Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Trash for...more Trash

Hi everyone,

I have a new brew for you for the first time...in well, a good while, not from anyone else, just from my brain.

If you want to have some fun in modern with an impractical deck then this could be the one for you.

People that know me have probably had the pleasure (?) of doing a draft with my "bad cube."  I collected some of the worst cards in magic and made a cube out of it.  Sometimes people come out with the craziest combos...and sometimes you have a deck full of 2/2s for 5.

Anyway, the following deck contains three (!) cards from the bad cube, so without further ado...

Immortal Coil!

4 Immortal Coil
4 Faithless Looting
4 Bazaar Trader
4 Trash for Treasure
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Wild Guess
4 Tormenting Voice
4 Street Wraith
4 Tormod's Crypt
4 Mishra's Bauble
4 Manamorphose
4 Simian Spirit Guide

4 Bloodcrypt
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Mountain

I wanted to fit a Darksteel Citadel in, but it's just a blank as far as mana-production is concerned.  Urborg would also be good, but once again, basically a blank on mana.

So - I presume you don't know what the three rares in here do.

Trash for Treasure - 2R sac an artifact, put an artifact from your gy into play.  Ok, fair enough
Bazaar Trader - 1R 1/1, tap, give target opponent target land/creature/artifact you control
Immortal Coil 2BB, remove 2 cards in your gy from the game, draw a card.  Whenever you would be dealt damage, prevent that damage and instead remove that many cards in your gy from the game.  Oh, and if you don't have any cards in your gy, you lose the game.

The idea - draw and discard a TON of cards.  Ideally, you put Bazaar Trade in play turn 2 and turn 3, remove SSG to put Immortal Coil into play.  Tormod's Crypt your opponent and give them control of Immortal Coil.  Wheeeeeeeeee!  Super magical christmasland.  It could happen.

Yeah, though, you have 12 cards that cycle for 0, and then 12 cards at 2 mana that get you 1-2 cards deeper.  You need to have a lot of cards in your graveyard because you don't want to just die to a lightning bolt after playing Immortal Coil.

Honestly, I have no idea how competitive this deck is.  By then I mean, it's terrible but is it so terrible that it will NEVER work?  Granted, the burn matchup just has to be horrendous.

So...I might actually end up building this, minus some of the actual expensive cards...and Mishra's Bauble which despite being played in ZERO decks is like a 7 dollar uncommon.

Ok, that's all for now.

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