Tilwin90 wrote: While I'm not a big energy fan, I decided to give Dovin Baan a shot. And while I don't use the energy in any way at this point, the cards I have in white and blue were good enough to build a decent (though not extraordinary in any way) deck. At this moment I pretty much use Dovin's first ability, having hit his third one once only... Looking for your feedback to improve it further.The deck:Creatures (2):Drowner of HopeGisela, the Broken BladeSpells (3):Deploy the GatewatchDescend upon the SinfulTalent of the TelepathSupports (5):Hixus, Prison WardenSuppression BondsPrism ArrayPrairie StreamPyromancer's GogglesDeck strategy: - Once again I am abusing Deploy the Gatewatch with powerful creatures. Gisela is a beast and her lifelink is essential for Dovin's survival. Drowner of Hope is also incredibly powerful, deploying a total of 12 power per instance on the board. And the mana gain of the Eldrazi Scions with all the expensive cards is also superb! Deploy the gatewatch into 3 drowners and you already have a stable board. - I further considered abusing Dovin by trying to get as many deploys as possible. This lead me to the combo of Pyromancer's Goggles -> Deploy -> powerful creatures (I am sure I am not the first person thinking about this). It's working good, even though goggles sometimes ends up getting my other two spells. It's good that Dovin allows only 5 supports, otherwise only with Deploy into the deck this would be nuts! I have the option to replace Descend upon the Sinful with another creature, but I'm not sure with Drowner/Gisela already occupying the three creature slots. Descend upon the sinful is there to get the board clear while I try to assemble a board myself. After that, it's pretty much a dead card. Not very happy with it, I would probably replace it with Whir of Invention did I have the card, with all the great supports. Anguished Unmaking is another possible other good replacement which I don't have. If you have any other suggestions in its place, I'm all ears! Talent of the Telepath digs early on then can also drop a desperate support in times of need (Suppression Bonds and Hixus are very fragile). Now onto the supports... Hixus, Suppression Bonds and Prism Array keep the opponent locked down (beyond Drowner of Hope which already does that so well). So much board control on the opponent's side buys me the time I need to do all the stuff I do. Prairie Stream is regular mana accelerant I just got yesterday and felt would be a shame not to include in the deck.
TibbyGenn wrote: Your deck is pretty obscene, I think I may have played you a couple of times Thopter Spy Network + Drowner + any bunch of supports is a hardish lock Silverstrike works well to reduce your spell count if you just want to hit deploy each time with goggles. e.g. add 2 more creatures, so Deploy is your only spell, Startled Awake, Emrakul and Decimator are good here. Exert Influence is just an obscene card as well. I also like Quarantine Field in this deck, since deploy plays through it. try: Decimator Gisela Drowner Startled Awake Deploy Goggles Silverstrike Hixus Thopter Spy Network Prairie Stream
[arNero] said: I just ran into this tinikitty broken Dovin lockdown deck that runs:StarfieldInsidious WillHixusI know many people have been SCREAMING to have Hixus nerfed, but what about the other two?
csonic said: Any new decks from people since the release of Kaladesh?
Magog said: csonic said: Any new decks from people since the release of Kaladesh? The Standard deck I described a few posts up is post Kaladesh and still very valid.