Re: Bruna, the Fading Light - Mono-W Moat Control
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:19 pm
@ISBPathfinder wow. That meta sounds pretty cutthroat, although to be honest I expect nothing less from a modern Simic commander anyway. It's weird, I try not to begrudge the strength of those commanders, but it does seem like Simic/x's design palette is pretty much exponential card draw and ramp, and....not much else. I find it a bit boring myself - if it's as easy as playing your cards and requires less input from you, there's no real challenge. Like Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy - combos with a ham sandwich, drops for 2. That power should not exist in the format. Anyway, rant over, that's a tough meta. I'm also not a huge fan of Aetherflux Reservoir myself - it's a very good win con, but part of that is because it's very hard to disrupt, and basically results in you holding the table to ransom.
I feel the same way about Vanquish the Horde - were it any more expensive I wouldn't consider it at all purely for the fact that rocks need to die too. But at least with the cost of this one you're not wiping then passing the turn; you can still reset, follow up with something to reestablish or reanimate and then pass. That's something that is becoming more common, but still relatively rare, and it's advantage I'll gladly take in mono white.
Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer - honestly, part of this one is I can't be bothered with parsing it. I vaguely understand what it does enough to know it's not really something I need.
Re a humans build: I think this set does good things for you in that respect. Coven is eminently abusable in EDH, and stuff like Cathars' Crusade seems pretty auto-include, not just to make Coven work to make your guys walking tanks but to continually provide permanent anthem effect.
I feel the same way about Vanquish the Horde - were it any more expensive I wouldn't consider it at all purely for the fact that rocks need to die too. But at least with the cost of this one you're not wiping then passing the turn; you can still reset, follow up with something to reestablish or reanimate and then pass. That's something that is becoming more common, but still relatively rare, and it's advantage I'll gladly take in mono white.
Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer - honestly, part of this one is I can't be bothered with parsing it. I vaguely understand what it does enough to know it's not really something I need.
Re a humans build: I think this set does good things for you in that respect. Coven is eminently abusable in EDH, and stuff like Cathars' Crusade seems pretty auto-include, not just to make Coven work to make your guys walking tanks but to continually provide permanent anthem effect.