Draw. Terror the Seedborn Muse. Swing with Feeder, and both Dauthi. Terror 1B Instant Destroy target non-black, non-artifact creature. (Gee, as if we didn't already know.)
Ouch. I block what I can with Wellwisher. Life 5. Draw. Play Aluren. Summon Skyshroud Sentinel, search for three more w/ his ability, summon two. Go. My Side of the Field: Quirion Elves, 3 Skyshroud Sentinel, Aluren, Vernal Bloom, 2 tapped forests, 1 untapped forest. Aluren, 2GG, Enchantment, Any player may play creature cards with converted mana cost 3 or less without paying their mana cost any time he or she could play an instant. Skyshroud Sentinel, 2G, When Skyshroud Sentinel comes into play, you may search your library for up to three cards named Skyshroud Sentinel, reveal them, and put them into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.
Tangle! Haha! Saved! For now. Life still 5. Draw, Play Recycle, Events that follow, in this order: Skyshroud Sentinel, draw, Skyshroud Archer, draw, Taunting Elf, draw, Urborg Elf, draw, Forest, draw, Urborg Elf, draw, Heart Warden, draw, Rofellos, draw, Quirion Elf (choose red), draw, tap forest, sac Heart Warden, draw, Skyshroud Elf, draw, Llanowar Elf, draw, Elvish Lyrist, draw, Elvish Champion, draw, Wellwisher, draw, Taunting Elf, draw, Urborg Elf, draw. Attack with 3 Skyshroud Sentinels, and 1 Quirion Elves. Go. Yes, I can do all of that, thanks to Recycle and Aluren. Cards in hand: 2 w/out discarding. Tangle, 1G, Instant, Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Attacking creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Recycle, 4GG, Skip your draw phase. When you play a card, draw a card. During your discard phase, discard all but two cards. Skyshroud Archer, G, Elf, 1/1, (tap)Target flying creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Taunting Elf, Elf, G, 0/1, Lure Urborg Elf, 1G, Elf, 1/1, (Tap) 1 Green, (1) 1 Blue or Black Heart Warden, See above. Rofellos, GG, Elf Legend, 2/1, (tap) Add G to your mana pool for each Forest you control. Skyshroud Elf, 1G, Elf, 1/1, (tap) 1 Green, (1) 1 Red or White Llanowar Elf, G, Elf, 1/1, (tap) 1 Green Elvish Lyrist, G, Elf, 1/1, (G)(tap) Sac, Destroy target enchantment. Elvish Champion, 1GG, Lord, 2/2, All Elves get +1/+1. Wellwisher, See above.
Life 13. Draw. Vendetta -> Elvish Champion. Life 11. Engineered Plague -> Elves. Engineered Plague 2B Enchantment When Engineered Plague comes into play, choose a creature type. All creatures of the chosen type get -1/-1.
Ouch. And...Umm, your life:7 (Elvish Champion, unless you vendettaed before I attacked. Umm, Forest, draw, Seeker Of Skybreak (dies), draw, Elvish Champion!, draw, Repopulate, draw, Skyshroud Elf, draw, Killer Bees, draw, Llanowar Elves, draw, Heart Warden, draw, Elvish Champion, draw, Elvish Lookout, draw, Heart Warden, draw, Seedborn Muse (tap three forests), draw, Wellwisher, draw. Take one mana burn. Life 4. Go. I Untap. I'm not explaining those cards again! Look at my last posts!
Life 7, then. Draw. Unholy Strength Dauthi Slayer. Cycle Unearth. Swing with Dauthi Slayer and Dauthi Horror.
Yeah, I'm dead. No Tangles this time. But good game. Never did I expect my elf deck to be beaten. I enjoyed it. We should play another some time. I'm sure that if I had lived one more turn, though, I would have won. My army would have become massive, along with my life, and you had no blockers. Oh well, that's the luck of the draw. But you see the power of my Recycle/Aluren combo for yourself now.
Mmm. Cept that I had a Marsh Gas as draw next turn, and with that and Engineered Plague I probably would have lived to my next draw.. which was another Engineered Plague. Marsh Gas B Instant All creatures gain -2/-0 until the end of turn. And hey, I never got to whip out my discard or Grinning Demons either, nor did I draw even one Dark Ritual, so fair game. ;]
Of course, I've got a Rolling Thunder buried somewhere in my deck...*checks* ouch. Right at the bottom. But I had enough mana to kill you with it. And I had a Spore Frog coming up to keep me alive a bit longer. If only I hadn't drawn a forest right then. My Killer Bees might have done the job too. Ahh well, just show me I need to fine-tune my deck some more. Perhaps adding a couple of Skyshroud Rangers? The only reason I kept stopping at various points was that my hand contained 2 Forests, and the Rangers could handle that. Skyshroud Ranger, G, 1/1, Elf, (tap)Put a basic land from your hand into play. Play this ability as a sorcery. [EDIT]This certainly was the most challenging game I've played in a while. Hmm... I haven't lost in 4 months. It was also more interesting than most of my recent games as well. Now to work the bugs out.[/EDIT]
Your only weakness in your deck is that... ..you don't have haste, otherwise your Wellwishers would have won you the game. Throw in a Mass Hysteria from newer times and keep up 4 Skyshroud Elves and you'll be kickin' *** easy.
Yeah, the haste is a problem. I've been trying to get something to fix that. Maybe I'll get that Mass Hysteria. Actually, the other weakness is, as mentioned above, that if I have two forests in my hand, I have to stop and wait till the next turn. I think I can fix that though. Thanks for the advice.
True. Luckily I already own all of those. But the Seedborn Muse isn't totally necessary for this, because Ranger has to play them as a sorcery.
Aww, and here I was thinking one could dump his hand on another's turn. Oh well. There's always Fastbond. *ducks* Anyhoo, I've revamped my red deck to become competitive, and I want to give it a shot, so it's an open challenge in an attempt to get back on topic. ;]
Oh? Then I'll use my red deck, which has been neglected too long. ( I stopped using it after my friend put together a deck that could stop it in its tracks (COP:Red and Sanctuary) You can go first this time.
Draw 7 Mountain Grim Lavamancer. Grim Lavamancer R Creature - Wizard R, T, Remove two cards from your graveyard: Grim Lavamancer deals 2 damage to target creature or player. 1/1 Gooo.
