Pojo's Magic The Gathering news, tips, strategies and more! | |||||
|
|||||
Pojo's MTG
120x90 Ad Space
|
BMoor's Magic The
Gathering
Deck Garage
Ah, the Stuffy Doll combo decks. How they amuse us so. Furnace of Rath is a nice wrinkle, turning the 2 that Pyroclasm would deal into a whopping 8 to the opponent's noggin. That pretty much ensures the game will end QUICKLY. Extended is a pretty fast format though anyway, so it's possible that by the time Furnace comes down, your opponent will be able to burn you out before Stuffy can do its thing. So, the task at hand is to speed this deck up, or help it slow your opponent down.
Now, you say that you chose black as the secondary color because it has regenerating creatures to hold off the onslaught, as well as Soul Burn and death spells. I see no regenerating creatures and no Soul Burn. Soul Burn you're probably better off without, but I would like to see some regenerators in here-- specifically Will-o'-the-Wisp. It's fast, it regenerates for cheap, and it even blocks fliers as well.
Now, as far as life draining spells go, I'd say the best you would do in terms of speed, damage-to-mana-cost ratio, and general utiltity would be Feast of Flesh. Yes, the first one is only 1 damage and 1 life gained, but for B it's a good deal, especially as you draw the second, third, and fourth ones. Life gain will help you a great deal if you're going to drop a Furnace, and the Feast deals damage instead of life loss, so Furnace will double it. Feast of Flesh's life gain isn't tied to how much damage is dealt, sadly, and neither is any drain spell I know of beyond Syphon Soul, Agent of Masks, or the like.
These spells are great, but the trouble is that they want to come down on turn one, or close to it. And they're both Black spells, which conflicts with the 1RRR mana cost of the Furnace. So what does one do? Rakdos Signet-- it filters red mana into black mana and vice versa fairly well, so it should be easier to guard against color screw. It will also help accelerate your deck so you can cast Stuffy sooner, hopefully. Although, from what I've heard of Extended, it's a brutally fast format. Withotu a Turn One play, you may be sunk.
Hopefully not though, as I've given you Turn One plays as well as mana acceleration. I have faith in this deck-- it's got a lot of removal and burn, and plenty of tutors. Good luck to you, and may you teach your opponents that playing with Dolls isn't just for little girls anymore.
~BMoor
|
||||
Copyright© 1998-2006 pojo.com
This site is not sponsored, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with any of the companies or products featured on this site. This is not an Official Site. |