Brand new shrieking drakes

[jorael]

I am toying with the following construction (not played yet):


Brand new shrieking drakes.dec

16 island
8 Red cycling land (urza and onslaught versions)

4 Equilibrium
4 Furious Assault
4 Genesis Chamber
4 Brand

4 Shrieking Drake
4 Darting Merfolk
4 Man-'o-war
4 Raven Familiar (tutoring)
4 Tradewind Rider (only got 2 )


The idea is to abuse Shrieking Drake's ability to return itself to owner's hand. Darting Merfolk and Man-'o-war can do the same for more mana.

Genesis Chamber will create a lot of tokens, also at opponent sides, combined with Brand that seems a nice combo.
Equilibrium let's you bounce creatures of opponents (for 2 mana with the shrieking drakes!). Furious Assault and Shrieking Drake converts all my blue mana into damage to the opponents head.

The problem is I only have 2 Tradewind Riders and they are a bit pricy to obtain (4-5 euro -> about 7 dollars each). Plus I fear the deck is a bit easy to disrupt. What shall I do?

Any suggestions?

 

[Limited]

I'll probably regret helping you on thursday...

The only removal i see is the tradewind rider and the equilibrium, which aren't going to be enough.
I would add a couple of shocks (or lightning bolt ..) and perhaps some boomerangs.
The brand/genesis chamber is fun, but you don't need 4 brands to pull it off. I'd drop two. Or maybe you should totally focus on the furious assault and remove the combo entirely.
So..
12 islands
4 lonely sandbar
4 mountain
4 smoldering crater

4 equilibrium
4 furious assault
4 kindle
3 boomerang
3 suffocating blast? prophetic bolt? maybe just impulse?

4 shrieking drake
4 man-o-war
4 darting merfolk
4 raven familiar
2 tradewind rider

 

[jorael]

Ok, I see your point.

The way I see it I could go for 4x furious assault OR 4x genesis chamber with 4x brand (extra copies can be cycled).

I'll try the token idea first with some extra kill cards:

+ 4 prophetic bolt
+ 1 Gilded Drake (I only have one, grrrr)
- 4 furious assault
+1 island

The genesis version to be tested:

Shrieker.dec

25 lands
17 islands
4 lonely sandbar
4 smoldering crater

16 spells
4 equilibrium
4 genesis chamber
4 brand
4 prophetic bolt

19 creatures
1 gilded drake (2 should be better)
2 tradewind rider
4 raven familiar
4 man-'o-war
4 darting merfolk
4 shrieking drake

Flavor text Genesis Chamber:

“As the experimental population grows, so do the number of myr. It’s a perfect equilibrium.”
—Memnarch

 

[Limited]

A card that combines well with genesis chamber (or rather, lots of tokens) and gilded drake::

Barrin, Master Wizard.

3u, sacrifice a myr: Gain control of target creature an opponent controls and put a Myr token into play. (if you stack the abilities correctly)

sweeeeet

 

[Oversoul]

Gilded Drake is pretty cool with Brand and Tradewind Rider has excellent synergy with them. I would consider trying more of them...

 

[jorael]

Originally posted by Oversoul
Gilded Drake is pretty cool with Brand and Tradewind Rider has excellent synergy with them. I would consider trying more of them...

I agree.

I've put Tradewind Rider and Gilded Drake on my 'wanted list'.

Unfortunately that list is getting larger and larger, while my funds are currently very restricted....

 

[Spiderman]

If you're willing to trade, put a list up in the Trading Forum and maybe someone will have it...