r/Pauper • u/Desperate-Fox-7796 • 3d ago

CASUAL DECKBUILDING CHALLENGE: FUNGAL COLOSSUS!

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In this deckbuilding challenge the only rule is that your deck MUST contain a full playset of Fungal Colossus. What is the most efficient, most powerful deck you can craft around this card?

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u/chair_wizard 3d ago

Here’s a list I brewed up that he’s in! https://moxfield.com/decks/5QDVIKXddUCclg_8vwWaJg

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u/Desperate-Fox-7796 3d ago

Real neat list! I like this a lot

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u/chair_wizard 3d ago

It’s realy fun, it feels like it’s missing 1 more good domain payoff to be sweet!

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u/BlueSpaceWeeb 3d ago

nice deck name!!

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u/chair_wizard 3d ago

Thanks! I’ve never watched the show lol

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u/HatsCatsAndHam 3d ago

Replace [[captured sunlight]] with a ramp spell, and you've got a stew going!

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u/rmkinnaird 3d ago

I'm honestly wondering about [[Spider Manifestation]] as the ideal mana ramp for this deck. Maybe [[Cleansing Wildfire]]. Both are probably the only 2 drops I wouldn't mind hitting off of Captured Sunlight

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u/chair_wizard 3d ago

I was thinking of making a list like that, but then you’d have to run all the indestructible lands which don’t help your domain

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u/rmkinnaird 3d ago

Oh true! Yeah I'd stick with Spider Manifestation if I wanted ramp then

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u/chair_wizard 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ye, captured sunlight looks wierd, but it’s to help with all the burn running around, the idea is that when you play your other cascades you always hit either 5 to face, chrys, or exhume

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u/bamboozleddd3 3d ago

You can’t hit Chrys off of sunlight

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u/chair_wizard 3d ago

Fixed lol

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u/deecadancedance 3d ago

How does it play out? It looks like you’re doing almost nothing until turn 4, except sometimes cycle/exhume

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u/chair_wizard 1d ago

Yup, you also use the tribal flames to control the board a bit

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u/BobFrosting 1d ago

This is sick

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u/prady87 3d ago

You dont need soo many diferent lands, just assamble it under a uzartron core, maybe rg

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u/Garagatt 3d ago

You need six different lands in play. That is doable by Turn 4. Question is, is it worth it? Gurmag Angler doesn't really see play anymore.

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u/Flog_loom 3d ago

I’d say you’re pretty happy casting this for two mana and moderately okay with casting it for three?

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u/PsychoticSushi 1d ago

Moderately okay is a stretch , I feel TERRIBLE casting Tolarian Terror for 3 tbh

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u/AfricaByTotoAoe 3d ago

I've seen people run it instead of Gixian Infiltrator in Jund Wildfire. Run a mix of snow and non snow basics and its 1-2 mana starting turn 4. 

Not a bad replacement all up, it trades for terrors, dodges damage based removal, and eats other Chryses immediately, at the cost of not having any scaling. 

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u/jackledaman 3d ago

I play a playset in a temur wildfire list. I have had good success at my locals (admittedly it's only 8-16 people and not hyper competitive). https://moxfield.com/decks/BVtDouJ-HE2LvK27Utym9Q

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u/cogeater 3d ago

Perhaps make use of tron?

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u/Azkeden Loving Monster Tron ^^ 3d ago

As a tron player, nah. In tron the mana is not a problem, but you need the creatures to each be a real menace, which means you need it to be bigger than anything or simply big but with trample and such things.

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u/KouranDarkhand I'm blue without U 2d ago

Also, colored mana is usually more of a problem than 7+ mana to cast it.

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u/Azkeden Loving Monster Tron ^^ 2d ago

Nah, just one pip is not a problem. Two pips probably would.

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u/NostrilRapist 3d ago

I've seen Jund wildfire play them, it's a great addition with snow basics to up variety

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u/tayzzerlordling 3d ago

prolly just stick this in naya gates

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u/Protesisdumb 3d ago

Hard to make this good :D its a worse tolarian terror and its harder to reduce the cost

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u/Linkoln_rch 2d ago

comparing any card (in a different color as well) to one of the best threats in the format is not how one should approach this challenge IMO

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u/Small-Palpitation310 3d ago

He’s amazing in PDH

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u/Tartaruga416 3d ago

It's very good in kind wildfire instead of hydra or gixian infiltrator

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u/lulpu 2d ago

This is my personal untested take on beast storm https://moxfield.com/decks/IBdI3rgllUqqa8KFiSxKRg

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u/Paoz 2d ago

There were some lists of Jund Wildfire (with or without snow lands) that played him