Kess, Cartoonish Supervillainy
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:18 am
When I build a deck, it usually comes from a Timmy perspective - I'm looking for a specific experience or sensation that my other decks don't provide. In this deck's case, it was inspired by two core items.
The first item was a personal desire to cast Cruel Ultimatum..... multiple times, and maybe copy it for good measure, "just in case".
The second item was the release of Unstable and creatures with the 'villain' type, such as Grusilda, Monster Masher and Baron Von Count.
These two ideas combined into the deck's concept: this deck wants to act like a cartoonish supervillain. It doesn't aim to win - rather, it aims to make its opponents lose. It wants to cackle evilly while playing doomsday devices and big, splashy spells that make its opponents feel miserable - and their little dog too! No quick deaths or combos here - it's much better to watch your opponents squirm as the needlessly complicated deathtrap slowly closes in on them.
Kess was obviously chosen due to her ability to flash back Cruel Ultimatum, but Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen would function as a solid alternative from a thematic standpoint. I've cut the silver-bordered villains over time, but I've kept to the theme of excluding any heroic figures from my creatures.
The first item was a personal desire to cast Cruel Ultimatum..... multiple times, and maybe copy it for good measure, "just in case".
The second item was the release of Unstable and creatures with the 'villain' type, such as Grusilda, Monster Masher and Baron Von Count.
These two ideas combined into the deck's concept: this deck wants to act like a cartoonish supervillain. It doesn't aim to win - rather, it aims to make its opponents lose. It wants to cackle evilly while playing doomsday devices and big, splashy spells that make its opponents feel miserable - and their little dog too! No quick deaths or combos here - it's much better to watch your opponents squirm as the needlessly complicated deathtrap slowly closes in on them.
Kess was obviously chosen due to her ability to flash back Cruel Ultimatum, but Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen would function as a solid alternative from a thematic standpoint. I've cut the silver-bordered villains over time, but I've kept to the theme of excluding any heroic figures from my creatures.
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