Your favorite, wait this works! moments
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Posted on July 29, 2023, 7:31 p.m. by Niko9
One of my absolute favorite parts of magic is going through old cards and finding some combo or synergy, or I don't know, just whatever it is that works that I've never seen before and saying, wait, does that work?
So I just wanted to make a quick post and see if you all have times that you were just brewing and saw something special : )
One that I really liked was the synergy of Willbreaker with the dungeon cards from AFR when I realized that most of them have some targeting effects in their progression, and they may not be amazing, but when that target turns into a steal, it's pretty fun. Just the fact that you gain value going through the dungeons and then have this big late game, ventures equal creature steals, made it a really fun, if evil (against creature decks) deck.
And, not as splashy, but just the combo of Monastery Swiftspear and Savage Swipe because it has definitely made a few people say, it's turn 2 and you've removed my mana dork and done 5 damage, what the heck?
But, what are some of your favorites? It's such a fun part of brewing when something really weird just clicks, I think at least.
I got a whole collection of weird combos and synergies that I stumbled on and never did anything with. Some have better ways to do the same thing, some have more moving parts than I would like, and some I just haven't taken the time to put into action.
My favorite is probably Lifespinner + Arcane Adaptation, which basically lets you get any legendary creature from your deck at instant speed, as long as you have creatures to spare.
July 29, 2023 10:51 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #4
Chainer, Nightmare Adept and Shaman's Trance.
They do work together, don't they? Because everytime I think it should work I simply assume I have to missing something.
July 29, 2023 11:54 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi - They do.
For more fun, check out the exile clause on Magus of the Will, Invoke Calamity, Maestros Ascendancy, and Sword of Once and Future.
July 30, 2023 8:53 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #6
1empyrean: Wait..."into your graveyard" O_O
July 30, 2023 10:15 a.m.
Mine was when I was brewing around Spellweaver Helix and Worldfire
The combo wasn't so much hard or difficult to pull off but it was that last point of damage that was puzzling me... Rift Bolt and Keldon Marauders were my discovery for sure fire victory!... bolt goes off of suspend for the win and marauders deal leave the field damage!
July 30, 2023 10:19 a.m.
For me I think it was realizing just how many cards have really impressive synergies with Rite of the Raging Storm, I didn't really expect much from a 5/1 but if you throw in stuff like Mask of Griselbrand, Kothophed, Soul Hoarder, and/or True Conviction and it quickly gets 'out of hand'. There is an endless array of equipment, anthems, auras, aristocrats etc that love to see those 5/1s ETB, swing, deal damage, and die, there is so much juice to squeeze out of those tokens, and they require no further input beyond the initial 5 mana cast.
Last_Laugh says... #2
I'm not much of a combo player... so synergy it is!
Soltari Guerrillas + Kusari-Gama says "block ANY of my attackers... I dare ya!"
Archangel of Thune + Authority of the Consuls is a disgusting combination of cards to have out together.
July 29, 2023 10:17 p.m.