Plague Myr has Infect itself and allows you to cast a turn 3 Hand of the Praetors.īlight Mamba is a two mana creature that protects itself.Īnd Whispering Specter is a Plague Stinger with an upside for one more mana. It doesn't have Infect it self, but it can copy an Ichor Rats and a Hand. Ichor Rats gives one by itself, making it two with the Hand.Īnother option, though a bit expensive, is Phyrexian Metamorph. If you want to follow this path of winning bast cast infect creatures with the hand on the field, then: Sure, Cystbearer costs the same, manawise, as a Rot Wolf, but is incredibly worse. Also, you're looking at the ratio, but not the usefulness of the creature. Usually people just cast a Glistener Elf turn 1 and a Scale Up turn 2. When we come fo poisoning opponents, that's why Hand of the Praetors sees basically zero play outside of commander. This means the best mill creatures are Ruin Crab and Hedron Crab.

Sage's Row Denizen is very inefficient because mill decks like to turbo mill (which is something I personally don't like). Some actually do, but are overcoste, even in you examples. As I mentioned, some of them basically do nothing. This also goes into my next point, which is the mana effiency.ĭespite you saying you like to be mana effienct, a lot of cards here aren't. Also, if you're playing Modern, no one will use Back to Basics because it's not legal. My point is there multiple ways to deal with threats that don't force you into an extremely narrow path. Melira, Sylvok Outcast? Fatal Push, Damn, Collective Brutality and Liliana of the Veil all deal with it. If that's not enough, then I also have Ratchet Bomb in my sideboard. Why? I have Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek. My manabase is almost completely made of nonbasic lands, yet Blood Moon doesn't scare me. I completely understand some cards that can shut your deck down are scary, but I feel like you're letting your fear get in the way of your deck.

This goes into my next point which is your fear of hate cards. So, when you suddenly try to change to hit their life total with one or two creatures that don't have Infect, you're basically starting everything from scratch in the middle of a game. Because of the Infect keyword, the literally doesn't care about the opponent's life total. While, in some cases, it's good a backup windocondition, that does not apply to every archetype, Infect included.

Too many can brick you and too few makes them hard to draw. What you mentioned about legendary creatures is basically the correct way to play with them, in most cases. Here's a few things I'd like to mention regarding them:įirst, a compliment so it doesn't like I'm just criticizing everything. Your deckbuilding guidelines are quite interesting. While, as I said, I don't intend to change your deckbuilding style, you should basically never go above 60 cards, unless your deck runs Yorion, Sky Nomad or Battle of Wits. Similarly, what if Yorion, Sky Nomad is in play instead of Sky Hussar, and Brago flickers Yorion and the Petitioners? Can I tap the Persistent Petitioners in response to Yorion's ETB trigger, then have him flicker them and effectively untap them? I won't get to use them until the next player's turn though, right? Or could they potentially be used at the end of my turn, after they ETB, but before my turn officially ends? It matters if you're milling the next player to death.Īfter reading your comment taking another look at your deck, I realized it has 70 cards. When the Hussar enters the battlefield and triggers, can I tap the three Petitioners in response, putting their mill trigger on the stack before the Sky Hussar would then untap them.? The Petitioners 'enter' first, if that order matters (don't they all enter together.?). I flicker all three of the Petitioners and the Hussar. Three Persistent Petitioners are in play, as well as Sky Hussar and Brago, King Eternal, and I attack unblocked with Brago. Timing interaction: Brago, King Eternal, â€¦ 2 months ago

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