I’ve been working up an Ob Nix/Blaloth deck just on the pure ramp & landsearch abuse angle. Optimal situations strip 12+ life at a time at instant speed.

Knight of the Reliquary wants to make friends with the Demon very much.

Warp World looks like a hilariously viable deck post-rotation. It was almost there before, but it wasn’t an instant-win situation. Warp World Landfall (?) looks like it could be a lot more reliable at goldfishing.

Madrush cyclops might be worth a look, it’s already in your colours. Very excited to hear the podcasts, and stoked to see warp world decks getting a boost.

reading the article is tech.

Even though multiple copies of the demon will nuke each other out of existence they still have enough time to reach into your opponent’s chest, pull his or her heart out, and show it to them while it is still beating.

if the opponent can survive a warp world with multiple obs, he’s at a prettu high life total me thinks…

It’s time to add Lotus Cobra to this list!

@Stove I’m not sure the interaction between Ob Nixilis and Warp World interact like that.

Warp World says each player puts ALL artifacts, creatures, then land (revealed this way) onto the battlefield. As soon as something enter the battlefield state-based effects are checked, and if multiple Ob Nixilis entered the battlefield the legendary rule would trigger and all the Ob Nixilis go to the graveyard. THEN all land enters the battlefield. Without Ob Nixilis on the battlefield his landfall ability wouldn’t trigger.

Running 4 Ob Nixilis’s doesn’t seem efficient. You might be better off running 2 Ob Nixilis and 2 Broodmate Dragons.

@Kevin — Two problems with your scenario: One, all artifacts, creatures, and land come into play literally simultaneously, and trigger off all of the other artifacts, creatures, and lands that are put into play. Two, state-based effects aren’t checked until someone would get priority, which doesn’t happen until after Warp World has finished resolving.

@Kevin You should be sure, since it does.

State-based effects are checked whenever a player would receive priority. However, they aren’t checked during the resolution of a spell or an effect. SBEs will check after Warp World has resolved, after Ob has triggered, but before the triggers go on the stack, and put however many Obs you have (greater than 1, obv) into the graveyard.

Seriously, don’t just spout off your understanding of the rules - check how they actually work, sir.

Also, Rules Advisor status is crazy tech.

@BDM Have you considered Civic Wayfinder-esque Guy in the list over Rampant Growth? I’ve been playing a version of Warp World in T2 for a couple months & after flipping any non-permanent with WW, I always feel so sad inside. Seriously, though, it seems like it serves about the same purpose with the added side benefit of giving you a 2/2 for your trouble. Just my thoughts.

The deck seems saucy and awesome! I know what my other deck is going to be for FNM (aside from Vampires).

A warpworld deck needs 2 things to work in order to be competitive.

1) Card draw.
2) Mass removal as a reset button.

The first competitive build contains Harmonize, and Firespout (w/ Nucklavee recursions).

My previous recent incarnation covered point #1 in the face of Mulldrifters, however I found trouble covering up point #2. Without mass removals, Warpworld decks dies to aggro (kithkins were one of my worst matchups). While Caldera Hellion seems like an answer, Warp Worlding into it doesn’t sound like a good idea (albeit salvagable). Plus, based on recent T2, kithkins can just counteract this strategy by playing BFTs (which most still do play maindeck).

My solution was Thought Hemorrhage, extirpating out problem cards I face with pre/post warp world (i.e. token producers, baneslayer angels, etc). While still bad, it improves my matchup though.

IMO, find a way to cover points #1 & #2, and you’ve gotten yourself an Ob Obv deck.

Btw, can someone explain to me how landfall+Warp world works? Since all came into play at the same time, shouldn’t this not work? If it does, does this mean that if I warpworld into a flame-kin zealot (of narcobridge fame), all my creatures get +1/+1 and haste?

@Tekanan:
Here’s how Landfall + Warp works:

603.6a Enters-the-battlefield abilities trigger when a permanent enters the battlefield. These are written, “When [this object] enters the battlefield, . . . “ or “Whenever a [type] enters the battlefield, . . .” Each time an event puts one or more permanents onto the battlefield, all permanents on the battlefield (including the newcomers) are checked for any enters-the-battlefield triggers that match the event.

Due to this rule, permanents entering play simultaneously will trigger off one another. Thus, two Soul Wardens coming into play at the same time will net you two life instead of zero. When a Warp resolves, all creatures, lands, and artifacts are put into play simultaneously, and see each other coming in. Thus Ob Nixilis will see each and every land entering the battlefield, and trigger that many times.

Yes, if you Warp into a Flame-Kin Zealot, all your creatures will get +1/+1 and haste, but for an entirely different reason. When Flame-Kin Zealot enters the battlefield, it triggers an ability, which isn’t put on the stack until after Warp World has completely finished resolving. By the time that the triggered ability resolves, all your creatures are quite firmly in play, and you can stack your triggers so that it resolves after any other relevant abilities like those of Siege-Gang Commander or Broodmate Dragon.

Warping into Caldera Hellion is fine, when multiple permanents comes into play at once, you choose the order they come into play, so Ob’s triggered ability and Caldera’s triggered ability goes on stack, you choose which one resolves first, so Ob’s survives.

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@tex, u actually can since they nuke each other out AFTER warp world resolves but their landfall triggers before