Mission impossible: the last of Cpt2, Kozilek, in OGW events

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  • M3f
    M3f Posts: 46
    I'm able to do it every week with a Nissa deck. I have one mythical card (rather new player) and it's the UChampion. The rest are cheap green ramping cards (don't have anything better) and a Mantle of Webs to def against flyers. Also using a Scour from Existence so I can kill the octopus' after Crush of the Tenctales.

    Also some cheap important cards for my deck: Seek the Wilds (to get those UChampions when luck is not with me), Retreat to Kazandu (so landfalls give +2/+2 to UC instead of +1/+1).

    Only using 2 creatures: UC and Nissa Naturalists (extra dmg and support removal - very important against that mana ramping sup but not against mirrorpool since UC can handle the big creatures).

    I won't lie - I always need like 10 attempts or more but I succeed eventually (need to have some luck for the opponent not to cascade too much in the begining).
  • Jorge-gracque
    Jorge-gracque Posts: 4
    I can beat kozilek fairly easily, running koth with:

    Jori en, ruin diver
    Zendikar incarnate
    Abbot of keral keep
    Call of the wild
    Scour from existence
    Mina and Denn, wildborn
    Chandras ignition
    Kozilek the great distortion
    Rolling thunder
    Exquisite firecraft

    A bit rare/mythic heavy but I test cards for this deck against kozilek and win roughly 2/3 of the time. Basic rules of thumb is, if your opponent isn't actively denying you all red gems then you will probably win.

    The real core is to stick a zendikar incarnate and try to keep a Mina or Jori in play and use most turns for removal.
  • tdellaringa
    tdellaringa Posts: 89
    Melevorn wrote:
    I'm a free player with limited cards, and completed the event using a Koth deck and a Gideon deck.

    The Gideon deck took out Kozilek on my third try. It uses either Iroa's Champion or Consul's Lieutenant for the First Strike, War Oracle + Serene Steward combo to give the Champion/Lieutenant +1/+1 every turn, and Gideon's first and third power to make them a monster.

    Then sit back and use disable/remove spells and supports to keep things moving. Eventually, you get a 30/30 or better Iroa's Champion killing things pretty quickly...

    Would love to see your deck list. I have a similar build, and I get smeared every time. It seems like the mana curve is way too high, Kozilek moves too fast. Maybe I have a messed up build.
  • Timin8ore
    Timin8ore Posts: 2 Just Dropped In
    tdellaringa wrote:
    Melevorn wrote:
    I'm a free player with limited cards, and completed the event using a Koth deck and a Gideon deck.

    The Gideon deck took out Kozilek on my third try. It uses either Iroa's Champion or Consul's Lieutenant for the First Strike, War Oracle + Serene Steward combo to give the Champion/Lieutenant +1/+1 every turn, and Gideon's first and third power to make them a monster.

    Then sit back and use disable/remove spells and supports to keep things moving. Eventually, you get a 30/30 or better Iroa's Champion killing things pretty quickly...

    Would love to see your deck list. I have a similar build, and I get smeared every time. It seems like the mana curve is way too high, Kozilek moves too fast. Maybe I have a messed up build.
    I have won it with a fairly similar deck. My MVP is Shrine of the Forsaken Gods that helps so much with mana gain.
  • snow_leopardd
    snow_leopardd Posts: 37
    unfortunately it seems Mirrorpool still eludes me. I play against it a BUNCH.


    speakupaskanswer wrote:
    Blight Herder is nice but not absolutely necessary, but Mirrorpool is just perfect. Doubling any of the big Eldrazi is hard to get around by the opponent, and a reinforced Breaker of Armies breaks even more. icon_e_wink.gif
    snow_leopardd wrote:
    was mirrorpool and blight herder necessary? I only ask because I don't have them. icon_e_wink.gif
    speakupaskanswer wrote:
    I thought I'd never beat him and then it was relatively easy.

    Level 47 Liliana

    Creatures:
    Blight Herder
    Breaker of Armies
    Culling Drone (not really necessary)
    Ulamog's Despoiler
    Drana, Liberator of Malakir

    Spells:
    Mirrorpool
    Hedron Blade (also not necessary)
    Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
    Scour from Existence
    Transgress the Mind

    It worked by discarding as much as possible, removing if necessary and making the creatures huge. And some luck.
  • snow_leopardd
    snow_leopardd Posts: 37
    I have yet to beat this ever. I have tried all the decks I could possibly come close to making listed here. I never get ahead of him. Very frustrating.
  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    Just for fun:

    Ingesting the entire board vs "all-color" Kozilek with Ulamog. https://youtu.be/Wg6FIKpsDjc
  • Fiddler
    Fiddler Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    It's an old thread, but there are many ways to just beat him. Do you mean to win the objectives as well?
  • snow_leopardd
    snow_leopardd Posts: 37
    Fiddler wrote:
    It's an old thread, but there are many ways to just beat him. Do you mean to win the objectives as well?

    just beat him. No matter what I build with Gideon, ob nix, or Kiora, never works.
  • Mana Burn
    Mana Burn Posts: 24
    James13 wrote:
    Just for fun:

    Ingesting the entire board vs "all-color" Kozilek with Ulamog. https://youtu.be/Wg6FIKpsDjc

    Haha that's great. Now you just gotta have a hand full of devoid cards so anytime he attacks, they get filled up.
    Drowner of Hope
    Dust Stalker
    Serpentine Spike
    Kozilek's Return
    Brutal Expulsion
    Crumble to Dust
    I mean, it might be pretty bad but it would certainly add to the insanity.
  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,959 Chairperson of the Boards
    snow_leopardd wrote:
    Fiddler wrote:
    It's an old thread, but there are many ways to just beat him. Do you mean to win the objectives as well?

    just beat him. No matter what I build with Gideon, ob nix, or Kiora, never works.

    I have to wonder what decks you are using. Do you have Ajani yet? You have been playing for at least 8 months. Certainly you have a good amount of mythics at this point?
  • orgazmo
    orgazmo Posts: 108 Tile Toppler
    I can beat him pretty easily with Nahiri, Sorin and Jace2. Jace 2 is almost all common/uncommon. I'll help you with a build if you have a card list.
  • Szamsziel
    Szamsziel Posts: 463 Mover and Shaker
    I think it is doable with almost all pw. It just depends on your cards and a bit of luck. The key thing to beat him is to remember two things:
    1) he has only one support destroy - world breaker
    2) he has only 2 remove spells - crush and remorless punishment
    Having this in mind - perfect planeswalker for this encounter will be the one witch can:
    Easily kill opp creatures
    Make your own creatures bigger consistently
    Has any way to increase own life (not mandatory but can cover bad luck in matches)
    Condition one:
    black pw with access to kill spells,
    red ones for damage - ideally hitting all creatures at once,
    white - every creature of kozilek have more than 4 life so Smith works perfectly
    Condition two: (in order of usefulness for me):
    Koth - require support but easy to trigger when on board
    Nahiri - Cheap, easy to trigger but only once per turn
    Liliana2 - require support and heavy zombie deck
    Sorin - require support and some form of lifelink or two supports
    Aerlinn - require werewolves, hard to pull, but when turned is a beast
    Jace2 - support based, easy to trigger though when on board
    Gideon - expensive for giving all creatures, but having first strike defender with champion with regeneration and berserker - worth waiting for a few turn
    Dovin - support based, need energy based deck but can be triggered multiple times in turn

    The last thing to notice - ai don't exile cards. So if you have imprisoned in the moon and/or turn to frog - use it to block creature spots on board.

    Take also look on your card list: creatures that can grown permanently or have dual purposes are your friend.

    I don't want to post any list as you can say that you don't have specific cards. Deckbuilding for difficult encounter is not easy but it is really good way to learn the secrets of the game.
  • Sgutierrez180301
    Sgutierrez180301 Posts: 2
    Sup bro i just wanna say u have to build a stronger deck to beat kozilek i was beating his **** all the time i use liliana the last hope ive built a super almost unbeatable zombie deck n with (lilianas the last hope)ability helps me build the **** out of zombie tokens the highest ive gottem my tokens is 124/124 n i have the screen shots to prove it my old record was 100/100 n i just beat it a few dayz ago im a beast homie if u need any advice on any color hit me up sgutierrez180301@gmail.com ill also give u my deck list of cards that i use for liliana the last hope

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