Monday, December 01, 2008

Fable of Wolf and Owl Challenge of the Week








I really don't know what I'm doing ha - with that in mind, and because I don't do control or blue easily. I decided to just avoid it all together and build something much crappier - NOW INTRODUCING SHAMAN WOLVES! ta daa (chirp chirp - crickets) yeah that's what I think too, but it's different.


4 x Elvish Visionary
4 x Wolf-Skull Shaman
4 x Troll Ascetic
3 x Vexing Shusher
4 x Snakeform
3 x Loxodon Warhammer
2 x Blanchwood Armor
4 x Leaf-Crowned
2 x Masked Admirers
2 x Garruk Wildspeaker
2 x Wren's Run Packmaster
2 x Fable of Wolf and Owl

24 forests
So obviously I didn't use most of the creatures I posted, but that was the more obvious pure creature build of G/U - they entered my mind as potential better alternatives but seems like you can have fun with a Wolf-skull earlier than the Fable Wolf. Use the kinship mechanic with the rest of the shamans for synergy. Elvish Visionary early to a snake form trade gives 2 card advantage, followed by Wolf-Skull who hopefully will help maintain creature advantage, turn 3-4 troll that hangs out looking for a loxodon or blanchwood. then 4-5 turn Leaf-crown getting free shamans from the library directly into play. Hopefully a Wren pack master to pop off a few token wolves with death touch to maintain some level of board control until Garruk can blow big. Fable is just there late game to maintain creature advantage against wrath or the like. and Masked is there to maintain late game card advantage by playing a creature at plus 2 mana and getting mask back and a card draw (essentially 2 cards for 2 mana) (also good with Wren's who needs to champion an elf)
Over all not very competitive but has some funny elements of draw for playing creature, play a creature for nothing, and get a creature and card draw just for playing a creature.

3 comments:

Sean said...

I like this pretty well. If it were me, I'd -3 loxodon hammers, -2 branchwood armor, +2 masked admirer, +1 garruk wildspeaker.

Then i'd splash red or white so i could run Wrath or Firespout. I'd try to find room for chameleon colossus, too.

I like your theme. I just like more draw and creatures and fewer auras and equipments

Shirolotus said...

I considered the splash white, but blanchwood needed all forests.

I went blanchwood and loxodon cause of the non-targetable trolls to be real threats. True Chameleon is good, didn't really think of it with so many seemingly fun kinship cards.

I like the loxodon just because it makes any token at least a life producer but garruk might be better just because its more like an overgrowth or small creature producer. Firespout seems like it would just kill off all the creatures I'm trying to create.

I'd probably go white for oblivion rings and wrath for those just in case moments early on if I'm out crittered or backed in a corner.

DRokRoss said...

Firesput can be made to where it hits only fliers remember so thus it could be really good for this deck.

CChameleon Colossus should go in any green creature type matters deck as it is that creatures, just a little reminder for future.