Lands:
10 Island
2 Mountain
11 Forest
1 Wooded Foothills
Creatures:
2
Arcanis the Omnipotent
2 Clockwork Dragon
4 Elvish Aberration
2 Forgotten Ancient
4 Puppeteer
4 Quicksilver Elemental
2 Riptide Mangler
2 Silvos, Rogue Elemental
4 Spikeshot Goblin
2 Triskelion
Other Spells:
4 Explosive Vegetation
4 Rampant Growth |
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Capability.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Quicksilver Elemental, though, can step front and center. What a
bizarre card. Blue seems to have an affinity—whoops, can't use that word
casually anymore. Blue seems to have a penchant for 5-mana 3/4 creatures
that do odd stuff. This one splices activated abilities onto itself. You
can't rely on your opponent having good stuff to swipe, so you've got to
supply the activated abilities yourself. Putting the Elemental to best
use is tricky business, though. There are lots of activated abilities
that make no sense to copy. Boneknitter? Arc-Slogger? As long as you
have one creature with an ability like theirs in play, you don't need
another. The stolen ability should require a tap to use, so Quicky lets
you do it twice a turn instead of just once, or it has to specifically
affect the creature that has it, so Quicky can improve its lot in life.
What fits into the first category? Arcanis the Omnipotent came to mind
first. "T: Draw 3 cards" is right at the top of the ability curve.
Elvish Aberration says to tap for GGG. Spikeshot Goblin, the bane of
Limited players everywhere, taps for damage—and Quicky comes with a
2-power advantage over Spikey.
How about the second category? Clockwork Dragon has the spicy ability "
: Put a +1/+1 counter on YOUR NAME HERE." It's a combo with the
Spikeshot Goblin ability! With a Riptide Mangler in play, Quicksilver
Elemental has "1UU: Change Quicksilver Elemental's power to target
creature's power." It's a combo with a Clockwork Dragon out! Silvos, an
Elemental pal, provides regeneration for UU and a nice Mangler target,
and Triskelion offers a nice outlet for those +1/+1 counters.
The deck is rounded out by Forgotten Ancient, a third Elemental that
likes to share its counters; Puppeteer, since the deck enjoys tap
effects; and mana-generating spells.
It's at this point that I'd like to remind you that my decks are built
to maximize fun, not tournament-level effectiveness and that there are
no refunds for the time you spent reading this.
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