www.PureMTGO.com and Wizards of the Coast would like to extend a hearty high five to everyone that entered the Exodus Pauper Precon Contest! We got a little over seventy entries this time around, and can consider the contest a huge success. Let me go ahead and reveal the winning deck!
Let's get a name for this deck now! To enter the naming contest, please submit your deck name for consideration here in the comments area of this article. All decks names must be in be the end of the day, September 30th.
Prizes for the deck naming winner:
4 Copies of the Deck
1 standard set of Exodus
1 standard Tempest Release Card
1 standard Stronghold Release Card
1 standard Exodus Release Card
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86 Comments
I would name the deck: SLIPPERY FISH!
1. Cause there are so many "fishes" in deck (those slimy soltari soldiers and merfolks).
2. Cause the deck is overall "slippery" and annoying cause of the control.
3. Cause all lots of names of spells start with letter "S". :D
4. The deck is slippery as a fish. Fishes are slippery and by that it means that deck is slippery since it has so much control and annoys the opponent (slips from his hand). Then it fish as its slippery as fish but at the same time there is a lot of "fish" creatures (soltari soldiers and merfolks).
Maybe stupid reasons, but to me it seams cool and slippery, lol :D
Zan Klement
Klemzo~
MTGO Username: Deckwizard
Naming options:
Soltari Shackles
Binding Fish
Exodus Water Torture
Controlled Dreams
Binding Curse
The article does not say how many we are allowed to submit. If I remember correctly, people suggested mutliple names last time, so I went ahead an gave a few. If, in fact, we are only allowed to submit one suggestion, then this is my favorite that I came up with:
Bait The Hook
My e-mail address is provided privately and contains my name. Thanks for holding these contests. They are a great way to get the community involved.
Good luck to all.
DeckWizard
Shadows Standstill
Mtgo name: Mrtrashmatic
Glimpse of shadows
Shadow Strike
MTGonline nickname: NightAngelRj
The reason for the name is simple. Even if it's a controllish deck, a proactive name makes it much more attractive, while staying true to the deck's nature (it is a weenie deck after all)
Also a comment: Volrath's curse was an incredibly bad card choice, anti-synergistic with lock enchantments like pacifism and shackles. Contempt from stronghold would be a much better choice, creating synergy with the overall bounce theme and soul warden.
Volrath curse ALSO can be used by your opp to make capsize or mind games fail. And its return clause is bad, because opp can always sac the enchanted critter in response. Wow, what a horrible, horrible card.
The overall deck idea isnt bad, but just to beat a dead horse even further, volrath's curse kills bunnies and makes jeebus cry. :)
Names off the top of my head:
Soltari Prison
Watery Prison
Twilight Grasp
Mystic Dreams
School of Enigmas
Umbra Alliance
Cursed Confederacy
Gloom Ascendant
Shadow Dominance
Tides of Soltari
My MTGO name: Winter.Wolf (gando.thebard@gmail.com)
These are the deck names I came up with.
Shadows of the Light
Fading into the Shadows
Forever Dreaming
Soldier's of the Shadow
MTGO User ID: Flippers_Giraffe
I'm not posting my email address on a forum though, I have sent my details to the email address you had on the deck building challenge.
MTGO User ID: Deltasigmx221
Deck Name: Death from the Deep
Shadows of the Deep
Aquatic Lockdown
'Dream Warriors'
OR
'Flight of the En-Kors' (if you get my joke...)
ACCT: JUICEMONSTER
From The Shadows
Fish upon Soltari
MTGOid: adhuin
Lurking Shadows
kfromm0914@hotmail.com
MTGO ID: Carpone
Deck Name: Houdini
Explanation - This deck has alot of "now you see it, now you don't" tricks. Handcuffs (Shackles) are a staple for any escapologist, redirection (Spirit en-Kor) and Mind Games are part of selling the act. Houdini also used a Chinese Water Torture Cell as part of his act (any of "slippery" and "water" cards apply). Also, looking at the deck list you can't help but think, "There's no way this will win." similar to people's thoughts on Houdini succeeding with his escape act. To top it off, it's rumored Houdini died because he was cursed (Volrath's Curse).
This is AMAZING. I will spread the word even if this doesnt win. the name is perfect. thank you kind fellow nerd
This is AMAZING. I will spread the word even if this doesnt win. the name is perfect. thank you kind fellow nerd
I agree with houdini. I would brag about my Houdini deck. amazing and full of the awesome sauce
I agree with houdini. I would brag about my Houdini deck. amazing and full of the awesome sauce
cavegoat here
how about:
guild of The Fish
Evasive Action
Shadowy Justice
Shadow Warriors
MTGO account: phoenixlau
How about...
en-Korceration
Knight School (get it?)
Soltari Tides
Thalako's Aquarium
Shadow Sushi
MTGO name: boysrepublic22
mtgo name: ptimmons
Unlikely Alliance
Allies of the Tide
Shifty Silhouettes
pierrebai
Shifting Tide
Catch Me If You Can
MTGO:Triukas
Shadow Tides
MTGO: th1ckasabr1ck
Invisible Army
Invisible Force
Phantom Force
Veiled Force
Secret Force (sorry, I had to...)
Shifty Soltari
Sly Soltari
Secrets of the Soltari
Ethereal Assault
Covert Strike
The Soltari Inquisition
MTGO Username: KingRitz
deck name: Shadowplays
mtgo username: mullaccm
Ocean Shadows
-runeliger
liquid shadows
Lurking Shadows was the one I came up with earlier forgot to put my MTGO user name
MTGO Username- Cruel_Hellraiser
Deckname: Shadowfish
MTGO account name: Rerepete
MTGO username: DARKING665
Name for the deck: Silhouettes and Shadows
Multiple suggestions are ok? If so, awesome; if not, please ignore all beyond the first.
Sidewinder
Walking Shadows
Way of the Veil
Path to Secrets
Righteous Launch
Wake from Reality
MTGO Name: Green Opal
oh man, i vote for wake from reality. i hope you win with that one. really clever.
MTGO Name: MT206
Shadows of Rath
MTGO Name: gamemaster32
Soltari Assault
Hope you all like this one. tried to get as much of the deck into it as possible. The first entry is my main one.
DeJa Vu Troopers
Medusa's Figment
Turn to Stone
Trading Cells
Imagination Trader
Double Dreams
Recuring Dreams
Unseen Dreams
DEJA VU dreams
DeJA Vu Troopers
DeJa Troopers
MTGO name: unixaaron
Bounded by Shadows
Light's Shadow
Shackled Shadows
Shadow's Tide
Shadow Warden - because of the shadow creatures + aura lockdown strategy. Also, Soul Warden.
Alternates:
The Intangibles
The Blue Dungeon
MTGO: Katastrophe
P.S. My deck contained 3x Fade Away too!
MTGO Username: platipus10
Lost Souls
Wayward Souls
Shadow Waves
Tilting Tide
Shadows beneath the depths
What lurks beneath
Soltarmi .... ok that one cheating
Aqua Plains Drifters..... ok another cheat
Shadow Beach
Soltari Shadows
Life in the Shadows
TAP THAT!!!
Soltari Tap
High in the sky
Sky Shadow
Cloudy Day
MTGO name: notsoimperfect
Silhouette Rush
Mtgo name: Weltenbrand
Soggy Shadows
MTGO Name: Tyroine
Dusk Lit Dreams
modo name: rushmore111
Ethereal Grasp, username: Lastcall
Shadowdive
MODO username: sexican
email: javi.api[at]gmail.com
I have to say I really love some of these names. Very imaginative.