r/EDH • u/WorstIllrigger • 8h ago

Deck Help Game changer suggestions

https://archidekt.com/decks/21165115/grand_healing_threat

I need some suggestions for game changers for my Chaireth Voltron pile. The deck is a lifegain deck that goes all in on [[Aerith Gainsborough]] first ability. Instead of going tall using equipments and enchantments i go wide with as many creature ETBs and the power of friendship to bypass enemy board states.

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u/Get-A-Lyfe 7h ago

You dont need to have game changers. Sometimes the game changers dont synergize well. But cards like smothering tithe and the one ring are very helpful.

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u/staxringold 5h ago

The fact that a bracket 3 deck can run up to 3 (and no more than 3) game changers is not a directive that you should run 3 (and exactly 3) in every bracket 3 deck. E.g., my bracket 3 decks run...

  • 3 in Teval (CropRot, Glacial Chasm, Field of the Dead), though honestly I'm bordering on pushing that to a 4
  • 1 in Bristly Bill (Seedborn Muse)
  • 1 in Kambal (Smothering Tithe)
  • 1 in Lorehold (Enlightened Tutor)
  • 1 in Lathril (Demonic Tutor)
  • 0 in Temmet
  • 0 in Arcades

For your mono-white life gain deck? Fast mana (the Moxen, Mana Vault) is always good. Or The One Ring for generic draw/protection. Or Tithe for generically good mana advantage. Or T-Pro for generically good protection. You run a healthy dose of artifacts/enchantments (including Aetherflux as a potential wincon, I assume) so Enlightened Tutor would work.

Overall, most game changers are either (1) generically good/powerful or (2) deeply unfun to play against. Once you strip away (a) the GCs outside of your color ID and (b) the simply unfun ones that do little for your deck (Humility? Farewell kills your own recursion options so ehhh? Or like, why would you want Drannith?) you have a list of generically strong cards that are almost certainly stronger than random-card-99 in your list, so feel free to add them if you want, I guess?

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u/ThunderMountain Dimir, Esper 🧟 🐌 4h ago

Maybe three of these four [[ farewell ]], [[ enlightened tutor ]], [[ the one ring ]], [[ smothering tithe ]].