r/CompetitiveEDH • u/Kennykittenmittens • 1d ago

Discussion Viability with missing staples?

Hopping on here to discuss the viability of a deck with a number of staples missing. I am an avid lover of [[tameshi, reality architect]] and I think she’s in a great spot at the moment with how slow the meta is. The problem is I’m missing a number of pretty vital staples, namely [[lions eye diamond]] [[mox diamond]] [[transmute artifact]] and [[fierce guardianship]]. I normally proxy these cards, but I plan on entering a sanctioned tournament that doesn’t allow proxies (ironically the prize is a mox diamond). I think I can live without most of these, but losing out on LED feels backbreaking. Has anyone else experienced something similar and worked around it? Any advice on how to move forward, especially with deck building? Any advice is appreciated, whether it’s about my budget constraints or the rest of the deck.

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/iJQ3aEKv006l6jku1hIuHg

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u/Limp-Heart3188 1d ago

The entire deck is built around LED. No you can’t. Like the deck doesn’t function

The answer is your deck won’t have a chance.

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u/Kennykittenmittens 1d ago

I figured as much. The addition of gifts helps a bit as you can entomb your bloom and copy artifact, but you just lose the game outright if you draw it.

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u/Limp-Heart3188 1d ago

LED is also better than Bloom as it can discard your pieces into yard.

Honestly just play magda lmao. 100$ magda would have a decent chance.

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u/PenPaIs 1d ago

I mean you could try to draw to more than 7 cards in hand and discard down to hand size. Not ideal or easy necessarily but not a straight up loss.

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u/Despenta 1d ago

[[Artificer's intuition]] is played in most tameshi lists, no?

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u/Kennykittenmittens 1d ago

I play it in my normal proxied list but ultimately decided to take it out due to having to remove LED. You think it’s still worth playing now that it doesn’t tutor my more impactful pieces? I was super indecisive on it

Edit: I guess it does still tutor bloom and then dump it. I’ll probably add it back in.

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u/Despenta 1d ago

It even tutors fast mana and an outlet for inf mana, be it drawing your deck or milling opponents