Cards in tier three are cards that aren’t related to the theme directly, cards that fall into the “danger of cool things” territory (yes, it is within the curriculum to refer to an article from 1999), pet cards etc. Games where someone kills you with a spectacular storm combo on turn 5 or 6 might be memorable for the sheer spectacle, but it’s hardly interactive, and losing to a nigh-masturbatory combo gets boring very quickly. Tier two: Cards that aren’t exactly necessary for the deck, but are good in it and most often related to the theme. Oct 2, 2017 - Pharika, God of Affliction MtG Art from Journey into Nyx Set by Peter Mohrbacher Convincing people to attack specific people while giving them the tools (1/1 snakes) to do so? To start off, I want to make a few things clear, using some truisms: a) There are no such things, practically, as a “solved” EDH deck. Giclee Print of Pharika, God of Affliction illustrated by Peter Mohrbacher for the Journey into Nyx expansion of Magic: the Gathering. Other metagames might be more casual and the opponents will play less powerful decks, meaning every game ends with you taking 4+ turns in a row, regrowing your time walks, and winning. Once the deck is around 110-120 cards, I start to look at what the next part will be about: mana curve and designing mana bases! Some metagames might be very cutthroat, so you put in all the extra turn spells you can, in hopes of regrowing them until you have either an unbeatable board state, or everyone else is plain dead. Tier one: Cards that are absolutely necessary for the deck to function. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. The Vow of-cycle, first printed in the original Commander product, are all interesting – they give +2/+2 and grant a static ability, and if they’re cast targeting an opponent’s creature, that can’t attack you. And it’s a tough one to boot. Once I’ve got a grip on the commander, I sit down and type a list of cards I know from memory that I want. Would you like to change the currency to Euros (€)? A card that might be underpowered in one deck might fit like a glove in another. Games where someone blows up all the lands might be memorable, but not fun, since you can’t interact without mana. Take away the slots for sweepers, and that leaves 37. Literature. To exemplify, I’m also going to present my latest protect – Pharika, God of Affliction. . Plenty of people smarter than me have spent many hours trying to convince people that a thing so commonplace and almost banal as video games can be defined as “art”, much like other non-interactive mediums – literature, film, music. Cards in Pharika that are tier one are cards like Grave Pact, Viscera Seer, Oath of Ghouls, and Living Death. Jason Alt’s 75% deckbuilding theory might be applicable to your local paper metagame, if you’re playing in anything similar to mine. These two considerations leads me to always fine-tune and make changes to my decks, with the waxing and waning of my local paper metagame. copyright Wizards of the Coast. To clarify – let’s say you play Tasigur, the Golden Fang. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. https://goyfwars.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/deckbuilding-101-conception/. Post a journal. After I’ve sorted out the lands, the ramp cards, the card draw and most often at least a basic suite of sweepers, I separate the cards left into three tiers. “Art” is a controversial word. Status update. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Since you will devote at least 45 minutes to every game you sit down for, most often more than that, it’s important to have a deck that stands a fighting chance – lest the games will turn into very boring slogs towards the end for you. With all this in mind – today I want to talk about deck concepts. Illustration created for Jouney into Nyx copyright Wizards of the Coast. The deck would be considerably worse without these cards, and they are central to Pharika’s theme of controlling graveyards and grinding out with your own. Card draw: 10 Plenty of people smarter than me have spent many hours trying to convince people that a thing so commonplace and almost banal as video games can be defined as “art”, much like other non-interactive mediums – literature, film, music. This leads to interesting multiplayer situations, no doubt. I want to stress that what I’m about to share is my method, and it is in no way all-encompassing. Granted, “fun” is a subjective experience, but I can say from my 20+ years of playing the game (this is an argument from authority, disregard that) that the games that I enjoy and find memorable are games where interactions and agency are important aspects. Although most of the time, there aren’t that many tier three cards in my decks, I have a few pet cards that I tend to play with. https://goyfwars.wordpress.com/2016/07/10/deckbuilding-101-card-evaluation/. Submit your writing. Would it be possible to make a political deck using [[Pharika, god of affliction]] ? Sweepers: 4. 6K Favourites. An example in Pharika would be Vraska, the Unseen. Usually, I start from tier three, make heavy cuts, go to tier two, make slightly less cuts, and initially, I keep almost all cards in tier one. 160 Comments. 106K Views. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. Category: 5/5, Black, God, Green, Indestructible, Journey into Nyx, Legendary Creature, Peter Mohrbacher, Print, Sign up to get the latest on sales, new releases and more …, © 2020 Original Magic Art. I, however, I think deckbuilding is an art. Cards that are tier two in Pharika include Eidolon of Blossoms, Doomwake Giant, Creakwood Liege, and Maelstrom Pulse. Submit your writing. “Art” is a controversial word. Here, we get into a murky territory, but the object of your deckbuilding will, in many cases, be to find something that is “fun” to both play with and against. There are commanders that tend to be linear in their strategy – meaning they lend themselves to some strategies more easily. Your concept could be almost anything, a few examples include, but are not limited to: To start off you need to think about what sort of deck you want to build. Your IP: 211.14.175.53 Pharika has a few cards of similar calibre that I had to buy to put the deck together – most notably Eidolon of Blossoms and Doomwake Giant, which both triggers on Pharika’s activated ability, since the Snake tokens she puts onto the battlefield are Enchantment Creatures. Upload stories, poems, character descriptions & more. • Post an update . I go through the relevant colours and pick out all the cards that I want to play in the deck. Some decks will want more than 38 lands, some can get by with less. The last time we learned about concepts in EDH, that is, the necessity of choosing and sticking to a theme. I prefer to mostly build from what I own, which has affected my method of building, but I will expand upon and include a couple of other examples. I built Pharika very recently, the deck is only about six games old, but I’ve had a blast playing with it, and I will surely continue to work on it while I write this series. That is Thassa, God of the Sea territory—the hallmark of Constructed playability. My initial thought, my central theme was quite simple – I wanted an interactive, good-stuff build that utilized some of the cool cards Golgari has to offer in EDH, and I wanted Pharika to be sufficiently different from Meren of Clan Nel Toth, which I played extensively from the release of Commander 2015 up until this spring, when Meren became the most popular Golgari general on EDHREC.com. 83% Upvoted. Additional Details for this piece: Unlimited Edition Giclee Print 340 gsm Archival Velvet Fine Art Paper Museum Quality Archival Inks … Most spotremoval falls into tier two-territory, and though many spotremoval cards make the cut, not all should, for obvious reasons. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Tell the community what’s on your mind. Original Magic Art is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC Powered by Shopify, Please allow additional time for printing and delivery, Indicated size is paper size, allow for a minimum 0.25" border of white space on each side, Prints ship separately from non-Print items. • Pharika, God of Affliction needs some work to shine, but I believe she has a lot of potential. Pharika is one of the few Gods that only costs three mana. I’ll leave you with a few wise words from our very own friendly neighbourhood Lavamancer, like the last time. By PeteMohrbacher Watch. Tribal X (tribal dragons, tribal merfolk, tribal zombie, tribal elves), Commander-based (Voltron, commander-based combos), Colour(s) (certain colour, colour pairs, shards, wedges etc. Submit your art. Giclee Print of Pharika, God of Affliction illustrated by Peter Mohrbacher for the Journey into Nyx expansion of Magic: the Gathering.