Comments on: Derfington’s Corner: Playing with Fire – Jaya Ballard

By: Everyone Loves Jaya « Derfington Studios

Everyone Loves Jaya « Derfington Studios — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:21:53 +0000

[...] the art at hand: Jaya Ballard is one spicy lady. So spicy that I wrote an EDH article about her at 99EDHproblems a while back. But I wanted to take that extra step towards genuine [...]

By: Cody

Cody — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:20:14 +0000

I love red EDH! Sexy general. My favorite toys with Jaya are Scythe of the Wretched and Basilisk Collar. Give ‘em a shot sometime!

By: Derfington

Derfington — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:28:10 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions! Squee and Stuffy are actually in the decklist, and I have since scrounged up a Wheel to put in Khalni Gem is some rad tech (with Valakut too!), and Dragon Breath is also rad, so I’m gonna try those out! I really need a Crucible of Worlds…

By: endymion

endymion — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:25:40 +0000

Great deck, I built a Jaya EDH myself and included a lot of the same cards. Some cards I have that you don’t:

1. Squee, Goblin Nabob. You just gotta add this guy, it’s like he was made for Jaya. You’ll never have to worry about pitching actual cards again.
2. Distorting Lens. Sucks Painter’s Servant was banned, but this is a nice replacement as you’re only really going to blow up one “blue” permanent a round anyway.
3. Wheel of Fortune. Great way to reload your hand, and you”ll usually be able to get more mileage out of it than your opponents.
4. Rings of Brighthearth. Perfect with Jaya and anything else with an activated ability (like your planeswalkers). Lets you incinerate twice while only discarding once.
5. Stuffy Doll. Just a good EDH card in general, but even better in this deck due to Jaya’s “Inferno” ability.
6. Fiery Temper/Reckless Wurm. Two nice madness spells to pitch to Jaya.
7. Thousand-Year Elixir. I put this in any EDH deck with generals who have activated abilities with a tap cost. Allows her to guarantee at least one or two activations even in the late game when she’ll likely die before she can use her abilities.
8. Dragon Breath. Another great card to discard to Jaya and will make your giant bombs hit faster and harder. Haste is so good in this format.
9. Khalni Gem. Another way to boost your hand size to feed Jaya.
10. Candles of Leng. Slow, but pretty much guaranteed card draw in a color which lacks it (and like you said, you need card draw in this deck).

Some food for thought anyway…

By: Heavy Support Games Blog – Playing with Fire – Jaya Ballard

Heavy Support Games Blog – Playing with Fire – Jaya Ballard — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:58:48 +0000

[...] article is reposted from the 99 problems blog with the author’s permission and was written by our resident Magic rule advisor Derfington. [...]

By: This Week in EDH – 11/22-28 « I Got 99 Problems But a General Ain't One

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:03:15 +0000

[...] Derfington’s Corner: Playing with Fire – Jaya Ballard – Derfington – A new author on our site admits his love affair with a certain General in a tight leather catsuit. Taking a more Timmy approach to the deck building (we love all player types on 99EDH), he goes into making it a fun deck. Also, decklist. [...]

By: Derfington

Derfington — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:58:06 +0000

Oh no, I completely neglected all her awesome quotes! The sizzle quote is superb, but I love the attitude of the quote in Melting: “Who needs the sun when you’ve got me around?”

Nice to see other Jaya fans out there!

By: Derfington

Derfington — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:52:54 +0000

Hey, there’s enough Red to go around! I’d love to see your list! The thing about Jaya is that there’s so much I wanted to include, but didn’t have room for

By: Zekedog

Zekedog — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:12:05 +0000

Fantastic! Jaya Ballard is one of my favorite cards, so much utility all packed into 1 creature. Best Task Mage quote: “Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.” From the card “Sizzle”.

By: mtgdecksource

mtgdecksource — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:01:16 +0000

Fantastic! you absolutely stole my thunder, but still fantastic! Red was the first color i have ever played with in magic and i hold a soft spot for it in my heart. the Jaya EDH i was/am working on is an attempt to… i suppose embody the red mentality while still being playable. Also; Gamble > Demonic Tutor.

Just wayy cooler!