Extended Deck--Alluren / Equilibrium

[Mikeymike]

I had this deck put together as a group deck, it was banned after about 4 games b/c no one liked to play against it. I've decided to modify it into a legal extended deck b/c I feel it would win a few games. The reason I feel this deck is so powerful is because it works pretty nicely as a control deck until it gets its combo, cloud of fairies/ghitu slinger.

Enchantments--12
4 Alluren
4 Equilibrium
4 Survival

Creatures--23
4 BoP
4 Wall of Blossoms
3 Academy Rectors
4 Cloud of Fairies
4 Ghitu Slingers
2 Wizard Mentor
1 Uk Organ.
1 Monk Realist
1 Gilded Drake (destroys creature decks)

Mana--24
4 Tropical Islands
4 Cities
4 Volc. Islands
4 Taiga
4 Islands
4 Forests

Other possibilities (for deck and sideboard)
Man o War
Neekrataal or Bone Shredder
Yav. Granger
Shrieking Mogg (tap all critter, Alluren instant)
Emerald Charms
Raven Familiar
E. tutor

The ideal game would go
T1-City or TI, BoP
T2-Equilibrim
T3-Aluren, Cloud of Fairies/Ghitu Slinger (infinite damage)

The combo is relatively easy to get, but just like any combo deck it gets pimp-slapped by disruption. The mana base isn't optimized and I'm not sure how much I really like the rectors.

Any and all suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

 

[Griffith_se]

Just wondering, Under sixth addition rules will this work?
Can triggered abilitys happen more than once?

I'm not sure what the heck I'm tring to say. I just thought there was some kind of rules change in Sixth Ed. that stopped these kinds of combos.

BTW, I think the deck is cool. I'm just not sure if it works under Sixth Ed. rules. Maybe one of the rules Tzars can answer.

 

[Mikeymike]

Here's the basic make-up of the combo.

Lets says Equilibrium is out.

You play Aluren. All crtitters 3 or less cost 0 to play and can be played as instants.

Play a Cloud of Fairies, untap 2 lands.
Play a Ghitu Slinger, pay 1 to send the CoF back to your hand, deal 2 damage to target player.
Pull 1 in your pool, play CoF, untap 2, use the 1 to send the ghitu back to your hand.
Wash, rinse, repeat.

I can't see how the combo doesn't work under 6th rules (of course it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong).

I think what changed was that under the old rules, you could pay 1 to send the creature you just cast back to your hand.

 

[Griffith_se]

I'm probably wrong, I often am.

I got shot down on a - Magpie, Apathy, Hermetic study Combo.
Which is probably an entirly different situation.

 

[Mikeymike]

I know the Magpie/Study combo but I forget what card Apathy is. How about Magpie/Study/Sigil of Sleep

 

[Griffith_se]

This worked in 5th, but not in 6th.

Apathy

Color=Blue
Type=Enchant Creature
Cost=U
WL(C1)
Text(WL+errata): Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. ; At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may discard a card at random from his or her hand. If he or she does, untap enchanted creature. [Oracle 00/02/01]

The discard to untap is a payment and is not forced. [bethmo 97/06/12]

Magpie Enchanted with Apathy, and Hermetic Study.
1. Discard
2. Untap
3. Tap deal 1 damage draw a card
4. Repeat from step 1

Anyway, like I said this is probably different because it happens during the upkeep step.

BTW, I'm really sorry if I messed up your Thread.

 

[Mikeymike]

Instead of Apathy you can use Mind Over Matter to the same effect. Of course the card is banned so that kind of puts a damper on things.

Don't worry about the thread, any reason to talk about the game is a good one in my book.

 

[Spiderman]

I think Mikeymike's combo will work.

The reason why yours didn't, Griffth_se, is because you were relying on "At beginning of upkeep" effects, which only happen once a turn. Mikeymike's effects are not restricted to that kind of thing so he can do it as many times as he wants.

 

[Griffith_se]

Ahhh...

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Killer Joe]

Yeah, I used to think that the FaeriEquiLuren combo couldn't work in 6E. But, that was when I was thinking that you play CoF/tap 2 lands in response/untap 2 lands/use mana in your pool to shot the CoF back to your hand (it doesn't work in 6th ed rules) however, playing the Cof/then do the land cha-cha/ then play the Ghitu Slinger, well now then, THAT'S quite a diiferent story.
Thanks! I disassembled that deck last year and I'm quite sure I'm going to reconstruct it to torment my play group....ha....he-ha.....Ha-ha........Wha-ha-ha.......BWAHAHAHAHA!
BTW, I saw somebody type .\\agic like this, who was that? It's cool.

 

[Mikeymike]

Yeah, I saw .\\agic too and it is cool.

Do you think I should run counters in here? I was thinking Arcane Denials