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Also Springleaf Drum was exceptional--had a turn 3 varina (if I had remembered:P) and the ramp was really helpful. I'll definitely be keeping it.
I can testify to the power of the 'Clamp - 'Crawler duo and to the effectiveness of Living Death. 'Clamp has additional, equally effective targets in a Haakon, Stromgald Scourge list. With Haakon, Foulmire Knight, Changeling Outcast and Universal Automaton work as well as 'Crawler. I wish I could find an Automaton to slot in.pokken wrote: ↑1 year agoGot a game in today with Varina and man just...everyone play SkullclampI ran away with the game with Gravecrawler and Skullclamp and varina digging. An early Living Death off of Carrion Feeder to enable my play sealed the game pretty early but all the clamp cards was too much to stop.
Also Springleaf Drum was exceptional--had a turn 3 varina (if I had remembered:P) and the ramp was really helpful. I'll definitely be keeping it.
I literally had to order an Automaton from overseas to get a copy.pzbw7z wrote: ↑1 year agoI can testify to the power of the 'Clamp - 'Crawler duo and to the effectiveness of Living Death. 'Clamp has additional, equally effective targets in a Haakon, Stromgald Scourge list. With Haakon, Foulmire Knight, Changeling Outcast and Universal Automaton work as well as 'Crawler. I wish I could find an Automaton to slot in.pokken wrote: ↑1 year agoGot a game in today with Varina and man just...everyone play SkullclampI ran away with the game with Gravecrawler and Skullclamp and varina digging. An early Living Death off of Carrion Feeder to enable my play sealed the game pretty early but all the clamp cards was too much to stop.
Also Springleaf Drum was exceptional--had a turn 3 varina (if I had remembered:P) and the ramp was really helpful. I'll definitely be keeping it.
All indicators point to the Drum being good here but I haven't had it in my list long. Many of you run even more creatures than I do - 32 - so it should nearly always put in some work.
It really is. Given that it's a cast trigger it really is just bad. Headless Rider is my token spammer, card does great stuff.
That's how I feel about Diregraf Colossus as well. It seems as if it ought to work, but it just never does for me. Headless Rider doesn't always perform well, but sometimes it makes a body or even a few.toctheyounger wrote: ↑1 year agoIt really is. Given that it's a cast trigger it really is just bad. Headless Rider is my token spammer, card does great stuff.
That is interesting; I did not know that. It certainly does count for something.yeti1069 wrote: ↑1 year agoOne of the things I like about the Colossus is that it sees all the zombies (including itself) when mass-rezzing, so it comes in HUGE every time. Ditto for any single target reanimation. It being a 10/10 or more has come in relevant on more than one occasion for me. That said, I can see how it might be a little underwhelming.
Oh yeah it's very rarely less than double digits for me. I think more because the cast trigger is so tough to get anything from it's a bit disappointing for me personally. But as far as beaters go it's pretty nasty.yeti1069 wrote: ↑1 year agoOne of the things I like about the Colossus is that it sees all the zombies (including itself) when mass-rezzing, so it comes in HUGE every time. Ditto for any single target reanimation. It being a 10/10 or more has come in relevant on more than one occasion for me. That said, I can see how it might be a little underwhelming.
Yeah tbh I have not cast a mass reanimation other than Living Death in quite some time. The mana reward is less than it was because my zombies are so cheap, it's often better to just make zombies with Varina
I use this a lot but all things considered 5 is a lot less than 6pzbw7z wrote: ↑1 year agoI'd cut Patriarch's Bidding long before Zombie Apocalypse! Both on performance as well as theme grounds.
Actually, I did cut it already and I'm still on Apocalypse.
To me there's a lot of value in destroying all humans. There's a crap ton of hatebears out there and most of them are human.pokken wrote: ↑1 year agoI use this a lot but all things considered 5 is a lot less than 6pzbw7z wrote: ↑1 year agoI'd cut Patriarch's Bidding long before Zombie Apocalypse! Both on performance as well as theme grounds.
Actually, I did cut it already and I'm still on Apocalypse.Cutting bidding before apocalypse is flat wrong imho. I may have flipflopped on that
(note: if you're not trying to combo as primary gameplan, bidding is probably worse since it lets other people potentially get you. for me, if I resolve bidding I have won the game like 90% and that extra mana to cast an altar or flashback Sevinne's Reclamation or whatever is critical)
Well, yeah. But like Drannith can kinda wreck us too. Winota is a monster, so is Kinnan. I'm sure there's a few more.
It's probably easy enough to just swap a basic out for. I could see it being valuable from time to time (to be fair even Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire could be good for favorable combats), and it's virtually unable to be interacted with barring a couple of real corner case cards. I guess the recursion occupies the same space as Unholy Grotto and Lord of the Undead (the ability for which I've used for the first time in the last week or so).pzbw7z wrote: ↑1 year agoHas anyone given Takenuma, Abandoned Mire a spin? There was discussion nearly a year ago which I had completely forgotten about, but I'm wondering if anyone has experiences.
I'd love to recur Liliana, Untouched by Death now and then, but recurring a single creature might occasionally be nice as well. The trouble is, I just don't know where I'd slot it in.
If I swap out one more Swamp, I might as well run Tainted Pact!toctheyounger wrote: ↑1 year agoIt's probably easy enough to just swap a basic out for. . .pzbw7z wrote: ↑1 year agoHas anyone given Takenuma, Abandoned Mire a spin? There was discussion nearly a year ago which I had completely forgotten about, but I'm wondering if anyone has experiences.
I'd love to recur Liliana, Untouched by Death now and then, but recurring a single creature might occasionally be nice as well. The trouble is, I just don't know where I'd slot it in.
It's for sure on the block for me. I don't think I've cast it once. I'll likely swap it out for enlightened tutor now that it's affordable lol