4 Lightning Helix
4 Searing Meditation
4 Soulgorger Orgg
2 Slice and Dice
2 Akroma's Blessing
3 Akroma's Vengence
4 Astral Slide
4 Ghostly Prison
3 Otherworldy Journey
4 Renewed Faith
2 Reverse the Sands2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Flooded Strand
4 Forgotten Cave
3 Mountain
3 Plains
4 Secluded Steppe
4 Sacred Foundry
1 Windswept Heath
2 Wooded Foothills |
  In
Orgg We Trust.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
Hoo-boy. We’ve got a doozy for ya this month.
Soulgorger Orgg not only got our award as the worst card in all of
Judgment, but it’s simply one of the worst creatures ever created. Five
mana for a 6/6 trample doesn’t quite cut it when it puts you in sizzle
range. Could we have the Orgg work?
It took a bit of thinking, and probably killed a few
brain cells in the process, but we figured that the life gain ability
could be halfway decent if combo’d with Ravnica’s Searing Meditation. The
enchantment lets you pay two mana to deal damage any time you gain life,
so if we had a way to repeatedly use that comes-into-play ability without
getting fried, it would be a pretty formidable weapon.
The key here? Astral Slide, which lets you remove a
creature from the game every time you cycle a card. But this isn’t just
any Astral Slide deck. If we included the traditional kill cards like
Lightning Rift, Eternal Dragon and Decree of Justice, that’d defeat the
purpose of running our Orgg. So this deck sticks to the core control cards
and the lands as far as cycling cards go.
In the early game, you’ve got Ghostly Prison and cycled
Slice and Dices to hold off opposing threats. Astral Slide and
Otherworldly Journey also work here; later on, you’ll want to save them to
slide out your Orgg, though. Akroma’s Blessing protects your Orgg, while
Akroma’s Vengeance or a hard-cast Slice serve as your board cleaners.
In addition to the Orgg, you’ve also got Renewed Faith
to both cycle for your Slide and gain life for the Meditation. Lightning
Helix also powers the latter, as well as taking out critters cheaply. Both
can save you from instant-speed damage when you’re at one life. Finally,
Reverse the Sands is your ace ni the hole; just Orgg yourself down to one,
then on the next turn switch life totals and attack for the win. |
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