally on the battlefield, so if I get boardwiped it will do nothing for me. Another downside is since I have no enchantments in the deck, including D Path gives decks with enchantment removal a valid target. But I've been looking at other tribal decks that use it, and it seems to put in enough work by itself.
I don't think I'll have a problem getting the Green mana when I need it, but I'll have to test it out to be sure. Since about 42% of the deck is Allies, I'll at least have a good chance of activating it. Plus, I think it will be nice to have a 3-drop permanent in the deck so I can stick with the curve if I don't have a Druid. I'll make the change to the deck once I obtain some Paths and test them out.
Nephilim: I have thought about that before! There used to be a couple of Rites in the original version of this deck back in 2010-11. I was actually thinking of adding a couple today believe it or not. The nine mana seems steep at times, but it seals the game if I have a Druid for mana and either an Excavator or Diabolist on the field. The really nice thing about it is that I can tutor for it with Bring to Light, and then pay the kicker cost after casting it for free. Even having one in the deck means that I have access to the spell whenever I draw into Bring to Light.
The only reason I haven't mainboarded it yet is because I'm thinking of what to remove in order to make room. I really like having 3 Eerie Interludes and Panharmonicons, and I'm not sure I want to remove Allies to make room for it. Do you have any suggestions of what to remove for it?
Nephilim says... #1
Have you thought about Rite of Replication? If you kick it targeting a Halimar Excavator you get 6 triggers 5 times for 6 cards each (6x5x6= 180 cards)... the same could also be done for Hagra Diabolist or Ondu Cleric
April 6, 2017 8:45 p.m.