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- 3x Fathom Feeder
- 4x Herald of Kozilek
- 3x Ruination Guide
- 3x Ulamog's Nullifier
- 4x Wasteland Strangler
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Wasteland Strangler: This guy represents the deck in a nutshell. A 3/2 for 3 is hardly good, but all we're hoping to use him for is to murder our opponents stuff and +1 our card advantage over them while putting a decent beatstick on the field. He really shines if you need to get rid of something big but don't quite have the removal for it. Lay down his -3/-3 on them and follow it up with a Complete Disregard or a Touch of the Void
Herald of Kozilek: If counterspells and removal are the bread and butter of this deck, Kozi here is the hot knife we use to spread our goodness all over our opponent's face.
Fathom Feeder: Here is our late game powerhouse right here. Your opponents will snicker and jeer as you play your 2 drop 1/1, but you'll be the one laughing when his Deathtouch fells their mighty Siege Rhino. He also Ingests some of your opponent's topdecks, both removing anything that may help them out and providing fuel for Wasteland Strangler and Ulamog's Nullifier. His real power of course is that neat little 5 Mana to draw a card and Ingest ability. This allows us a mana sink that will start building card advantage every turn in the late game and lets us draw answers that will keep us in control.
Ruination Guide: Possibly the jank-iest card in the deck. How they decided this guy was worthy of being a rare I'll never know. It's okay though, because he does the job we need him to do in this deck: he puts some power on the board and Ingests more fuel for our Processors. That nifty little +1/+0 to all our creatures also means we can start hitting hard if we get a couple of them out with some cannon fodder like Wasteland Strangler
Ulamog's Nullifier: Our illustrious counterpart to Wasteland Strangler, Nulls takes care of big threats before they ever hit the field while putting down a 2/3 flier at the same time. With a couple Herald of Kozileks on the field this all goes down for 2 Mana. He's indispensable in dealing with Silumgar, the Drifting Deaths and other big scaries that we can't otherwise remove.
Touch of the Void: What Planeswalker wouldn't want a 3 Mana for 3 damage burn spell? Stupid ones, that's who. This little beauty takes care of every unflipped Planeswalker from origins and more Elves than you can shake a stick at. Most importantly, though, it exiles whatever it kills. We drop some of these to fuel up for Wasteland Strangler or Ulamog's Nullifier. Preferably comes mixed with a Herald of Kozilek so that we can leave Mana open for counterspells.
Complete Disregard: I'd be willing to run this only for the name, the fact that it's useful is just a bonus. Coming in at Instant speed, it lets us take care of things during our opponents turns when we're looking to leave Mana open for plays during our next turn. There's nothing better than Completely Disregarding that Jace, Vryn's Prodigy your opponent was planning on transforming next turn. It will even make Dragonlord Silumgars and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daens shake in their boots. Once again the exile factor is important to us here for all the reasons mentioned above.
Molten Nursery: Burning down the Elvish forests and sending White Weenies up in smoke since 2015, this bad boy basically spells game over for both of these matchups. Bringing it in turn three should allow you to survive and take back the game against a lot of aggro decks.
Wasteland Strangler: Not just a beatstick, he's a beatstick with a gun strapped to his head. Great for bringing things down low enough to Complete Disregard or Touch of the Void them or to take out any smaller creatures by himself.
Horribly Awry: Our cheapest counterspell, this gives us some control early to mid-game when we need it the most. At only two mana, we can potentially start stopping minor threats as early as turn 2 to set us up for a turn 3 play like Herald of Kozilek or Wasteland Strangler. That 4 Mana cutoff offers a surprisingly wide range, with Siege Rhino, Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen, and Mantis Rider all falling just within our grasp.
Spell Shrivel: Here to take care of all the things that Horribly Awry can't reach, it comprises most of our late game defense against big baddies. The pay-4-to-ignore that it offers our opponents is usually not relevant and, if it is, it's usually because we're dealing with something small enough for our removal to handle. Two Herald of Kozileks mean this bad boy can be cast for a disgusting 1 Mana.
Ulamog's Nullifier: Running double duty for us, here is our man with the plan (as in he's a creature that also does stuff, get it? Ah never mind). He'll counter anything we need and our opponents can't do jack about it, making him objectively more versatile than both Horribly Awry and Spell Shrivel. Notably, he get's around Dispels that opponents may sideboard in to try to deal with our counterspells. We want to save him for late game when real big threats are coming in or when we know we're going to win in a turn or two anyway. He cost an arm and leg to cast, at 4 Mana and requiring us to Process two cards, so make sure to get down some Herald of Kozileks and exile some fuel before you need him.
Transgress the Mind: The look at our opponents hand is almost worth it alone, that way we always know what we need to be saving our counterspells and removal for. On top of that though, we also get to take anything with CMC 3 or higher and just deposit it directly into the trashcan, a real life saver against things we otherwise wouldn't be able to counter or remove like Gaea's Revenge and Dragonlord Dromoka. This is something to instantly sideboard up to 4 of when dealing with Dragon control. Say goodbye Ojutai, Silumgar, Atarka, Dromoka, and Kolaghan. Even better, they can't get their dragons back with Haven of the Spirit Dragon since they'll be exiled. This is a must against any deck playing big creatures or combos.
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| Date added | 8 years |
| Last updated | 8 years |
| Legality | This deck is not Standard legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 7 - 4 Rares 18 - 11 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.84 |
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