Magic: The Gathering - Template Toolkit - No Hand, No Land - Episode 1

[Demrush]

Ah damn. Saw the Sliver deck in the book when you were flipping through the pages. That was the one deck that made me rage enough to quick Magic when they came out. Are people still using them?

[toxicmusic79]

@Demrush There was a all foil 'premium' Slivers deck that WOTC released a while ago. Had mainly singles of slivers through MTGs history. Didn't seem to sell as well as the other premium decks they released, but its price went up when Commander was released. I think people were building Sliver based Commander\EDH decks. I also noticed that some of the old sliver theme decks jumped in price.

[vorgralax]

I actually tried this deck out in cockatrice, then changed it around some, used infect creatures (kept the squatters though, pure gold), used cheaper spells (mind rot instead of mind warp) and some utility LD (befoul & wrecking ball), swapped X spells with devil's play (which worked well). Played it versus some recent modern decks, it did well. Anyways I love the idea of this as a video series, great idea (wish I'd done it with some of my decks) looking forward to see what you do with it.

[toxicmusic79]

@vorgralax Thanks for the feedback. This is what I was hoping someone would try as it gives me great ideas for the toolkit, that I do not pick up on search 'filters' or my collection. One reason I picked a 'toolkit' building theme is we can include loads of variants while not worrying about trying to initially keep an eye on the total number of cards as with a deck. Of course once we play around with the toolkit contents it should kick up some fun decks. Def want to try above esp. the infect.

[vorgralax]

@toxicmusic79 Lands: 12 Swamp 4 Mountain 4 Sulfurous Springs 4 Dragonskull Summit Sorcery: 4 Stone Rain 1 Implode 3 Sign in Blood 1 Befoul 2 Flame Slash 3 Mind Rot 2 Devil's Play Instant: 2 Wrecking Ball 2 Virulent Wound Creatures: 2 Orcish Squatters 1 Akki Blizzard-Herder 4 Whispering Specter 4 Phyrexian Crusader 2 Ogre Menial 3 Plague Stinger Here's the list I used, mana base is pretty good, also don't under estimate Virulent Wound. didnt use a SB didnt play enough games to flesh one out

[toxicmusic79]

@vorgralax Thanks for posting this. It's giving me a lot of inspiration. I was going through some look-ups for dual lands for the mana base and Dragonskull Summit hit my list as well. I was also looking at the more expensive Bloodstained Mire and wondering about landfall/fetchland variants. As I have said before, the use of infect in your deck is something that really interests me, and looking at your other choices has inspired me greatly. Excellent! I think I am going to need a bigger box :)

[jrdudedj]

awesome video! i like the idea of land destruction as a deck theme, but people at my local cardshop tell me its a "cheap" tactic, and called me a "noob" for using stone rain. but i think i might try that deck out again and i'll just not play against people who don't like certain cards.

[toxicmusic79]

@jrdudedj Once I get on to the land disruption/destruction episode of this series I think it will be interesting to see what sort of cards are available. Mmm, I wonder how they feel about Sinkhole or Strip Mine.

[wowluke1]

@toxicmusic79 I quite like tectonic plate for my burn deck.

[toxicmusic79]

@wowluke1 At some point I will be looking at lands that destroy lands and how those cards fitted in with the set they were released in and how they function against a wider card pool and also considering budget. So, for example, comparing Tectonic Edge vs Strip Mine vs Wasteland.

[wowluke1]

@toxicmusic79 Will be sure to watch that :)  Merry Christmas btw ^^

[toxicmusic79]

@wowluke1 Thanks. Merry Christmas, hope you get lots of goodies.

[afromime]

I like this series. First episode is good. Your videos are very informational, helpful, and well spoken. Alot of videos people mumble in and it's hard to understand them. I'm guilty of doing that too lol, but i'm working on it.

Anyways, great video, hope to see more!

[toxicmusic79]

@afromime Thanks for taking the time to comment. Really looking forward to seeing where the series takes me in terms of the cards that come up and the direction some of the episodes might take.

[Phostime]

I <3 ponies! MLP FiM fan for life!

[noptic]

I'm so tired of the new youtube homepage not showing videos from my subsciptions. I never wanna miss one of your videos and I just know it's gonna happen eventually.