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Captain Sisay / Æther Rift / Latulla, Keldon Overseer
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Chad Chavez

Hello, POJO. This is Chad Chavez, writing to you from the sunny state of CA.
Today, we will look out a combo that I have recently been play testing.
Check it out.


Spoiler:

Card Name: Captain Sisay
Card Color: Multi
Rarity: R
Casting Cost: 2GW
Card Type: Creature - Legend
Card Text: T: Search your library for a Legend or legendary card, reveal
that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Flavor Text: Her leadership forged the Weatherlight's finest crew.
Pow/Tou: 2/2
Artist: Ray Lago
Card #: 237/350
Set: Invasion


Card Name: Latulla, Keldon Overseer
Card Color: Red
Rarity: R
Casting Cost: 3RR
Card Type: Creature-Spellshaper Legend
Card Text: XR (T): Discard two cards from your hand: Latulla, Keldon
Overseer deals X damage to target creature or player.
Flavor Text: Everything around her suffers.   --- Haddad, Kipamu soldier
Pow/Tou: 3/3
Artist: Brom
Card #: 95/143
Set: Prophecy


Card Name: Aether Rift
Card Color: Multi
Rarity: R
Casting Cost: 1RG
Card Type: Enchantment
Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, discard a card at random from
your hand. If you discard a creature card this way, put that card
into play unless any player pays 5 life.
Artist: Heather Hudson
Card #: 227/350
Set: Invasion


Individual Analysis

Captain Sisay

I recently purchased 2 boxes of Invasion. I saw Captain Sisay and pretty
much overlooked it. I thought the ability to search for legends was nice,
but figured that a lot of legends cost quite a bit. A simple tap will give
you a legend or legendary land in your hand. Not too bad at all.


Aether Rift

A personal favorite of mine, Aether Rift will allow you randomly pitch a
card and, if it is a creature, put it into play. Chances are that you will
eventually get a creature, because your opponent can only pay so much life.
There is also the chance that you discard a non-creature card you want.so be
careful. Good for big creatures to get out soon.

Latulla, Keldon Overseer

Oooh, a living burn spell. This creature will have your opponent feeling
the hurt once a turn, but your hand may feel it too. The fact that Latulla
is a 3/3 helps, because it won't die from a simple Assault or Shock.
Honestly though, any Spellshaper will work, but the Spellshaper legends will
work with this combo best (Since you can discard more).


The Combo

I am sure some of you may have figured it out, but here it is. Playing with
Llanowar Elves, you can get the Aether Rift out second turn. Hopefully, you
will have a Sisay in your hand as well. When you put Captain Sisay into
play, you can tap it to search for a legendary creature (Like Latulla). Put
Latulla into play with either the Rift or your mana, and let the slaughter
begin. Every turn; search your deck for a Legendary Creature like the
Invasion Dragons. Use Latulla to pull out all cards that aren't creatures
with the discarding ability. The Rift will force you to put the creatures
into play. Toss in a Reya Dawnbringer and the creatures that died or were
denied the chance to get put into play by the 5 life payment will come back
to haunt your opponent. I have tried this combo at two tournaments, and I
have had very good results. Here is the deck I used:

Creatures

4x Captain Sisay
4x Reya Dawnbringer
4x Llanowar Elves
1x Crosis, The Purger
1x Darigaaz, The Igniter
1x Dromar, The Banisher
1x Rith, The Awakener
1x Treva, The Renewer
1x Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
1x Tsabo Tavoc
1x Verdeloth, the Ancient
1x Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer
1x Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
1x Latulla, Keldon Overseer

Spells

4x Æther Rift
4x Hull Breach
4x Fires of Yavimaya

Land

2x Elfhame Palace
2x Shivan Oasis
6x Plains
6x Mountains
6x Forests
3x Rith's Grove


Signing out,
Chad Chavez


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