Jhoira deck - can it stand up to others?

thrice247 · Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 7

So is this deck Viable in block tournaments or will it just fail??>?>?
Is there a way to improve it further????

Lands 22:
4 Terramorphic Expanse
11 Island
7 Mountain

Creatures 17:
4 Jhoira of Ghitu
3 Rift Elemental
2 Aeon Chronicler
2 Akroma, Angel of Fury
4 Deep-Sea Kraken
1 Scourge of Kher Ridges
1 Greater Gargadon

Spells 21:
4 Delay
3 Clockspinning
2 Paradox Haze
4 Snapback
4 Think Twice
4 Fury Charm

SOAD · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 230 Location: In my Comp

I have tried this deck and I have to say 2 facts:

1: yes seems pretty cool the idea of exploding jiroa especeially the lil combo Jiroha+Chronicler, indeed its too slow in that point

2: As it is 2 slow, and doesnt have any control stand-by cards, i have to say its bad.

I also tried to run instead of akromas and krakens, Bogardan Hellkites and timebenders. Cool

Good luck pimping it, I just gave up.

Shivan1 · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 30

terrible.

Tesseract · Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 38

If Magic had explosive diarrhea, this deck is what would be left in the toilet.

Shagrath · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 211

TofuBoy · Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 123

Take out the krakens and add cancels

Jacois · Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 451

Don't make a deck around Jhoira, make a good deck, and stick 2 Jhoira's in it. Because if you don't get her, or if you cast her and she doesn't survive until your next untap, there is no way in hell you're casting over half your threats with only 22 lands.

sc4rs · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 392

I've actually toyed with this. One build was a fairly competitive deck with Jhoria, but it runs 4 Aeon Chroniclers and 4 Hellkites as the targets, runs very few Jhorias, and way more control elements. Uses the Wizardcycling guy to fetch Jhoria/Teferi/Venser depending on the situation. Seems to work okay.

thrice247 · Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 7

thanks
I believe you are correct that it should not rely so heavily on just running Jhoira and that I should focus more on other things

I believe the 4 Hellkites would be a better idea and adding more counters and control may be better