emberclown {"ops":[{"insert":"Greetings, I have an old 5 color wizard tribal deck that focuses on tapping and untapping stuff. It's quite old and I am trying to update it to make it a bit more modern and rework the deck because the old center piece was banned at some point ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Paradox Engine"}},{"insert":" ). This deck would win with straight up combat damage, decking others with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stroke of Genius"}},{"insert":" or a massive spell like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Exsanguinate"}},{"insert":" . It also uses pingers with deathtouch to mow down enemy creatures (which was the original idea of the deck).\nLoads and loads of sets have been released since I last played. I have tried to search through most of them as you can see with how I got carried away with the maybeboard. I've kind of overwhelmed meself.\n\nAny ideas or suggestions would be lovely.\nHere's the old version of the deck:\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/19951998/5color_wiztards\n\nHere's my updated version; I got rid of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Frostwielder"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fabricate"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archetype of Finality"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Paradox Engine"}},{"insert":" & added "},{"insert":{"card-link":"All-Out Assault"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unstoppable Plan"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prime Speaker Vannifar"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aphetto Alchemist"}},{"insert":" :\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/22019884/copy_of_5color_wiztards\n\nI'm not really concerned about the new bracketing system or cedh. Our play group doesn't concern themselves with it either.\nI'm also not a fan of the Universe Beyond sets so I try to avoid cards from them.\nFlavorful cards usually outweigh powerful cards. \n\nThanks for taking the time to look at my thread.\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"First of all I have to ask: Do you have a personal gripe against fetchlands, or is there a rule zero in your playgroup against them? Because seeing all those spells with 3-colored pips + an entire cycle of duals and no fetches nearly gave me an anxiety attack.\n\nJokes aside, if you want to stay in wizard-kindred these cards might be of interest to you:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"High Fae Trickster"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ertai Resurrected"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Keen Duelist"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glarb, Calamity's Augur"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tam, Mindful First-Year"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pol Jamaar, Illusionist"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloodline Bidding"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kindred Dominance"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Step Through"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chronicle of Victory"}},{"insert":" \n\nSome otherwise good cards: \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Auroral Procession"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Planar Genesis"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Case of the Locked Hothouse"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Frostcliff Siege"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Despark"}},{"insert":" \n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Hey there Mithrias!\n\nI actually DO have a gripe against fetch lands! Just kidding. \nIf I draw/tutor "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shard Convergence"}},{"insert":" , it lets me grab nearly all my duals at once! lol\nI never really had a problem with mana in this deck but perhaps working in a few Onslaught fetch lands could be beneficial. Dropping two Islands for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flooded Strand"}},{"insert":" & "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Polluted Delta"}},{"insert":" seems like the right tweak here. I could also cut out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gaea's Cradle"}},{"insert":" (I think it's time to sell this piece).\nOutside of Onslaught, I don't really like the fetch lands because they either come into play tapped or produce colorless mana and have a mana cost to sac them, which is a no-go for me when using a 5 colored deck but maybe I am short sighted when it comes to my land bases.\n\nI've noted the cards you listed as they are very interesting. I'm having trouble finding what to cut out and what to add in, there are so many good choices. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Case of the Locked Hothouse"}},{"insert":" needs to be put in I think and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glarb, Calamity's Augur"}},{"insert":" can maybe replace "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magus of the Future"}},{"insert":" .\n\n\n\nThis deck already does tons of broken shenanigans by going infinite really easily:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sigil Tracer"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Turnabout"}},{"insert":" \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pemmin's Aura"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloom Tender"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Reflection"}},{"insert":" \nThe one that makes me laugh the most is, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Illusionist's Bracers"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aphetto Alchemist"}},{"insert":" targeting "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prodigal Sorcerer"}},{"insert":" to ping someone to death in a single turn.\n\nI was thinking of adding another shenanigan or two...\nlike "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Helm of Obedience"}},{"insert":" which interacts with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Leyline of the Void"}},{"insert":" to exile an entire library.. lol but if the Leyline isn't in play, Helm is kind of bunk.\nor adding in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stasis"}},{"insert":" since I've just included "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unstoppable Plan"}},{"insert":" which results in locking others out of the game. Not very nice.\nThere's also "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Knowledge Pool"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir"}},{"insert":" which is also going to lock people from casting spells from their hands. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Omen Machine"}},{"insert":" with Teferi is even more salty as it won't let players draw cards or play lands unless they were exiled by the machine.\n\n\n\nAre you currently brewing anything?\n\n"}]}
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