Primeval Titan is a powerful card in the game Magic: The Gathering. It is a green creature card with a converted mana cost of six. One of the most popular ways to play Primeval Titan is in the Prime Time Amulet Titan deck. The Prime Time Amulet Titan deck focuses on ramping up your mana quickly and then using Primeval Titan to grab powerful lands from your deck. This allows you to generate an immense amount of value and put yourself in a winning position. The deck uses cards like Amulet of Vigor, which allows the lands you play to enter untapped.
Now, away from our lands, lets talk about the core of our deck in.
Bojuka Boj is there for any and all graveyard strategies and can be played and replayed with our Karoo lands to help get more triggers locking our opponents futher. I had not thought of ever putting Hive Mind in my sideboard, but it is actually an incredible card against decks like UW Control, Tron, Whir Prison, Burn, and UR Phoenix.
The deck uses cards like Amulet of Vigor, which allows the lands you play to enter untapped. This means that when you play Primeval Titan, you can immediately use the lands it searches for to generate even more mana or other powerful effects. Another key card in the deck is Simic Growth Chamber, which is a land that allows you to bounce another land back to your hand when it enters the battlefield.
Adapting Amulet Titan
Last weekend I played in SCG Cincinnati with Robert Stanley and Collins Mullen. I played the Modern seat, where I piloted ol’ faithful (Amulet Titan) to an 10-4 finish. The tournament was great, but we had a rocky Day 2, which caused us to miss cash at 23rd place.
Here is the list I played:
Amulet Titan by Will Pulliam
I got the initial decklist from Daryl Ayers. After we talked over some things and he sold me on sideboard Primal Command. It turns out that Primal Command is a great modal spell in Amulet Titan. It gains you important life against aggro decks, shuffles graveyards against Dredge, or puts a noncreature permanent (like Ensnaring Bridge) on top of your opponents deck! All while fetching up a creature like Primeval Titan or any of the utility creatures in our sideboard.
To expand on the relevancy of the card, here’s a list of decks that I boarded in Primal Command against: Izzet Phoenix, Dredge, Tron, Amulet, Grixis Death’s shadow, Burn, BG Midrange, and UW Control.
Looking back at the tournament I won every single game where my deck functioned and I lost every game where I didn’t. I have noticed some inconsistencies with the Amulet Titan deck, like a lack of green sources on Turn 1, or the lack of card selection.
While I was at the SCG Open, Piotr Glogowski (Kanister) decided to redesign the entire Amulet Titan deck to be less of a toolbox ramp deck and more of a streamlined combo deck. Here is the list he played to a 6-2 finish in the MTGO Modern playoff:
I saw this decklist and immediately loved it, but I thought it was extreme. I think that Botanical Sanctum is a great addition to this deck because it increases the number of green sources available on Turn 1 for cards like Sakura-Tribe Scout and Ancient Stirrings, while also increasing the amount of available blue sources for Tolaria West and the latest addition (which is a throwback to the old Amulet Titan decklists) Serum Visions.
After seeing this decklist, I went to work and started working with Fpawlusz (a streamer who only plays Amulet Titan and makes a lot of great content on the deck) on a more normalized Amulet Titan decklist with Serum Visions. We immediately noticed that Serum Visions added a lot of consistency to the deck and that Botanical Sanctum made more hands keepable due to having an untapped green source on the first turn.
We started with something very similar to what I played in SCG Cincinnati with these changes. We cut:
to make room for the four
To fit three [mtg_card]Botanical Sanctum" data-card-name >Serum Visions[/mtg_card.]
The logic here is that you can cut a bounce land since you are adding four Serum Visions, one Forest since that is one of your interchangeable land slots, and Ghost Quarter because it is your worst utility land. It is incredible in the matchups where it is good but a blank everywhere else. It loses the tiebreaker to make the deck to Bojuka Bog, since that one slot makes you a heavy favorite vs Dredge.
On Wednesday, Kanister recommended Hive Mind as card we could sideboard. I had not thought of ever putting Hive Mind in my sideboard, but it is actually an incredible card against decks like UW Control, Tron, Whir Prison, Burn, and UR Phoenix. Hive Mind gives you another angle of attack other than beating your opponent to death with 6/6s. Hive Mind has been an excellent sideboard card in testing so far.
This list is the current frontrunner for SCG Cleveland next week.
Amulet Titan by WIll Pulliam
With this decklist in mind here’s my proposed sideboard guide.
This can give you additional land drops and allows you to replay lands like Boros Garrison to generate even more mana. The deck also runs a number of utility lands that can have powerful effects. One of the most important lands is Vesuva, which allows you to copy any land on the battlefield. This can be used to make additional copies of strong utility lands like Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion, which gives your creatures double strike. Prime Time Amulet Titan also runs a number of mana-producing lands, like Gruul Turf and Simic Growth Chamber. These lands can help you ramp up your mana quickly and make big plays earlier in the game. Overall, Prime Time Amulet Titan is a powerful deck that can generate a lot of mana and put you in a winning position. It combines ramp strategies with the powerful effects of Primeval Titan and utility lands to create a formidable force on the battlefield..
Reviews for "Navigating the Complexities of Prime Time Amulet Titan"
1. John - 2 stars - I found "Prime time amulet titan" to be an overly complicated and slow-paced game. The constant search for lands and specific cards to summon a titan felt tedious and took away from the strategy aspect of the game. The deck seemed overpowered, and once the titan entered the battlefield, it was game over for the opponent. Overall, I was not impressed with this deck and would not recommend it to casual players.
2. Sarah - 1 star - I was excited to try out "Prime time amulet titan" after hearing about its dominance in competitive play, but I was sorely disappointed. The deck heavily relied on luck and drawing the right cards at the right time. It felt like a game of chance rather than strategy. Additionally, the long and drawn-out gameplay made it tedious and unenjoyable. I would not recommend this deck to anyone looking for a competitive edge or a fun gaming experience.
3. Alex - 3 stars - "Prime time amulet titan" is a powerful deck, there's no denying that. However, I found it to be quite a one-dimensional and repetitive playstyle. The focus on ramping up mana and rapidly playing titans left little room for creativity or decision-making. While it may be effective against certain opponents, it lacks versatility and adaptability. The deck may appeal to players who enjoy straightforward and predictable gameplay, but for those seeking more variety and depth, I would suggest looking elsewhere.