Wrapping Up
Meloku the Clouded Mirror naturally lends itself to creating my favorite color combination, Blue/Green. Generally, Meloku the Clouded Mirror ends up lending itself to a more controlling approach, and so here is an attempt at a Standard deck with that in mind.STANDARD-LEGAL CON-TROLL
Creature (30)
4 Budoka Gardener
4 Tel-Jilad Chosen
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Thought Courier
4 Viridian Shaman
4 Eternal Witness
3 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
2 Keiga, the Tide Star
Sorcery (2)
2 Time of Need
Instant (4)
4 Condescend
Enchantment (1)
1 Intruder Alarm
Land (23)
9 Island
14 Forest
60 Cards
This deck uses a few decent early defenses (especially against Artifacts) with Viridian Shaman, the Tel-Jilad Chosen, and Condescend. It also helps speed itself up with Budoka Gardener, Azusa (with Time of Need to find it), and the Sakura-Tribe Elder. Time of Need also made the inclusion of a second Keiga, the Tide Star seem more reasonable (casting a second Keiga can be really mean against the right opponents). Thought Courier and Eternal Witness help keep things running smoothly until a Meloku the Clouded Mirror can begin to take over. Other than Azusa and the Gardener, the only real nod to trying to do anything specifically comborific with Meloku the Clouded Mirror is the single Intruder Alarm, just to enjoy the potentially abusive Meloku the Clouded Mirror/Alarm/Gardener combo that I brought up earlier.
In general, this deck is just made to survive against most decks, and then be able to truly make use of Meloku the Clouded Mirror as a potent finisher with the help of Azusa or a Gardener. While a lot less splashy than an Extended Opposition/Static Orb/Meloku the Clouded Mirror deck or a Gaea’s Cradle/Meloku the Clouded Mirror/Cloud of Faeries explosive combo deck, I like the idea of a simple control deck that isn’t based off of a bunch of hard counters. Decks like this have always made me smile, so I might be a bit biased there, though.
引用元
MELOKU THE CLOUDED MIRROR Posted in Feature on December 1, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/meloku-clouded-mirror-2004-12-01
《曇り鏡のメロク/Meloku the Clouded Mirror》の強さを分析した記事です。
もちろん、単体でも充分に強いのですが、ここではシナジーを重視して組んでいます。
『神河物語』は、《桜族の長老/Sakura-Tribe Elder》をはじめとして、土地を伸ばすカードが豊富にあるので、それらとシナジーを形成します。
それだけではなく、コンボも搭載しています。
《曇り鏡のメロク》でトークンを出し、《侵入警報/Intruder Alarm》で《武道家の庭師/Budoka Gardener》をアンタップし、メロクで手札に戻した土地を出すループでトークンを量産します。
このデッキで紹介されているコンボ以外にも、相性のいいカードとして、《対立/Opposition》や《停滞/Stasis》、《ガイアの揺籃の地/Gaea’s Cradle》などが挙げられています。
様々な可能性を考えさせられる、名カードと言えるでしょう。
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