Well I am currently making a Phage the untouchable EDH deck because all my friends joke about how she is the worst general. I have always loved her, this card just feels so perfectly, evilly black. WHen you have her out, someone is losing, either you or your opponent. The deck is coming along nicely too. Obviously Torpor Orb, Platinum Angel and Sundial of the infinite are in, so I can play her. I enjoy the fact that these combos have the potential to lose me the game if they fail too. Dying by your own general is just neat.
The rest of the deck will be pretty standard mono-black control, but I want to keep with the theme of her, so lots of boardwipes, of course the unblockable enablers, and an Akroma's Memorial for irony/fun. This will be my forth mono black EDH (Ashling the extinguisher, Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder and a retired griselbrand/autocar... (see all)
Posted By:
Enelysios
(7/29/2013 2:47:06 PM)
Uh... Endless Whispers plus Go for the Throat anyone?
Posted By:
WhaleboneMcCoy
(8/8/2013 11:06:15 PM)
sideboard a playset of -{}-
Posted By:
Dryten
(9/14/2013 5:26:41 PM)
Obviously, the proper, if expensive response:
Stop! Hammer Time!
Pull this off (obviously, you need multiple hammers), then you get the ultimate... wait, what's the type of gamer who doesn't care about winning, but wants their opponent to die of laughter before the game ends? 'Cuz that's how I've been doing it.
Posted By:
Zaneshift
(9/22/2013 9:17:19 PM)
@Bufzar Just to be pedantic, "phagein" is actually Greek. It means "to eat" or "to devour". The Latin word is "vorare", which is where we get things like Mortivore.
Posted By:
VirusVescichetta
(11/30/2013 12:23:48 AM)
Discard her and have Lazav, Dimir Mastermind do her dirty work, cheaply and safely.
Posted By:
jfre81
(12/7/2013 12:46:51 PM)
Not only does this perfectly represent everything about black (extreme power with a risk attached), it's my new favorite card.
Not because it's good (and it is good), but because of how it makes people feel. When Phage comes out, everyone's nervous, but at the same time they're excitedly scheming on how to turn her against her caster. And boy are there so many ways to do this (target her with Banisher Priest, kill her and cast Living Death, give her persist or undying, or just steal her and swing in). It's not just some weird corner case; Phage will nearly always end the game, but you truly can never know exactly which way she'll swing. And when she does one-hit-kill your opponent, the game's done; I'd always rather be killed by her than some stupid drawn-out Erayo lock.
And just knowing she's in your opponent's deck is intimidating. Do you really want to cast that It That Betrays? That ... (see all)
Posted By:
MisterAction
(12/10/2013 12:02:16 AM)
Insanity wolf:
Plays Phage the Untouchable as general.
Casts Phage from command zone.
Masticates furiously.
Posted By:
BobbySinclair
(12/16/2013 3:36:56 AM)
EDIT / UPDATE: I was wrong -- Karn Liberated's rulings clarify that restarting the game after exiling her means that you *DO* lose:
"After the pre-game procedure is complete, but before the new game's first turn, Karn's ability finishes resolving and the cards left in exile are put onto the battlefield. If this causes any triggered abilities to trigger, those abilities are put onto the stack at the beginning of the first upkeep step."
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She's cool, but I'm afraid of a card that lets a single Otherworldly Journey kill me.
BTW, Karn Liberated's ultimate works with her since she never "enters the battlefield" in that case.
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(12/30/2013 6:39:50 PM)
Does not combo with Liliana Vess.
Posted By:
Kaleidostorm
(2/10/2014 9:33:58 PM)