Medusa's Coven

Standard* BG (Golgari)

Malicious5hade

Creature (17)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Eater of Hope
• 2x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 2x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 2x Hythonia the Cruel
• 2x Keepsake Gorgon
• 2x Korozda Gorgon
• 1x Nighthowler
• 2x Pharika's Mender
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Land (18)

• 5x Forest
• 4x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Deadbridge Chant
• 2x Death's Presence
• 2x Grave Betrayal
• 2x Mana Bloom

Artifact (3)

• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (4)

• 2x Grisly Spectacle
• 1x Killing Glare
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

Sorcery (12)

• 4x Corrupt
• 4x Diabolic Tutor
• 2x Gaze of Granite
• 2x Rise of the Dark Realms

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Reaper of the Wilds

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I've always wanted to make a Gorgon deck, and with the Theros block, I finally got to create one. I've played Magic for years, but I'm just this is my very first deck that is suitable to go into tournaments with, so I was looking for a little advice. Any help would be appreciated guys.

I can already see that it is a little slow to start, but with the beta testing I have found that once it starts rolling it is the constant deathtouch quickly evens the playing field. Keepsake Gorgon + Strionic Resonator doubles the destruction ability. Deadbridge Chant makes the deck relentless, with free creatures, or free returns of used spells.

That being said, I understand that tourneys can be much faster than causal play, so I would like to speed this deck up. I do not currently have a sideboard, but would like to build one. So what I would like currently is what cards can I use to speed this deck up while keeping the punch is carries, and What cards should I put in my sideboard (I have no problems with moving cards from the mainboard to the sideboard). Any other advice or wisdom is always appreciated!!!!!

• Malicious5hade

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Key combos	Keepsake Gorgon + Strionic Resonator
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	64
Avg. CMC	4.87
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Harpy 1/1 B