Damage-based wincons for Sharuum
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Posted on April 22, 2018, 9:31 a.m. by WhichKing
First, my Sharuum deck here
Now, I have been tweaking my Sharuum deck since Alara. At one point it was the typical infamous combo list, but now my playgroup has settled into a meta that prefers to win via the red-zone, or without wincons that ignore board state.
Does anyone have any good wincons that fit the above criteria? Just fire away! So far I just use dumb beats, but the beats in Esper just feel lackluster.
griffstick says... #3
Serra Ascendant, Serra Avatar, Evra, Halcyon Witness are good beaters. Stormtide Leviathan, Ixidron, Fleet Swallower all do incredible things
April 22, 2018 11:20 a.m.
@enpcHeh heh very funny about the blasting station :P
Yeah I've tried both options before, but they are still pretty lackluster. Cranial Plating did perform, but my list is not very creature heavy so I ended up wishing that I'd drawn a beater instead most times. Sharding Sphinx tended to accrue advantages too slowly. I guess it's tough cause I'd be competing against plays like Angry Omnath casting Splendid Reclamation or Chainer looping Grey Merchants. Whatever I do in esper seems so lackluster in comparison.
@griffstickThe beaters still seem pretty standalone and not very synergistic (I may try Ixidron though, with the flicker theme I can keep repeating the "wrath" and can also "reset" my creatures)
Overall I like taking fair strategies and pushing them as far as I can take it (Just see my other decks). But I'm really stuck in a rut with Sharuum. I guess taking out the infinites, Esper is really just weaksauce beats with very good removal and control options. I feel like I'm essentially playing vanilla beats with top-class removal and a commander that brings my creatures back into play on ETB :(
April 22, 2018 2:23 p.m.
Marionette Master and Sphinx Sovereign
I agree with Sharding Sphinx as well, sure looks lack-luster but it performs so well because it quickly starts to snowball on it's own ability.
April 22, 2018 2:47 p.m.
@Calliber
Marionette Master would be an instant win that ignores board state with Sharuum and a clone out though. Sphinx Sovereign is just a big beater, I would use Inkwell Leviathan over it.
Sharding Sphinx has given me hilarious board states before when I double clone it with Phyrexian Metamorph and Sculpting Steel. However I have found it to be a little too slow. When I tap out for it on turn 6 and the lands player plays a rampaging baloth out with Lotus Cobra mana, then cracking a fetchland... yeah.
Thanks for the suggestions though! Keep em coming!
enpc says... #2
Blasting Station deals damage :P
You could use Cranial Plating to go Voltron, or go artifact creature stax with token generation via stuff like Sharding Sphinx.
April 22, 2018 10:06 a.m.