Playing with Intruder Alarm.

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Now i have no idea if this deck has ever been done before.
I have never seen it in my area. So i think it might be a deck that just was too weak to play. thats why i'm posting this. I want to see if theres any good ideas out there to help this deck out.

38 spells:

4 Intruder Alarm
4 Birds Of Paradice
3 Cavern Harpy
4 Living wish
4 Mana Leak
4 Counterspell
4 Brainstorm
2 Utopia Tree
2 Raven Fimilar
3 Rootwater Thief
4 Tim

22 land:

2 Swamp
8 Island
8 Forest
4Polluted Delta

Sideboard:

1 Archavist
2 Utopia Tree
1 Thornwind Faries
1 Rootwater Thief
1 Cavern Harpy
3 Compost
4 Ground Seal
2 Douse


It idea is to "Ping" my opponent to death with Tim. I can cast the Cavern Harpy as many times as i want in a turn with 2 Birds in play and an intruder alarm. with a tim in play, i can keep Pinging my opponent ever time the Harpy enters play. with 3 birds, i could generate infinate mana...but thats been done. Death by Tim is much more fun.

Thats about it. any ideas?

 

[Spiderman]

Maybe Aluren in case the Birds get toasted?

 

[train]

Or instead of Tim - put an arcane teachings in the deck - and let the birds do the pinging...

 

[Rooser]

Why do people always suggest Arcane Teachings in a deck that runs blue AND NOT red. Are people just unaware of hermetic study and/or psionic gift? Oh wait, it was train, I get it. No blue. Gotcha.

Anyway, if you don't care about format, which you shouldn't for this deck, run shrieking drake instead of the harpy. You only need one mana-buddy that way. Bubble Matrix ain't a bad idea either.

 

[Mikeymike]

Originally posted by Rooser
Why do people always suggest Arcane Teachings in a deck that runs blue AND NOT red. Are people just unaware of hermetic study and/or psionic gift? Oh wait, it was train, I get it. No blue. Gotcha.

, now that was funny.

 

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Well, right now it's being played Casual..but does anybody think it might be Extended worthy?
I dont even know whats out there right now. I've been in the middle of the pacific Ocean since January.
(I'm in the navy.)
So i haven't even seen whats being played out there. but when playtesting against my friends here on the ship, i Lost to Sligh And Zombies. Thats why i Put the Douse in the sideboard. and i'm thinking about putting in Propaganda Vs. Beats Decks.

I thought of Hermatic Study, I want to keep it creatures that Ping in case i need to Living wish for one.
I dont want to Run Aluren, it costs Four mana. if you look at the deck, nothing really goes above three. thus the quickness.

 

[Nightstalkers]

Hmm... why return the harpy for 1 life each time when you could just pull out the Thopter Squadron for 2 mana to untap all creatures...

oh, not enough mana producers to do that....

 

[Rooser]

Yeesh, you always do this Nightstalkers.....

The harpy would not cause him to lose life upon it returning to his hand due to GATING.

 

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He's right, I dont need to pay the 1 life. I can bounce the Harpy due to her gating ability. However, If i were to bounce the Raven Fimialr,(which is what i usually end up doing looking for the combo.) then i would have to pay the 1 life to bring her back.
i was playing the deck again earlier, and i'm now thinking 1 genesis might go in the the deck, and one in the side board. i would take out one of the tims.
any ideas? thoughts?

 

[train]

Why do people always suggest Arcane Teachings in a deck that runs blue AND NOT red. Are people just unaware of hermetic study and/or psionic gift? Oh wait, it was train, I get it. No blue. Gotcha

Right - it was me...

Anyhow - if you're going to run the studies or another pinging enchantment - I just think it would be neat for the birds to do the pinging...

"I just prefer it be with Arcane Teachings... and you could cast it with birds..."

 

[Nightstalkers]

Originally posted by Rooser
Yeesh, you always do this Nightstalkers.....

The harpy would not cause him to lose life upon it returning to his hand due to GATING.

Gating? let me look up the card... I remember cavern harpy as a 1/1, flying, pay 1 life: return to hand for (U)(B)

Hmm.

yep, its got the gating... sorry.

that reminds me, shove Horned Kavu into me reacurring mana deck