![]() ![]() I should pause here - Second Sunrise is gone, so you might wonder how this deck can still win a game. It turns out that if you're turning artifacts into 2 mana, Ichor Wellspring is very good. They also realized that Krark-Clan Ironworks is really powerful, and that there were some recent artifacts that might work in this new version of Eggs. Anyway, they realized that with the change to the legend rule, Mox Opal was much stronger, and that returning Mox Opals with a Second Sunrise effect was much better. NJ is mostly over Magic, but really enjoys random brainstorming and tuning. He brewed up some ideas in the Good Gamery forums along with Nicotine_Jones. He is also the creator and tuner of the Amulet of Vigor combo deck that has been played in Modern recently. He is one of the few people who gave Eggs a shot post-banning. I say that not to put them down, but to hopefully communicate the level he's on, brew-wise. The brewing that people think Sam Black and Conley Woods do? Corey actually equals, or surpasses them (in my mind). Corey (or CJ, or Revo_) Lack, the MOCs finalist, is someone who enjoys breaking things. This proved to be mostly correct, although the viability of the deck isn't totally settled. This led to banning Second Sunrise - the theory was that if the deck lost its engine, it probably would not be viable, and therefore wouldn't be dragging out tournaments anymore. Eggs first popped up around 2006 - compare that to 2000 and before (and Storm feels like it dates back to like 1995, yeesh). If anything, it is infamous for crazy-long final turns, obliterating the round timer in paper tournaments by being on turns and taking 10+ minute turns to work towards a kill that wasn't certain - it might not even win after taking all that time. Second Sunrise, a bunch of cantripping artifacts, such as Chromatic Star.Įggs is a recent addition to the combo pantheon, and not a particularly famous one. Standard, Modern, Extended, Legacy, VintageĬasting a lot of 1-shot mana spells, card filters, and tutors, and finishing with a Storm spell.ĭraco + Erratic Explosion, (Isochron Sceptre) + Orim's Chant, Lightning Helix, Remand, Counterspell, Spell Snare, and so on. ![]() Necropotence + cards, notably Donate and Illusions of GrandeurĬadaverous Bloom and Squandered Resources By recent, I mean, well, let's look at combo decks:Ĭhannel + Fireball, Mirror Universe, and probably a few other things Eggs is one of the more recent in a long line of strong combo decks in Magic history. ![]()
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