“12 creatures is not enough” – That is why I have 4 Commune
with Nature in this deck.
Not all games end without a fight. The reason for the higher mana costing cards
is to have a strong response toward the end of the game. True it may already be over, but not
necessarily. In the event of a hard
fought game, even with poison, it can be very useful to have a few cards that
cost more mana to cast. If you notice, I don't have many high mana cost cards, and there is good reason for that.
Inkmoth Nexus creates a land problem. I have to be able to tap for various colors
to play my other cards, such that this card becomes a nonstarter. I don't know of any single card that taps for blue, green, and black at the same time to date, such that I might even think of including Inkmoth Nexus. My 12 colored creatures, either blue, black,
or green, and my boosters make it so that I need either a fetch land or a land
that taps one way or another in order to get a creature out on turn 2, or to
slam my opponent with a booster or two or three on turn 3. That is, I have too many colored spells in my
deck in order to include an Inkmoth Nexus.
With respect to land, it is hoped that I get a 1 land that
comes in tapped on turn 1. Thus, turn
one is only creates a foundation for play.
It is on this turn that I am more likely to fetch, or play a land that
comes into play tapped, and then pass a turn only doing that. The odds are good that I will be able to do this. 2/3 of my land is this way.
The way this works is that the land that comes into play
tapped or the land that makes you go fetch is contains a necessary color that
you can use a basic land on your second turn, or 3rd turn. On the second turn, you play a land that does
not come into play tapped, such that you can play a creature. Then, on turn 3 or 4 its balls to the walls
with the instant booster cards.
I have Seaside Citadel in there because I live in a house
that is practically on the waterfront, like a Seaside Citadel. It’s a card relative to my legacy that works
in my deck. That it can tap for white is
virtually inconsequential to play. Sure,
there are other cards I could use, but this is the card I wanted to use. The same is true with, “Salt Marsh.”
That attitude seems like you are seriously worried that my
deck is a threat because if it wasn’t actually a threat, then you probably
wouldn’t have even bothered to comment.
For example, this deck that I recently posted is stronger and more
competitive than my others, and that is why I am not surprised that it is getting
more attention from folks like yourself.
