Favourite MtG cards?

[Urban Ranger]

Ah.

I reckon there are bad cards and good cards for every colour. For example, Will-O'-The-Wisp is an excellent black critter card, for B you get a 0/1 flyer with regeneration. Of course, there's always them Killer Bees

[Ben Kenobi]

Back from my brief sabbatical.

UR:

I recommend Arcane Laboratory for your lockdown deck.

Absolutely brutal with Memory Lapse, or any flavour of counterspell.

[Urban Ranger]

You are right. That is a hosing combo when put into place.

[Mr. President]

Come and invade the official Wizards of the Coast message boards with me! You can start by posting in my thread:

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44934

[Urban Ranger]

You want us to spam your threads?

[Ben Kenobi]

Not for me, but thanks for the invite.

[DinoDoc]

Can someone help me improve this deck I'm trying to put together?

4 Ward Slivers
4 Shifting Slivers
4 Quick Slivers
2 Brood Sliver
2 Essence Slivers
2 Root Slivers
4 Metallic Slivers
2 Victual Slivers
2 Winged Sliver
4 Muscle Slivers
1 Sliver Overlord
1 Bladewing the Risen (Just because it is a cool looking card)

2 Disenchant
1 Crop Rotation
1 Frantic Search
2 Impulse
(I'm looking for modern equivilants to these cards)

2 Dragon Arch

4 Island
8 Forest
8 Plains

Thanks to obiwan for giving me the skeleton to work with.

[Urban Ranger]

How fast is your deck? What is the average mana cost for your creatures?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
How fast is your deck?

I haven't had the chance to playtest it. I'm still trying to get some of the cards off of Ebay.

What is the average mana cost for your creatures?

Somewhere around 7.8 if I calculated correctly.

[Immortal Wombat]

7.8? Seems a little high. I make it just over three.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
7.8? Seems a little high. I make it just over three.

... if I calculated correctly. Math was never my strong suit and calculating mana curves is a foreign concept to me.

[Urban Ranger]

If it's 3, it's not too bad. But you might still be subject to mana screw because of the multi-colour requirements. So perhaps add some Green fast mana sources such as elfs. Or perhaps add some Retraced Image's. Another thing is you have way too many creatures - you don't need that many to kill the other wizard. You may want to drop some creatures and add things like other mana sources, enchantments (Glorious Anthem is always a good choice), etc.

Also, beware of Extinction, which is created to combat this sort of single creature type decks. So, perhaps you want to pack some counters. Envelop is an excellent choice.

BTW, you should replace your Ward Slivers with Crystalline Slivers.

[DinoDoc]

BTW, you should replace your Ward Slivers with Crystalline Slivers.

What does a crystalline sliver do that a ward sliver doesn't?

[Urban Ranger]

They are just simply better. WU for a 2/2, plus the ability "Slivers cannot be the target of spells or abilities." So all you need is one of them in play. Ward Sliver at 4W is way too expensive.

[Immortal Wombat]

(x-post)
A crystalline sliver seems to confer what is effectively protection from all colours, while a ward sliver gives protection from only one. And ward slivers are 5 mana to crystalline's 2.

Explosive Vegetation is a good mana-finder if you need one, especially if you're missing a colour, and you need it fast.