I'm in love with Prophetic Flamespeaker. I kind of want to put in some build-around cards to reward double strike, but I'm not finding a lot aside from the Sword of X and X cycle. Any ideas?
General Double Strike theme?
- Thread starter Jon Metzger
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Chris Taylor wrote us a great article on this exact theme some months ago.
http://riptidelab.com/one-two-punch-adding-a-double-strike-theme/
FSR wrote an article on the heroic mechanic, which covers similar ground, and has some unique ideas of its own.
http://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/i-wrote-about-giant-growth-heroic-and-cube.238/
http://riptidelab.com/one-two-punch-adding-a-double-strike-theme/
FSR wrote an article on the heroic mechanic, which covers similar ground, and has some unique ideas of its own.
http://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/i-wrote-about-giant-growth-heroic-and-cube.238/
Ah, thanks!
FlowerSunRain
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My article is both unrefined and dated, but the core idea is there. The past two sets have come around and given black some amazing bestow creatures that has really helped to integrate them into the theme. I'm about 50% through my update and I'll be playing heavily this month (multiple regular meetings and a road trip!). Road trips are when I get the best feedback (variety of players with very different expectations), so expect some development and possibly a post-Theros block retrospective article that will certainly cover heroic.
Chris Taylor
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Thanks eric, a little quicker to the gun than I
For reference, I've had the double strike thing in my cube for a while now, and here's what I've learned from that time.
- The sorcery removal is key. Incinerate > Volcanic Hammer, Doom Blade > Soul Reap, etc. Though it's nice to keep a few in there to be a nice incintive for the control players
- Fencing ace is alright, Fabled Hero is slow, Mirran Crusader's pro green is kinda actively bad, and silverblade paladin is amazing.
- Viashino Slaughtermaster is cool, and sometimes city of brass lets you pump him which is sweet. Hound of Griselbrand is way better than he looks
- I try and keep the pump effects at +3/+3 or smaller so people don't just end up getting gibbed out of nowhere. For that reason, Sublime Archangel and Ghor Clan Rampager had to go
- Conversely, Selesnya Charm found new life, both in pumping/giving trample, and in killing the giant creatures.
- Spikeshot Elder is a fine man, and could be worth doubling up on depending on size. Spikeshot Goblin was not good enough
- Double Rancor and Double Bonesplitter were both fine and well recieved, but double grafted wargear is almost certainly too far.
- Reckless Charge is the real deal (and was before, so now It's awesome), titan's strength and brute force were both kinda lackluster (Titan's strength moreso)
- Slayers' Stronghold is also a sweet addition
- From the new set, also consider Ajani's Presence. There should probably be some cheap ways to save creatures in the archetype, and this one is my favorite right now for a number of reasons.
Ghor-Clan and Prophetic Flamespeaker sounds like a ton of fun though...
Chris Taylor
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It does, and I love basically every other part of Rampager, but I've been tracking when that card gets bloodrushed, and it DOESNT take the person down to like 3-5 life about 1 in 30 times.
This is why I didn't add stuff like Revenge of the Hunted or Increasing Savagry: No need to make this like combo infect