Discussion of the deck 'Minions of Sanavaan' by Windir78

Spider Ninja (42) is a great card if u wanna get earth fields that your opponent has occupied...Ill put one in your deck...and Yellow Cubic (54)s too...dragon or God could be inmortal over a cube in a second turn in F9...also u should check the set 3 dragon...with its magical attack and protection habilities...

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Windir78 wrote:I usually use Fieldbond on Earth creatures to get one more Earth field (which helps Vulitra, Sanavaan and Fist of Verzar (105)), not solely to get more HP.

Yes thats true...but with a fissure u can get it and wont depend on creature´s survival...using Kadenas for mana control wouldnt be a bad idea too...

I think Se Hollyn Fortress (45) or 2 in an earth deck is always a good bet! You must try to get at least 2 Yellow Cubic (54) in there. Going first Yellow Cubic (54) on F9 facing North with a big earth creature in your hand, yes to Se Hollyn Fortress (45),could put you in a very strong position at the end of turn 3!!

Great suggestions. I'll consider putting a Spider Ninja (42) in the deck. As for the Yellow Cubic (54), dragon and Kadena I don't have the required cards yet

Personally I'd take out the Novogus Gravekeeper (53) and add the Phaseus Biolith God instead for the simple reason that you've got enough earth creatures to keep those fields occupied plus the biolith god does more dmg and has more hp for the same mana cost.
Depending on if you take in the biolith God or not, it might be usefull to take a Yellow Cubic (54) instead of the white one.
Also I am wondering if your deck carries enough power. Adding some Biolith Bomber (73)s or Biolith Sentries might solve this problem. Also as the previous poster noted, Callous Gaiakhan (257) is most likely going to be a good addition to this deck.

Yes, attack power is one of my main concerns. Bomber's would probably help out a lot against lesser creatures, not sure which card I should have replaced though.

Adding Phaseus instead of Gravekeeper is a great suggestion, I'll try it next time

If I can get a hold of Arelai in the near future I'll probably use that instead of Se Hollyn Fortress (45) since it gives protection to all creatures.

Using earth decks can be fun...I used to add some non elemental creatures as Sword of Juno (187), Spire of Juno (189) and The Eye of Juno (290)...that way I use the incarnation hability and sometimes when Sanavaan couldnt handle it never missed those manas spent and changed duels destiny with The Eye of Juno (290)...another thing to try is to add Parmetic Venegeress and a couple of Flame Magus (1) and earth and water zealots...you can make an earth-CoP deck too...try some and then tell us

must say its looking better but i would get rid of gravekeeper to in favour of phaeseus, and deff add arelei he is very good with his def bonus, funny i used sword and fist as well, very good ideas to try

Ok, Phaseus added instead of Gravekeeper. I'll try it right away. I'll probably put in a Spider Ninja (42) instead of the Monk or a Verzar Swordsman (143).

Thanks for a lot of interesting suggestions. Sadly I'm missing most of the cards needed at the moment.

Just pulled Callous Gaiakhan (257) so I'll use it instead of my current Undead Dragon (49)

lucky thing. im still after him

Yes, I've been a bit lucky with my EOJ-pulls this far

Opened a box today and got Pollux (286), Clare Wil the Valiant (242), Scion Triumphant (289), Capricious Hydromancer (241), Wild Dendrovort (273), The Eye of Juno (290) and Callous Gaiakhan (257).

Callous Gaiakhan (257) can't be summoned if there's less than two earth creatures on the board. Is it still possible to summon it in Turn 2 using a cubic, or does the "lock" still apply?

Yes you can summon it over a cubic if you have another earth creature...at least in PC EOJ (just tested it)

really? i thought you would need a Yellow Cubic (54), as thats the 2 earth rule where the white is not?

Yes you need an earth one...thought he was talking about that one..lol...the thing is that afterwards the dragon is only with one earth allied creature