The Historic format on Magic Arena is constantly changing and evolving with each new set that comes out. We just left a format dominated by Jeskai Turns, a combo control deck that aimed to take multiple turns in a row with the help of Velamochus Lorehold and
Time Warp
Time Warp
Target player takes an extra turn after this one.
. With Time Warp being banned because of the deck’s dominance, we are now in a much healthier format. But is now the time to try a combo deck that’s similar to Jeskai Turns, assuming that the meta has adjusted away from dealing with this kind of deck? Well we’re going to answer that today, I give you Locust God Combo!
The Combo
The combo in the deck is simple, use
Indomitable Creativity
Indomitable Creativity
Destroy X target artifacts and/or creatures. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact or creature card is revealed and exiles that card. Those players put the exiled cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
to flip both
The Locust God
The Locust God
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste.
{2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
When The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
and
Sage of the Falls
Sage of the Falls
Whenever this creature or another non-Human creature you control enters, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
into play. Sage will trigger to draw us a card, which will trigger The Locust God to make a 1/1 Insect, which will then trigger the Sage again. We loop this until we make enough 1/1 hasty insect creature tokens to kill our opponent on the spot. We use
Forbidden Friendship
Forbidden Friendship
Create a 1/1 red Dinosaur creature token with haste and a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
,
Pirate’s Pillage
Pirate’s Pillage
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
, and
Prismari Command
Prismari Command
Choose two —
• Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target.
• Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.
• Target player creates a Treasure token.
• Destroy target artifact.
to make tokens for our Indomitable Creativity. There’s a bunch of cards to dig through our deck to find our combo, and then a few counter spells to protect it.
Wrap up
So this deck is really really fun. This deck does require a bit of skill to play, its not for the beginner player. As simple as this deck is at its face, there’s a lot of play patterns and decisions that have to be taken into account. Give this one a shot though, and let us know in the comments what you think about it!