Stella Lee: Shoot to Thrill!
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:15 am
Stella Lee, Wild Card: Shoot to Thrill!
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Table of Contents
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Deck Overview
There are links to cEDH decks that I've been looking at with a view to improving my own. So far, I've mostly used them to validate my own thinking. But in time, I will apply some of their tech. There's a section on discussion of card choices which is under construction.
Forthcoming are sections on game play, win conditions, budget and hopefully, other levels of play, from pre-con mods on up.
By the way, this is a modified pre-con; a heavily modified pre-con. If you're attentive, you'll notice some signs of this fact.
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Deck List
Shoot to Thrill
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https://www.moxfield.com/decks/5ZgQoLij8EKVnf2P6vhjiQ
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Some Other Lists
Some Other Lists
I'll Give You To 3
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Third Time's a Charm
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Wicked Witch of the West
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Brewing Stella Lee, Wild Card in cEDH
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Izzet Flashhulk
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Card Choice Discussion
Following is a list of cards which were common to at least four of the cEDH lists I've referenced when I referenced them. These cards could be considered a starting point for a competitive list. These lists can obviously change, so some of this listing may not be up to date.
Cards Common to four or more cEDH Lists
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Notable Omissions
These are cards from the common list that are not currently in my list.
Out of Budget
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Some of these are just past the threshold of pain and could be added, others are just about out of the question.
- City of Traitors - The ability to power out two-MV rocks is nice.
- Flusterstorm
- Force of Negation
- Force of Will
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Mox Diamond - One of the best of the mana rocks, the ability to make any color is awesome.
- Otawara, Soaring City
- Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
- The One Ring
- Timetwister
- Volcanic Island
- Wheel of Fortune - Wheel of Misfortune is a poor substitute, but the deck arguably wants both!
Cards I have, but haven't decided to add - yet, I'm using these elsewhere.
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Others
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These are cards I haven't rounded up yet:
- Brain Freeze - This isn't playable without Lion's Eye Diamond.
- Chain of Vapor - Very cheap to cast and very versatile.
- Mental Misstep - This can be cast without mana and has a good number of viable targets in cEDH.
- Thundering Falls - I can't say I dig this but I'm probably wrong. It's fetch-able so perhaps I need it worse than these guys who have Volcanic Island.
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Notable Includes
Notable Includes
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These are the cards I play in place of the notable omissions along with my feeble justifications.
Cards common to one or two of the cEDH lists mentioned above
Cards common to one or two of the cEDH lists mentioned above
- An Offer You Can't Refuse - Cheap counter magic.
- Dispel - Budget counter magic. Cheap to cast.
- March of Swirling Mist - This can make one or more troublesome permanents go away for a while, or protect our own permanents.
- Miscast - Low cost, budget counter magic.
- Preordain - This is a low cost cantrip that digs a little.
- Red Elemental Blast - This is less susceptible to redirection than Pyroblast, but Pyroblast can be cast without a target if we just need to add one to the spell count for the turn.
- Frantic Search - This spell can filter our hand and increase the spell count essentially for free, provided we can cast it using only lands.
- Misdirection - This can be free, mana-wise, and it's essentially counter magic.
- Wheel of Misfortune - This can provide a fresh grip for a price.
- Windfall - This can be useful as long as an opponent has more cards than we do.
- Cephalid Coliseum - This is a little anti-Thassa's Oracle tech.
- Exotic Orchard - Will there be and in a cEDH pod? I think it's worth the risk.
- Forbidden Orchard - this is a solid rainbow land. We aren't really in the combat business, so the downside isn't hugely significant.
- Ral, Storm Conduit - His magecraft ability is a win-condition.
- Dragon's Rage Channeler - She's here for the Surveil, but beats can be useful.
- Claim the Firstborn - This can provide haste for Stella but it can also steal a Drannith Magistrate or a Orcish Bowmasters for a moment to allow us to play. It also just wins if Stella can copy it with Ral, Storm Conduit on board.
- Pongify - Leftovers. But cheap removal isn't the worst thing in the world.
- Counterspell - A budget counter spell.
- Negate - Another budget counter spell.
- Cascade Bluffs - A pre-con artifact, but not a terrible card by any means.
- Gemstone Mine - This is another rainbow land. My list has extra lands compared to the cool kids' list, plus I'm missing Volcanic Island.
- Spire of Industry - Ditto
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Credits & Thanks
Many thanks to Comedlan (I'll Give You to 3), Cardboard Content (Third Time's a Charm) and ElderDrunkenHighlander (Wicked Witch of the West)!
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Change Log
Change log
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This will begin once the list is a bit more stable.
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