“The Will Comes From Within, Not From The Blade.”
Art:Tempting Licid
by Randy Gallegos
Big Shoutout to Scoobydrew0 on twitter for the deck idea / inspiration!
A link to their Moxfield List which inspired our deck! Let them Fight by ScoobyDrew0
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Todays Featured Commander Is:
Tempting Licid is a really sweet mono-green commander who is not as popular as they should be! Tempting Licid only has four decks on Moxfield! Tempting Licid is a ton of fun to play and is a really interesting and different take from the typical mono-green gameplan. We are able to load up our board with a bunch of deathtouch creatures and creatures that get benefits from blocking and clear out all of our opponents creature and finish them off with our huge creatures!
The Deck:
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Why Tempting Licid?
The main reason we chose Tempting Licid is that they are a perfect commander for controlling the board and forcing our opponents to have weak combat phases where nearly all of their untap creatures die, this is especially crazy when we have cards with deathtouch! Tempting Licid is a card that doesn’t get enough love and is a ton fun to play!
Deck Overview:
This section contains information about cards in the deck and how they function within the deck! As well as highlighting some of my favorite cards in the deck!
Creature:
An important thing to remember about our creature package is while a lot of these creatures may look unremarkable on their own when we combine them with Tempting Licid we can easily take down an entire board of our opponents creatures! We have a ton of cards that get benefits from blocking like Berserk Murlodont
, Rabid Elephant
and Venomous Dragonfly
just to name a few, we have a ton of effects like this in the deck! We also have some sweet cards that help with Tempting Licid activations like Jangling Automaton
which is a great way to force all of our opponents creatures to block! Nightshade Peddler
is one of my favorite creatures in the deck since we can give two creatures deathtouch which basically means we can clear two of our opponents boards!
We are a green deck afterall so we also have some late-0game huge creatures that can be great ways to end the game like Eldrazi Devastator
, Ulamog's Crusher
and Annoyed Altisaur
which are all huge late-game creatures that even without activating Tempting Licid we can really put a clock on our opponents! Dread Linnorm // Scale Deflection is another awesome creature that is not only a strong attacker / blocker but a great way to protect a creature and buff them if we use its adventure side! Oakgnarl Warrior
is another great late-game creature, even though we call them late-game creatures we can often cast them a little early with our ramp!
Instants:
We can be a little slow to start so we have a bunch of effects to protect from combat damage like Moment's Peace
and Inspire Awe
which is a really great way to kill our opponents creature while saving our own perfect for a deathtouch! Speaking of deathtouch Lace with Moonglove
and Poison the Blade
are both great ways to give any of our creatures deathtouch! Wrap in Vigor
is another really cool card that allows us to save all of our creature in case of a mass board destruction spell!
Sorceries:
Our sorcery package is really small and full of ramp consisting of Cultivate
, Nature's Lore
and Skyshroud Claim
not really too much to say here just great and consistent ways to get more mana!
Artifacts:
We get most of our mana from lands so the only mana rock we have is Moss Diamond
besides that we have PDH staples like Bonder's Ornament
, Campfire
and Wedding Invitation
which are all really strong cards that help to round out the deck! Jousting Lance
is a really strong buff card and we will never say no to first strike. My favorite equipment in the deck is Trailblazer's Torch
which can get really crazy since we can basically Shock
every creature that blocks us!
Enchantments:
We have a bunch of enchantments that help us with blocking like Ferocity
, Gift of the Woods
and Venom
which are all great ways to get buffs and in the case of venom, kill our opponents creatures! We also have some more offensive focused enchantments like Snake Umbra
and Talons of Wildwood
are both really strong enchantments whether we are attacking or blocking!
Land Base:
Our land base is mono-green so it is pretty simple but we have some cool lands like Tranquil Thicket
and Slippery Karst
which are both great ways to draw some extra cards! We also have Cave of Temptation
which is a great card to buff up a creature! Other than that we have a pretty simple land base mostly consisting of forests and a few nonbasics!
Strengths of the Deck:
- Very easy to control the board
- Tempting Licid can protect itself
- Decent ramp package
Weaknesses of the Deck:
- Not a ton of interaction
- Not a ton of card draw
- Weak to creature hate
Deck Stats:
Sample Hands:
Main Win Conditions:
We have no infinite combos or loops in the deck, we typically win by using one of our deathtouch creatures combined with Tempting Licid to clear out our opponents board to clear the way for our bigger creatures to help close out game! We can use tempting licid to control the board and swing when it is beneficial to us!
Conclusion:
In conclusion Tempting Licid is a ton of fun to pilot and a really interesting take on manipulating and controlling the combat step! Licid is a really crazy creature that only has 4 decks on Moxfield! This deck is a ton of fun and I am surprised it doesn’t have a lot more decks floating around out there! This deck is a real blocking machine and really lives up to the name fight club! Thanks for reading to the end and we really appreciate all of the support! Stay tuned for more articles daily!