Help With budget soul sisters
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on Oct. 11, 2016, 12:48 p.m. by bazaku
Hello there! A few weeks ago i bought my first deck, a budget soul sisters, and was playing since then. Last saturday i played a two headed giant tournament with a friend and while didnt went wrong against expensive ones, the games where so slow that we barely played 1 and a half games in the hour designed to play best of 3. Thing is i want to improve it a little bit and i dont know what path should i take. My current deck have this cards:
Plains x20
Soul Warden x4
Catars Crusade x1
Fortify x2
My pocket cant afford thing like serra ascendant or ranger of eos so here are my budget options to improve it a bit.
Option 1:
(Focus on the chalice)
Lone Rider Flip x4
Sky Hussar x1
Option 2:
(More aggro oriented)
Lone Rider Flip x4
Spirit Bonds x2
Here odric is good combo with evolved Lone Rider and the hawks or the spirits and the ajannis
What do you think?
I saw the Aetherflux Reservoir but is something like a double edged sword, if the other palyer has something to endure that damage im done. Felidar Sovereign maybe?
October 11, 2016 2:46 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #4
That works as well, but it's actually just more fragile than the reservoir because the opponent will always be packing more removal for it.
October 11, 2016 2:52 p.m.
definitely add the Martyr of Sands in. also what deck can survive an aetherflux shot besides another sister deck?
October 11, 2016 3 p.m.
Fleetwood-Mat says... #7
Suture Priest is another great card for soul sisters, try it out.
October 11, 2016 6:01 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #8
That card is already in the original deck. Pro tip: read all of posts.
October 11, 2016 6:02 p.m.
The aggro version would be something like this:https://deckstats.net/decks/74815/586427-b-w-soul-sisters-oderich?saved=1&lng=es
October 11, 2016 6:31 p.m.
shaftdiggity says... #10
You could go the humans route adding: 4x Thalia's Lieutenant 4x Champion of the Parish 2-4 Doomed Traveler (good against wraths and dies to give you a flier), go up to 4 Precinct Captain and 2-4 Hanweir Militia Captain Flip also Oblivion Ring are versatile and inexpensive removal and Return to the Ranks helps against the red matchups. Lone Rider Flip is a good potential piece as well.
consider cutting the skyfishers, Raise the Alarm, honor of the pures, fortifies. Also, the spectral procession and celestial flares should be sideboard items.
You're bad matchups are infect, afinity, and anything with a ton of board wipes.
I've been playing the human version of soul sisters on mtgo with some decent success. Good luck with this, and let us know how you do.
October 11, 2016 10:57 p.m.
You can get a pretty cheap R/W version featuring Norin the Wary and Genesis Chamber, maybe with some Purphorous, God of The Forge tied in. R/W lands aren't all that expensive, there is Battlefield Forge, Inspiring Vantage, and Clifftop Retreat.
October 12, 2016 1:22 a.m.
Souljacker says... #12
I'd go deeper on the token/anthem route, with 4x Honor of the Pure, add Lingering Souls and maybe Doomed Traveler.
October 12, 2016 9:28 a.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #13
It's the nature of soul sisters and why it's my least favorite deck in the format. Basically it's lose to an opposing deck 20 times in a row but keep reviving until one of you is tired of playing.
I would just add in a temporary finisher such as Hero of Bladehold until I could afford the more expensive options.
October 12, 2016 12:02 p.m.
shaftdiggity Most of those are soldiers, so Preeminent Captain would work beautifully. Congregate is stupid.
Servo_Token says... #2
So with what you've got right now, you don't really have any solid ways to win the game quickly, which you've already pointed out is a problem.
There's a couple of things that you can do to mitigate this, the first of which is bump up the number of anthem effects that you're playing to make your tokens into threats. Glorious Anthem, Intangible Virtue, Honor of the Pure, things like that. Maybe dedicate like 4 or 5 slots in the deck to those.
Your option 1 that you posted is also a fine budget route, but it can be super slow especially if you don't have a team mate (so a 1v1 game).
Personally, i'd jam some number of the new card Aetherflux Reservoir as a win condition. It's fun and can be highly effective, even in a 2HG game.
October 11, 2016 1:45 p.m.