Archelos The Psychedelic Turtle

[kirkusjones]

In coming up with brews forArchelos, Lagoon Mystic I started tinkering with a shaman tribal deck. I decided to go in the direction of BUG control, as my playgroup is more competitive, but I still want to put together a shaman list as well. In thinking about themes, shamans are often associated with visions and psychedelics. Which brings me to the purpose of my post: let's brew up a psychedelic BUG deck! There will definitely be some fungi, of course, but I need ways to close out the game. Open to any and all suggestions!

[Serenade]

The only card I've thought about running with our turtle friend is Centaur Omenreader. Might not fit thematically (though I'm sure one could stretch to make it work), but that cost reduction seems too good.

[Treamayne]

Well, Sword of the Paruns immediately comes to mind. Along with Amulet of Vigor (and Thawing Glaciers, if available). Other things I found in a quick search:


Shamen for consideration:
Woodfall Primus
Gigantomancer
Sapling of Colfenor
Thelonite Hermit
Korozda Guildmage
Nullmage Shepherd
Shapers of Nature
Underrealm Lich
Deathrite Shaman
Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro
Elvish Visionary

Theme cards for consideration:
Thornbite Staff
Psychotrope Thallid
Psychic Spiral
Elixir of Immortality
Theft of Dreams
Nostalgic Dreams
Restless Dreams
Insidious Dreams
Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
Visions of Beyond
Diabolic Vision

Others for consideration:
Aura of Dominion
Gleeful Sabotage
Shared Discovery
Angel's Trumpet
Patriarch's Bidding
Distant Melody
Slate of Ancestry
Konda's Banner
Heirloom Blade
Descendants' Path
Cover of Darkness
Stoneforge Masterwork

[ilovesaprolings]

Freed from the Real is psychedelic enough?

[kirkusjones]

Loving these suggestions. Paradise Mantle will be his drug rug. Freed From the Real, Aura of Dominion and Pemmin's Aura are already in, as is Spring Leaf Drum (drum circle, anyone?). I'll start assembling a list today.

[UnNamed1]

Loving these suggestions. Paradise Mantle will be his drug rug. Freed From the Real, Aura of Dominion and Pemmin's Aura are already in, as is Spring Leaf Drum (drum circle, anyone?). I'll start assembling a list today.

If you don't have a list yet, you can take a look at mine. I went heavy control and stax, but you can put even more in.

This is geared to be more competitive than casual, mind you.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/spCvjgGI402hCaNXGN7bhA

[kirkusjones]

Loving these suggestions. Paradise Mantle will be his drug rug. Freed From the Real, Aura of Dominion and Pemmin's Aura are already in, as is Spring Leaf Drum (drum circle, anyone?). I'll start assembling a list today.

If you don't have a list yet, you can take a look at mine. I went heavy control and stax, but you can put even more in.

This is geared to be more competitive than casual, mind you.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/spCvjgGI402hCaNXGN7bhA

I'm still messing with a couple of lists, the main deck I plan on playing with Archelos is more competitive, as my playgroup skews that way. I enjoy theory-crafting casual, thematic decks, thought.

[WolfWhoWanders]

I made an evil Great Aurora version of Archelos and have been considering using him for a long thought of mushroom trip experience deck. I think I'll include things like Slimefoot, the Stowaway (my original commander thought) and other fungus generators. Earthcraft would be on theme, Shamanic Revelation could do some work. Sadistic Hypnotist could represent the darker side of things. I feel like you could make a pretty reasonably strong deck while staying on theme. What I like about building like this is I can take deck concepts that are otherwise too strong for my group, jank them up a little and still have fun. I recently made a Hans and Saffi deck because I started playing then and thought Lhurgoyf was the coolest card ever. A straight up Saffi deck might come on a little too strong, but throw them together in a deck and try to make it work and I had a ton of fun and the deck works pretty well. I feel like I need to do a similar thing here. Archelos is gonna make people in my playgroup cry the way I currently have him built. It's good for when I play with stronger decks, but that's not really them.