DirkGently wrote: ↑2 years ago
Winding canyons can't flash in bridge.
I'm not sure what the point of flashing it in is, though, tbh. She triggers on upkeep, so as long as bridge isn't removed, you'll untap, get a fatty, and be prepared to defend it right away. Even if it dies it's sorta whatever, just wait until next turn and get another one. The only advantage of flash is that I guess she's protected from sorcery-speed removal, but if you just saved the mana you spend to activate alchemists you could just keep a counterspell up.
Con sphinx seems like small ball tbh. You don't care about cmc and you have access to every card. Praetors come to mind. Eldrazi titans come to mind. Planeswalkers could be potentially be good although I don't think any have quite the immediate impact of
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur.
Red sweepers probably do the best job of killing small-stuff-only while leaving your fatties alive, although you probably want some full wipes just in case. Alternately you could just play 30 wipes and focus on planeswalkers and indestructible creatures (hi Ulamog x2). Free counters to protect Esika seem important for a powerful meta, which is where I hope you'll be playing this because it's going to be unbelievably gross.
Oh good call on canyons, been a while since I used it and mentally shorthanded it in with refuge.
The point of flashing it in is to avoid tapping out for it during a turn when someone else might try to win or play something we can't recover from (My meta goes pretty hard but they mostly go at sorcery speed, so if I wait until someone's end step I'm not likely to die to
Tooth and Nail into
Avenger of Zendikar +
Purphoros, God of the Forge or whatever nonsense.
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur is a pretty solid one! I don't think any of the other praetors or eldrazi are any good because what I want to do is ensure that whatever card I stick generates a comical stream of counterspells and removal so I can be sure I can defend them. I don't need to kill them fast I just need to keep drawing cards.
Serra's Emissary is actually a stretch but being immune to creature combat is probably good enough as a silver bullet type card? I dunno.
Consecrated Sphinx I think -- basically impossible anyone wins the game if I put a CSphinx in when I'm untapped and pass the turn. The +6 cards (minimum) it generates per turn cycle is the key there. Very few things do that.
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur is a much better rip than
Sire of Stagnation (although it does go bananas against some decks, it's inconsistent).
Red sweepers could be pretty good. I do really love how efficient
Blasphemous Act is. I'm trying top steer clear of Planeswalkers on account of that synergy is a touch, er, blatant? I'm thinking about staying away from most wipes and leaning hard on removal/counterspells/etc. Wipes are a pretty strong obvious synergy though so thinking about a number of efficient creature-focused wipes, and maybe
Hour of Revelation for before Esika.
My thinking is that I'd like to try to see if I can pinpoint answer most stuff somewhat tempo people out with the massive ramp from the Bridge churning out a gigantic fatty every turn.
It's definitely not the optimal way to play the deck, but I think it'll be right power level for the mid-high powered group. Having to make a ton of decisions about what to remove/counter vs. just spamming sweepers feels somewhat testing?
Zacama
