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hello, can we create a deck with Bloodfeather Phoenix?
I like it too much as paper and I want to find a place for it 🙂
What do you think about it?
Lets go new set
Neat. I’m going to pick some of the backup cards out of it for my mentor/training Marisi, Breaker of the Coil deck, but it’s nice to see upgrade options.
Umm ima just say I made Mindless Automaton have like 40+ counters once game. Card seems perfectly fine if you’re using Bright-Palm
I picked up this precon to upgrade and the cavalry charge precon to keep for precon play…. I plan on upgrading this precon w shalai and Hallar as the commander
I put a flicker sub theme in my upgrade.
Yesterday I got managora hydra up to 160 counters. It was magical
Nice suggestions as always, keep up the good work!
+1/+1 counters decks have been quite numerous lately, between the Coven Counters from Midnight hunt, Upgrades Unleashed from Kamigawa, the Tyranid Swarm and now this deck, but it's nice because a lot of the upgrades you could put in one go very nicely into the others.
The deck is really cool but has one very, VERY big problem out of the box: it has 2 card draw spells, in [Mindless Automaton[ and [Armorcraft Judge]. Plenty of pretty cool beaters and support pieces, but 2 real card advantage spells is just not possible. Throw in [Harmonize], [Return of the Wildspeaker], [Rishkar's Expertise], [Hunter's Insight], [Kami of Celebration] , [Leinore, Autumn Sovereign] , [Garruk, Primal Hunter], [Shamanic Revelation] and [Dusk Legion Duellist]. Playing beaters is cool and all but someone casts [Farewell] and you are left crying with absolutely no gas.
For this deck specifically, since combat is so important for backup, haste enablers are the second priority. Lucky us, we got very good ones in [Rhythm of the Wild] (bit pricey but totally worth it) and [Invigorating Hot Springs]. [Halana and Alena, partners] are really good for that as well, and since they give back the counters you put on them with backup, they are an excellent target for the buffs.
Removal and interaction is okay but the deck only has 1 card that exile stuff from the graveyard. Just throw a [Scavenging Ooze] in here. It's a cheap creature that will grow nicely, gain a few points of life and carry counters all on its own. [Cankerbloom] will be able to use all its modes and being a creature for backup is perfect. [Unbreakable formation] is in the knight deck but it clearly should be in this one as well instead of [Hindervines], and [Gaea's Gift] will slot in nicely to protect our beater and give it evasion.
For winning the game, assuming you don't go combo, [Akki Battle Squad] will be the best option for crazy combats were you get to triggers Bright-Palm, Kalonian Hydra and all your backup payoffs multiple times. [Sigarda's Summons] will be quite at home here as well.
Cavalry charge is my favorite
All Will Be One is a really nice card with this deck either helps with going for the kill or keeping board in check
I was thinking about getting this deck and deconstructing and mixing it between my chishiro deck and making another deck with agrus as the commander
Just wanting to add to this, Forgotten Ancient. Typically 2 to 3 bucks, and just a good way yo get more counters from your friends.
Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier. Going to be fun in this deck. board wide Back up trigger for 2 extra mana? Yes please.
My upgrade route was Hamletback Goliath, a few dragons and some blinking
My cuts would be Enduring Scalelord, Juniper Order Ranger, Ion Storm, Brawn and Inscription of Abundance.
I think the pre-con suffers from a lack of draw / card advantage effects so I added Beast Whisperer, Tome of Legends, Lifecrafter's Bestiary, Leinore Autumn Sovereign, Dusk Legion Duelist, Kami of Celebration and Soul's Majesty. I wanted to add Rishkar's Expertise too but I only have one copy and it's in a another deck.
Isn't Blade of Selves an auto-include in this deck?