Okay, i need some help with my deck (Blue/white ally mill)4Halimar Excavater4Jawri Shapeshifter3clone4hada freeblade4talus palidon4kazandu blademaster4join the ranks1Kabiral evangle4tome scour1(The card the gets rid of 13 cards from the top of target players librery/dont remember name)3(The card that gets rid of half of target players librery rounded down/dont remember name)12plains12islandsrate 1-10 i need help with the deck, it recently finished 2/10 in a FNM tournament
rite of replication. played on any ally, it's hilarity. on the excavator, it's death. archive trap- mill 13 card traumatize- mill half card
I think you are focusing too much on non-ally-based mill here. The Excavators will do huge amounts of mill by themselves if left alone, and if not left alone, your opponent is leaving your beatsticks alone. So I'd ditch the Tome Scours, Archive Trap, and Traumatise. Instead of Tome Scour, go with 4 Ponder. Step down to 3 Talus Paladin. Go from 3 Clone to 2 Rite of Replication (kicked on an Excavator, it's a minimum 180 card mill). Then bump your Evangel count up to 4 and add in 3 Seagate Loremasters, or the Evangels to 3 and add 4 Ondu Clerics.
It would be best if you included the difficulties you encountered in the FNM tournament. That way, we can help you to address your problem. For U/W ally, rite of replication is a good addition. Please consider. Another thing, is that you need to be able to protect your halimar excavator. Please consider adding kabira evangel to your deck. Having 1 in your deck is not enough. You may need spells to protect halimar excavator. Drop traumatize (big casting cost). Archive Trap may be maintained. Tome Scour, remove. Replace it with ones that will protect your halimar excavator. Kazandu Blademaster, I'm concerned regarding its WW casting cost. If you're unlucky with your land draws, this may cause you problems. Kabira Evangel at 2W is a bit easier to cast. Ease of casting is essential. Jwari Shapeshifter is tricky to use. Use it well. During the first few turns, you have to decide between the following: - if you're early setup is dominantly white, game plan would be creature beatdown. make copies of lots of talus paladins. - if you're early setup is having 2 halimar excavators in play, make more copies of it then finish them of by casting join the ranks. At forums, I've seen other adding hedron crabs. It's not an ally, but easy first turn cast, if you have no hada freeblade in hand. Lastly, take note of the rules (from a friend) regarding the interaction of join the ranks and halimar excavators. Here's a scenario. - 2 halimar excavators in play after turn 3 - casting 1 join the ranks, hopefully at turn 4 Mill count is as follows: - 4 allies in play (after join the ranks) - 2 allies came into play (after join the ranks) - MILL = 2 allies into play * 2 halimar excavators * 4 allies total = 16
