Tuesday, July 22, 2025

New Ground

I'm rethinking Shallow Ground. Instead of an Armageddon deck with a creature package, I want to try and make a creature deck with an Armageddon package. 

Ramp a planeswalkers out that gives me creatures every turn, or a Titania, then Armageddon and begin the grind. Make the mana generators a little less vulnerable and see how that works.

But, after another game with Noah where my loss was entirely contingent on the destruction of a Quirion Elf, Noah said, but what about the hexproof creature? 

So we come to this:

2 Talisman of Unity

3 Terravore
2 Watchwolf
3 Mother of Runes
4 Burrowguard Mentor
3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
3 Titania, Protector of Argoth
4 Sylvan Caryatid

4 Swords to Plowshares

7 Forest
1 Havenwood Battleground
4 Windswept Heath
2 Flagstones of Trokair
7 Plains
2 Horizon Canopy

2 Garruk Relentless
2 Archangel Elspeth

4 Armageddon
1 Split Up

I've taken a look at other mana generators: Brugenhagen, Twitching Doll, and Tender Wildguide all look interesting!

But only Sylvan Caryatid has hexproof. Making my mana generation hard to stop will help me survive the early game. 

Because I did get a later game in that got out a Garruk and Elspeth, and started to show the proof of concept; making a bunch of creatures for free works! Armageddon in the face of that can lock an opponent out---if I still have mana. 

So. Here it is. I think it's solid-a B tier deck but a good one.

No comments:

Post a Comment