Upgrades Ranar Phantom Premonition 0. Ranar a. Sun Titan (great ETBs) b. Soulherder (good blink effects for exile trigger) c. Thunderclap Wyvern (flying subtheme) 1. Mist Raven a. Duplicant $1 2. Marshal's Anthem a. Drogskol Captain $0.50 3. Day of the Dragons a. Selfless Spirit $7 4. Storm Herd a. Entreat the Angels $1 5. Windfall a. Reconnaissance Mission $1 6. Tales of the Ancestors a. Sphinx's Revelation $2 7. Burnished Hart a. Solemn Simulacrum $1 8. Goldnight Commander a. Yorion, Sky Nomad $2 9. Evangel of Heliod a. Drogskol Cavalry $0.50 10. Cloudgoat Ranger a. Spirit Bonds $0.50 Venser, the Soujouner $7 Ghostway $13 Luminarch Ascension $9
know I am late to the party, but with possible wrecking of arena, I'm looking into MTGO more. this entire upgrade package is 2.5 tix. think I'll give it a go.
Dude, thanks for this suggestion. Linvala was is $1 for the extended art version vs. $10 that I could find for an English version of Selfless Spirit. I'll save $9 for the loss of immersion.
In playtesting Ranar, there aren't nearly enough foretell cards to consistently make him useful. I would add to the deck almost every foretell card printed in Kaldheim in b/w (there's only like 5-6 you would add) to make sure you're getting Ranar's trigger. Even the 4 cost 3/3 bird card with foretell is pretty horrible in other decks, but with Ranar it's a 2 cost 3/3 bird that also makes a 1/1 spirit. That's very good. I think Ranar is very easy to lose focus of and try to do too much between foretell, flying tribal and blink. I find that people lean *too* much into the blink part especially.
Is it too soon to suggest switching out Entreat the angels with the New Starnheim unleashed? I get it’s arguably worse than Entreat because of the miracle clause but I mean, foretelling, you know?
I personally agree with this switch. Entreat The Angels has the higher ceiling, but Starnheim Unleashed also plays better with Ranar and doesn’t punish you for not casting it within a narrow window to get its alternate cost.
I find it highly ironic how that new Uncommon land that’s U/W is better than every other lands in the precons. Like Christ, what’s it gonna take to just put the bond lands in the decks? Check lands? Anything that isn’t a shitty gain land.
I personally think that the spirit Lord effect isn't the way to go. A flying Lord would be a much better fit. There doesn't seem to be as much tribal synergy in the deck as there is flying. Even the upgrades has us making Angels.
Absolutely! Great card for this. If you check out my three ways to build Ranar video, you'll see even more options than in this vid for building - this one was focused more on an entry level upgrade
This might be a stupid question, but I’m fairly new at magic. Does exile count as death? For example with solemn siliacrums ability will that trigger twice if I exiled him and brought him back to the battlefield from exile?
I will have to see this deck in action, but my first impression is that this deck is quite weak... and I am a casual player. I just don't see how you can win with this deck. Ranar doesn't create that many 1/1 to swarm the table. I guess in a meta where combat is secondary, this deck could surprise, but in casual meta (or at least in mine) big meanie tramplers are legion. I don't see this deck holding the line very long. Maybe there is something I am missing?
This deck is just made for infinite combo like any blink deck and with the commander it just go wide on token. Just add in felidar guardian with blasting station, you will ping all your opp to zero. Go check the nitpicking nerds video , maybe you'll change your mind. Great video again btw !
@@samuelvalcourt6834 fair point, though felidar combos easily in any blink deck. Azorius is not great for creature tutoring either. Outside of combo, I dont see how you plan on going wide? Unless I am misundertanding Ranar, it seems he would generate only 1 spirit even if you blink your entire board with a brago like effect. If this is the case, how many 1/1 can yoy realistically create? You would need to lean heavily into emblems to keep them around long enough or go full on control? Again, I might be biased. My meta is dominated by Edgar Markov, Gishath. Tana/Bruse and Imoti. These decks seems way faster at swarming the table and some with beefy tramplers.
@@clanechelon two considerations: is this a deck you WANT to play? i personally like the idea of blinking staff and do combotastic stuff and having a payoff also consider simply that the deck has a very good commander substitution king drago the eternal. if you dont care about flying spirits you can just lean on that. competing with the other decks it is something that you can adjust. blue and white have good removals and staxing (but you dont have to make it a full stax just add some stuff like aven censor and you already limiting option if your group goes tutor too much) my personal thoughts here. feel free to disgree.
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Upgrades Ranar
Phantom Premonition
0. Ranar
a. Sun Titan (great ETBs)
b. Soulherder (good blink effects for exile trigger)
c. Thunderclap Wyvern (flying subtheme)
1. Mist Raven
a. Duplicant $1
2. Marshal's Anthem
a. Drogskol Captain $0.50
3. Day of the Dragons
a. Selfless Spirit $7
4. Storm Herd
a. Entreat the Angels $1
5. Windfall
a. Reconnaissance Mission $1
6. Tales of the Ancestors
a. Sphinx's Revelation $2
7. Burnished Hart
a. Solemn Simulacrum $1
8. Goldnight Commander
a. Yorion, Sky Nomad $2
9. Evangel of Heliod
a. Drogskol Cavalry $0.50
10. Cloudgoat Ranger
a. Spirit Bonds $0.50
Venser, the Soujouner $7
Ghostway $13
Luminarch Ascension $9
For those 3 mentions at the end, what would you take out for those?
know I am late to the party, but with possible wrecking of arena, I'm looking into MTGO more. this entire upgrade package is 2.5 tix. think I'll give it a go.
@@garageink74 Nice, enjoy and good luck.
What other cards would you remove to fit the three bling cards?
Hey Joel, people can use the new Linvala from ZNR as a budget Selfless Spirit too!
Yeah, I missed that!! I love the extra synergy of Selfless being a spirit though
Dude, thanks for this suggestion. Linvala was is $1 for the extended art version vs. $10 that I could find for an English version of Selfless Spirit. I'll save $9 for the loss of immersion.
In playtesting Ranar, there aren't nearly enough foretell cards to consistently make him useful. I would add to the deck almost every foretell card printed in Kaldheim in b/w (there's only like 5-6 you would add) to make sure you're getting Ranar's trigger. Even the 4 cost 3/3 bird card with foretell is pretty horrible in other decks, but with Ranar it's a 2 cost 3/3 bird that also makes a 1/1 spirit. That's very good. I think Ranar is very easy to lose focus of and try to do too much between foretell, flying tribal and blink. I find that people lean *too* much into the blink part especially.
I actually want to make an Angel/Spirit deck out of Ranar, and call it Vinland Saga, named after the famed manga involving vikings and religions. XD
You guys are the only channel i follow that has an upgrade to this deck so far. Thank you for that.
Is it too soon to suggest switching out Entreat the angels with the New Starnheim unleashed? I get it’s arguably worse than Entreat because of the miracle clause but I mean, foretelling, you know?
I personally agree with this switch. Entreat The Angels has the higher ceiling, but Starnheim Unleashed also plays better with Ranar and doesn’t punish you for not casting it within a narrow window to get its alternate cost.
Saltskitter is excellent here.
Not budget options, but I'm putting Panharmonicon and Thassa, Deep-Dwelling in here.
Jajem is definitely very helpful, I’m terrible at deciding what to take out
What would you replace with these:
Venser, the Soujouner $7
Ghostway $13
Luminarch Ascension $9
Thanks!
I find it highly ironic how that new Uncommon land that’s U/W is better than every other lands in the precons. Like Christ, what’s it gonna take to just put the bond lands in the decks? Check lands? Anything that isn’t a shitty gain land.
For the look out for the future fathers crusade is an obvious choice
I personally think that the spirit Lord effect isn't the way to go. A flying Lord would be a much better fit. There doesn't seem to be as much tribal synergy in the deck as there is flying. Even the upgrades has us making Angels.
I remember when Entreat the Angels was a Legacy staple.
The history of this card is crazy 🤪
Is Conjurer's Closet a reasonable include? Think it's a couple of dollars.
Absolutely! Great card for this. If you check out my three ways to build Ranar video, you'll see even more options than in this vid for building - this one was focused more on an entry level upgrade
tryin to think of how to build a goblin commander deck any ideas what i should habe as my commander and or in there ??🤔🤔
This might be a stupid question, but I’m fairly new at magic. Does exile count as death? For example with solemn siliacrums ability will that trigger twice if I exiled him and brought him back to the battlefield from exile?
It has "Enter the battlefield" (ETB) effect.
So yes, it triggers as it enter the battlefield.
Selfless spirit? You can go with Linvala, shield of sea gate. Not 7 $, more like 15 cents.
Yeah, I missed that!! I love the extra synergy of Selfless being a spirit though
I don't understand, there is very few foretell cards in this deck, how can Ranar passive can come handy ?
Also triggers from cards being flickered
I will have to see this deck in action, but my first impression is that this deck is quite weak... and I am a casual player. I just don't see how you can win with this deck. Ranar doesn't create that many 1/1 to swarm the table. I guess in a meta where combat is secondary, this deck could surprise, but in casual meta (or at least in mine) big meanie tramplers are legion. I don't see this deck holding the line very long. Maybe there is something I am missing?
All good thoughts-- it really is best to have the cards in hand before we can make any big judgements. Thanks for watching.
This deck is just made for infinite combo like any blink deck and with the commander it just go wide on token. Just add in felidar guardian with blasting station, you will ping all your opp to zero. Go check the nitpicking nerds video , maybe you'll change your mind. Great video again btw !
@@samuelvalcourt6834 fair point, though felidar combos easily in any blink deck. Azorius is not great for creature tutoring either. Outside of combo, I dont see how you plan on going wide? Unless I am misundertanding Ranar, it seems he would generate only 1 spirit even if you blink your entire board with a brago like effect. If this is the case, how many 1/1 can yoy realistically create? You would need to lean heavily into emblems to keep them around long enough or go full on control?
Again, I might be biased. My meta is dominated by Edgar Markov, Gishath. Tana/Bruse and Imoti. These decks seems way faster at swarming the table and some with beefy tramplers.
@@clanechelon two considerations: is this a deck you WANT to play? i personally like the idea of blinking staff and do combotastic stuff and having a payoff
also consider simply that the deck has a very good commander substitution king drago the eternal. if you dont care about flying spirits you can just lean on that.
competing with the other decks it is something that you can adjust. blue and white have good removals and staxing (but you dont have to make it a full stax just add some stuff like aven censor and you already limiting option if your group goes tutor too much)
my personal thoughts here. feel free to disgree.
White is very good removing big creatures, you would be playing many instances for Ranar to create tokens, free bodies with a lot of synergy.
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