4 Cloudhoof Kirin
4 Tradewind Rider
4 Dreamborn Muse
3 Eternal Dragon
4 Karmic Guide
3 Dreamborn Muse
3 Kami of the Honored Dead
1 Reya Dawnbringer
3 Scroll Rack
3 Stifle
4 Disrupting Shoal
3 Chrome Mox
2 Mox Diamond
4 Flooded Strand
4 Island
7 Plains
4 Adarkar Wastes |
  Cloudhoof
Kirin-a-go-go.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
I made this deck to continuously reuse Karmic
Guide to bring out your other creatures. A Dreamborn Muse or a Cloudhoof
Kirin is able to fill up your graveyard, while Scroll Rack can be used
to stuff cards you can't cast (or don't want to) on top of your library
to be milled away. Karmic Guide can then get back to play powerful
creatures like Kami of the Honored Dead or Eternal Dragon, both of which
also play into the recursive theme, with the Kami having Soulshift for
nearly any creature in your deck and the Dragon simply being able to be
bought back. The single Reya Dawnbringer can suddenly start packing the
table full of problematic creatures.
Tradewind Rider and Windborn Muse not only slow down the
game from your opponent's side, but they also trigger the Cloudhoof's
Spirit clause. Disrupting Shoal is the only Arcane spell to trigger the
Cloudhoof, but it also is somewhat useful just to stop a random bad spell
from ruining your day. Tradewind Rider can also be used to pick up your
Karmic Guide to recast it.
This deck can simply beat down in the air, or play
defense and try to mill your opponent out. The Stifles can work wonders,
not only in stopping problematic things your opponent might try to do –
activate a Pernicious Deed, for example – but also can be used on your own
Dreamborn Muse trigger if you run the risk of decking yourself.
If you wanted to, you could probably include some green
in the deck for cards like Genesis and Phantom Nishoba (also a Spirit),
but I prefer it this way with two colors. The deck does start out a little
slow, but hopefully the Moxes will help get you into the game more
quickly. If you do want to speed up the early game, one possibility is to
drop the Disrupting Shoals completely and add in something that might help
keep you alive like a few Kami of Ancient Law or Wrath of God. |
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