u/Spaceknight_42

Pick 2, black was open. With the lands, the Quinjet, and the landcycler, I don't see it having trouble getting both splash colors. Is it worth doing? Agent 13 is amazing. Column on the far right are cuts, I'd need 3 more cuts, any suggestions? Or just cut the white and maybe make other changes? What would you do?

What would you do? Get Alien Invasion in play at all costs? Or run this as a blue/red artifact deck? Images for each idea are above, but still need a few cuts either way. List is here if you want to play with it, https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7859159

Threw together some jank based around Druneth and the ability to control MV with X costs. It actually works way better than expected - which is to say still janky, but actually better than .500 in unranked. One benefit is that it can produce so much card advantage that it outlasts removal in a way other creature decks don't. Goldvein Hydra is one of my favorite green cards, every time I play it I find new reasons to love it. Biggest issue is Riverchurn but hey take the L and move on, it's fun jank.

So give me some equally wild ideas to make this better. I think it may need another 1MV mana producer but not sure what to cut for it. Applied Geometry is going to be an obvious suggestion but it's neither a creature for Druneth nor an X spell for Arthropod/later-game-Professor, so not enough synergy. I need to focus on creature ideas here, I think. So what have you got, Reddit?

Deck
4 Druneth, Reviver of the Hive (OM1) 136
4 Forest (SOS) 280
6 Island (SOS) 275
4 Pensive Professor (SOS) 63
4 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze (TMT) 124
2 Berta, Wise Extrapolator (SOS) 175
2 Ingenious Prodigy (WOE) 56
1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian (TLA) 78
4 Goldvein Hydra (OTJ) 167
4 Llanowar Elves (M19) 314
4 Badgermole Cub (TLA) 167
2 Mockingbird (BLB) 61
3 Geometer's Arthropod (SOS) 191
2 Pterafractyl (SOS) 215
4 Botanical Sanctum (OTJ) 267
4 Dreamroot Cascade (SOS) 254
4 Breeding Pool (EOE) 251
1 Evendo, Waking Haven (EOE) 253
1 Ba Sing Se (TLA) 266

Ademi by himself is good for this removal meta, but in a lot of decks I had been wavering between him and the other meta flash 2-drop, Doorkeeper Thrull. But with the means to grow him on your pest team, he's prefect in 3-color Blech decks. Recurring with Zoraline is amazing if you get it set up. Above curve 3 power is always good, and in particular can surprise an Elusive Otter.

"do you have a list?" It's an upgrade not a full plan. Grab your favorite recipe book and look up a 3-color Blech deck - I like this LVD one https://aetherhub.com/Deck/abzan-bats--pests or Capricorn's for a different approach https://aetherhub.com/Deck/get-a-life-1402121 - and swap in 2 or 3 Ademi somewhere, maybe for other rares you don't own. A good start is to remove the planeswalker from those lists, he's a bit slow and easily removed, the idea is to stop the removal meta.

Page is a backup means of getting Raise. Is that a big deal? Worst case scenario you cast Page, surveil ETB from Gorehound, surveil again by sacrificing him, you've now looked 2 cards deeper in the library to find a Raise which is what Corrupted Conviction is going to do for you. The ceiling on this is of course a lot higher if you draw another copy. Plus that mana is not to be ignored.

Where it really shines is chaining Raises. Play 1, use some surveils, and you're sure to find either a 2nd Page (cause you Raised one) or a 2nd Raise. That means you're comboing off with a lot fewer creatures since you do it twice. Yes it's 2 turns, but that's maybe faster than waiting longer for a critical mass on one raise. If you're in a situation where you need to finish a fast opponent you can sac everything else and have that many more possible successes on the top of your deck.

Is it still a combo Bo1 deck? Sure! Still loses to graveyard hate, pick up and re-roll. Not here to solve everything at once. :)

What would you change? Anything? Trying not to stack too many of any single Legend here.

Deck
4 Page, Loose Leaf (SOS) 250
2 Bartolomé del Presidio (LCI) 224
4 Bleachbone Verge (DFT) 250
4 Raise the Past (FDN) 22
1 Joo Dee, One of Many (TLA) 105
4 Godless Shrine (RNA) 248
4 Umbral Collar Zealot (EOE) 123
4 Infestation Sage (FDN) 64
4 Nesting Bot (DFT) 22
4 Snarling Gorehound (MKM) 105
2 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar (EOE) 231
4 Vengeful Bloodwitch (FDN) 76
4 Plains (SOS) 273
4 Swamp (SOS) 276
4 Concealed Courtyard (OTJ) 268
2 Zahur, Glory's Past (DFT) 229
4 Moonshadow (ECL) 110
1 Rat King, Verminister (TMT) 71

24 lands and still waiting on this one game. Won it eventually.

Anyways, here's a quick build with no rares.

Deck
24 Mountain (FIN) 303
4 Burst Lightning (FDN) 192
4 Hidetsugu's Second Rite (FDN) 202
4 Tome Blast (SOS) 135
4 Fanatical Firebrand (FDN) 195
4 Viashino Pyromancer (FDN) 634
4 Ghitu Lavarunner (FDN) 623
4 Flame-Chain Mauler (ECL) 138
1 Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry (TMT) 110
3 Charging Strifeknight (SOS) 110
4 Boltwave (FDN) 79

1-off Wingnut for fun, probably should be a 4th Srifeknight but I only had 3.

If you want to use rares, swap the Strifeknights for Steal the Show and dig deep to a 2nd Rite faster. But no one's here for a real deck with a pet meme card. :)