My Constructed skills have slowly deteriorated over the years, and I’ve been seen living in the bottom pits of casual playing when it comes to the format where players use 60 decks.
I usually play the more casual of formats, Elder Highlander Dragon, Multiplayer games like free-for-alls, Emperor and Two Headed Giant, we might have a competitive game now and then, in which I pull out my un finished build of my Lark deck (which was taken out for its sleeves in favor of another deck last night, I’m retiring that stupid deck).
What I’m about to reveal to you, is top secret, or rather, just plain annoying in an Emperor deck.
Behold, the comeback of the clerics!
// Lands
16 [10E] Plains (2)
4 [9E] Battlefield Forge
4 [LRW] Ancient Amphitheater
// Creatures
2 [SHM] Order of Whiteclay
3 [TSB] Witch Hunter
2 [10E] Loxodon Mystic
4 [LRW] Kithkin Harbinger
2 [SHM] Oracle of Nectars
4 [10E] Soul Warden
4 [FUT] Oriss, Samite Guardian
4 [FUT] Augur il-Vec
4 [MOR] Battletide Alchemist
// Spells
3 [MOR] Weight of Conscience
4 [10E] Manabarbs
A simple clerics deck, the main goal is to get the Battletide Alchemist, Manabarbs combo off before your teammates die off. Your stall cards include Oriss, Harbinger to find the Battletide and toss it off to a teammate for a nice body to block with, soul warden and Oracle of Nectars can also be passed off, ensuring that your teammates stay above 1 life.
Once Manabarbs comes into play with Battletide on the board, you may now pick off each of your opponents life total while protecting yours and your teammates, Witch Hunter is especially useful here as it bounces creatures back to their hand, making them recast it and take some more damage.
Weight of Conscious is spot removal if you ever needed it, it also, with Loxodon Mystic, provides a tap outlet for Order of the Whiteclay, returning some of the more important creatures back to play (Harbinger, Soul warden)
You can choose to take out that package for a set of idyllic tutors, as you’re never guaranteed a Manabarbs in every game, in fact, I recommend you do it. I just thought the order of the whiteclay combo was fun.
You’d be surpised how much a battletide alchemist dulls an attack of angry elves or gobins, with about another one or two clerics on the board, it pretty much stops their attack from eleven to one.
A true control deck, providing that you get your pieces in time, which you should since you have two bodies beside you before your opponents can get to you while you fool around with their attacks, most of the times, they are pretty much helpless when you beat down to the emperor.
Next up: Elder Dragon Highland, Eddie’s favorite secret deck tech providing that I don’t write about some random drafts.
Tags: Constructed Casual Emperor
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Magic: the Gathering
