* DONE #+TITLE: Lich-combo #+SUBTITLE: #+DATE: Mon Apr 25 18:37:47 UTC 2016 #+AUTHOR: Tuomas Pyyhtiä #+DESCRIPTION: Gain value by playing close to zero (infernal contract etc.), then drop Lich. Hope to survive couple of turns. Draw cards, kill with Mirror Universe. #+KEYWORDS: # Export underscore as underscore instead of highlight in HTML: #+OPTIONS: ^:nil \n:t num:nil # Include usable macros from https://github.com/fniessen/org-macros: #+INCLUDE: ../../org-mode/macros/org-macros.setup #+INFOJS_OPT: view:showall ltoc:nil path:https://iki.fi/~pyyhttu/debian/org-mode/js/org-info.js #+HTML_HEAD: * Design philosophy Original: Analysis: Gameplay: Primer: * Legend 1: part of the initial build (Created by) +1: added/to be added to the build -1: removed/to be removed from the build ?1: maybe to be removed, didn't perform well !1: performed well! *1: "Game Changer" card: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/commander-brackets-and-game-changers * Version 0 Created by (Original) ** Main (60) 100 Commander (1): 1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim (sac walls, with Lich out = draw cards) Mana (44): *1 Ancient Tomb *1 Mox Diamond *1 Serra's Sanctum *1 Glacial Chasm (Also combos with Soul Echo and Solemnity). *1 Chrome Mox *1 Mana Vault 1 Godless Shrine 1 Lotus Petal 1 Scrubland 21 Swamp +1 Castle Lochtwain 1 Plains 1 Nomad Stadium 1 Flagstones of Trokair 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1 Lake of the Dead 1 Sol Ring 1 Dark Ritual 1 Cabal Ritual 1 Spoils of Evil +1 Culling the Weak +1 Songs of the Damned (enough creatures for this?) ?1 Orzhov Signet (flexislot, replace with something needed/cool) Creatures (10): 1 Ornithopter 1 Shield Spehere 1 Phyrexian Walker 1 Death's Shadow +1 Tireless Tribe +1 Concealing Curtains +1 Shadow of Mortality 1 Hunted Horror 1 Academy Rector (with Lich out, damage = sacrifice outlet) +1 Angelic Favor Combo (8): *1 Ad Nauseam (Soul Echo) 1 Lich 1 Lich's Mastery 1 Angel's Grace 1 Soul Echo (*Glacial Chasm, *Ad Nauseam, Mirror Universe) 1 Phyrexian Unlife (with Solemnity) +1 Solemnity (comboes with Soul Echo, Delaying Shield, Glacial Chasm, Phyrexian Unlife) 1 Platinum Archangel Combo (2): 1 Nefarious Lich (can't go to negative with this, but comboes with life gain) 1 Transcendence (Lich/Nefarious Lich = For each point of damage OR life loss you would take, draw two cards.) Utility (11): 1 Children of Korlis (also with Necropotence, Lich CiP, ) 1 Tainted Sigil (Necropotence, Lich CiP) 1 Guardian Beast / Plunge into Darkness +1 Black Market Connections +1 Soul Spike 1 Pain's Reward (can be used for baiting) 1 Arguel's Blood Fast 1 Cruel Bargain (if at negative life, then half is zero) 1 Infernal Contract 1 Night's Whisper 1 Sign in Blood 1 Suffer the Past Combo with Lich (6): 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Chant of Vitu-Ghazi (untap with Lich) 1 Riot Control 1 Zuran Orb (Glacial Chasm) 1 Rain of Filth (Fuels Nefarious Lich and combos with Planar Birth) 1 Planar Birth (Rain of Filth, Zuran Orb) Combo (2) 1 Lich's Mirror 1 Necropotence (Children of Korlis) Utility (6): *1 Vampiric Tutor / *Imperial Seal / Profane Tutor / Demonic Counsel / Diabolic Intent *1 Enlightened Tutor / Insatiable Avarice / Scheming Symmetry / Wishclaw Talisman 1 Argivian Find 1 Beseech the Mirror 1 Anguished Unmaking 1 Beseech the Mirror Protection (9): 1 Darkness +1 Faith's Shield 1 Dawn Charm 1 Mandate of Peace +1 Flare of Fortitude 1 Delaying Shield (combo with lich) +1 Stunning Reversal +1 The Golden Throne Win (2): 1 Mirror Universe (cool, but too slow? Nah!) 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel ** Maybeboard -1 Spoils of the Vault -1 Arbiter of Knollridge (combo with Lich) -1 Wall of Reverence -1 Fountain Watch (double ww is awkward) -1 Alhammarret's Archive (win more?) -1 Convalescent Care (double ww is awkward) -1 Spoils of Evil -1 Pariah -1 Murderous Betrayal -1 Cabal Coffers -1 Restore Balance -1 Balancing Act -1 Faith's Reward -1 Solemn Simulacrum -1 Bubbling Muck -1 Vesuva? -1 Kami of False Hope (doesn't have surprise factor) -1 Wall of Glare -1 Vigilant Martyr (Protects Lich, but.. not on the turn it's drawn) -1 Reverse the Sands -1 Reliquary Tower -1 Land Tax (no-one wants to wait me to resolve this every upkeep) -1 Skirge Familiar -1 Wall of Essence -1 Rhox Faithmender -1 Wall of Omens -1 Resolute Archangel (combo with Lich) -1 Congregate -1 Penance (if r/b creature on field, decking is prevented when comboing) -1 Peace of Mind -1 Words of Worship -1 Ivory Tower -1 Wild-Field Scarecrow -1 Pilgrim's Eye (fetches plains, contributes to Ivory Tower etc.) -1 Damnation -1 Diamond Valley -1 Phyrexian Obliterator -1 Rally the Ancestors (double white) -1 Soul Conduit -1 Scroll Rack -1 Orzhov Signet -1 Wall of Souls -1 Wall of Blood -1 Trading Post -1 Lich's Tomb (comboer with Mirror, but didn't contribute otherwise) -1 Treacherous Pit-Dweller -1 Wall of Shards (costs two, and w) -1 Steel Wall -1 Grim Monolith +1 Ranger of Eos -1 Exquisite Archangel (too expensive and difficult to splash) -1 Battle at the Bridge (requires more artifacts, Steel Wall?) -1 Avatar of Hope (if w in manabase just allows, but not) -1 Oketra's Last Mercy (with Lich out, I would deck myself) -1 Energy Storm -1 Axis of Mortality (not as cool, or splashable as Mirror Universe, and second one is not needed) -1 Famished Paladin (and Resplendent Mentor. No, doesn't contribute to existing comboes) -1 Severed Strandsa (not an instant, and costs one more when compared to Ayli) -1 Gideon's Sacrifice (at somepoint replace Simulacrum with this one) -1 Solitary Confinement (also comboes with Necropotence, but is too obvious as sits on table and makes me a target, no surprise factor) ?1 Claws of Gix (needed for what, Rector, Planar Birth? Lich? Replaced by Renounce) -1 Crucible of Worlds (need to cut as needed in other decks, replaced by Orzhov Signet) +1 Teferi's Protection (Ad Nauseam, acts as a fog, but nombo with Lich and Phyrexian Unlife) -1 Demonic Lore -1 Excavated Wall -1 Blossoming Calm -1 Wall of Mourning -1 Library of Leng (not needed as Reliquary Tower was not needed either) -1 Esper Sentinel (also an artifact) -1 Toxic Deluge (not an instant, have to pay life, not lose) -1 Worthy Cause (not needed as I have already Ayli) -1 March of Wretched Sorrow (perfect but does not deal to player) -1 Wall of Junk -1 Phylactery Lich (fits to theme, is a wall, contributes to devotion) -1 Disowned Ancestor (1 God Pharaoh's Faithful) -1 Ambition's Cost (replaced by Black Market Connections) -1 Renounce (Also comboes with Planar Birth, Academy Rector, but not needed as we have Ayla) -1 Simulacrum -1 Force Field -1 Read the Bones -1 Ancient Craving +1 Crystal Barricade +1 Dawn's Truce -1 Mana Crypt (banned) -1 Intervention Pact (prevents only from one creature, not all) -1 Imp's Mischief (protection when pushing through win cards) +1 Arcum's Astrolabe