Hello everyone,
I have tried to perfect this deck over the past few months. I have always been fond of "black" style of gameplay: that stands for paying your own life and sacrificing creatures to gain advantage, using your graveyard as resource, reanimating and disturbing your enemy's hand while creating pressure. Black is quite straightforward color in this manner, you gotta get the advantage early and dont let it go.
I have tried to put my limited experience into this deck. It creates a decent amount of pressure early on and it forces my oponents into reactions. If they fail to do that, they'll get overrun in long term. Through discard I limit their manouvering space and set up combos, that are usualy able to finish the games on their own. Consistency is kept in mind at all times.
Turn one kill is actually possible, turn 6 kill on uninterupted play happens quite regularly.
The cost calculation is off, the true cost is much lower, about 400 USD for the whole deck.
I hope this deck inspires you, and through your comments, I'll be able to improve it.
Thanks for checking this deck out and for the +1
Have fun
JaaJa
Mana acceleration:
you better be there fast
Dark Ritual, Sol Ring, Expedition Map,
Crypt Ghast
, Ashnod's Altar, Cabal Coffers, Phyrexian Tower, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Card advantage:
outnumbering your enemy is simple, but efficient strategy
Skullclamp, Liliana of the Veil, Phyrexian Arena, Yawgmoth's Will, Solemn Simulacrum, Dusk Urchins, Hypnotic Specter, Graveborn Muse,
Hymn to Tourach
, Mind Twist,
Combo setup:
your technological advantage
Hymn to Tourach
, Mind Twist, Duress, Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Cinderhaze Wretch, Lightning Greaves, Liliana of the Veil
Sacrifice outlets:
Charlie dont surf
Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, Blasting Station, Diabolic Intent, Contamination, Necrotic Ooze, Living Death, Skullclamp
Graveyard hate:
For sometimes, even Charlie surfs
Nihil Spellbomb, Withered Wretch, Coffin Queen
Sacrifice foddlers:
sometimes, the helmet is better for covering ones balls
Bloodghast, Gravecrawler, Ophiomancers token, Cinderhaze Wretch, Dusk Urchins, Solemn Simulacrum,
Skinrender
, Shriekmaw, Grave Titans token, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Kokusho, the Evening Star, Necrotic Ooze, Triskelion
Tutors:
more options, more blood to spill
Vampiric Tutor, Entomb, Demonic Tutor, Buried Alive, Diabolic Intent, Beseech the Queen, Expedition Map,
Thoughtsieze
, Liliana of the Veil
Reanimation:
reduce, reuse, recycle
Reanimate, Volrath's Stronghold, Yawgmoth's Will, Animate Dead, Necromancy, Dance of the Dead, Puppeteer Clique, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Coffin Queen
When stuff goes wrong:
there is nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning
Damnation, Mutilation, Pithing Needle, Liliana of the Veil, Go for the Throat, Triskelion, Shriekmaw, Fleshbag Marauder,
Skinrender
Nevinyrral's Disk, Yawgmoth's Will, Cavern of Souls
Special mention:
Buried Alive, Entomb, Necrotic Ooze, Triskelion
Combos:
Any sacrifice foddler + any sacrifice outlet: scrying, drawing, putting +1/+1, counters, discarding, mana acceleration, dealing damage, making all lands produce only black mana
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + any sacrifice outlet + any creature: more fuel
Phyrexian Devourer + Vampire Nocturnus: everyone knows youre gonna draw a good card
Instant wins:
Buried Alive + any reanimation spell: put Triskelion, Phyrexian Devourer and Necrotic Ooze in a graveyard, then put Necrotic Ooze to the battlefield, pump it and deal massive damage.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion: use Triskelion to deal 1-2 dmg per instance of coming to the battlefield and the rest to kill itself
Duel commander:
out: Strip Mine; Vampiric Tutor; Sol Ring; Mind Twist
in: Swamp;
Jet Medallion
;
Recurring Nightmare
; Distress
adepts for replacement:
Beseech the Queen; Dance of the Dead; Nevinyrral's Disk
need:
more creatures; more CMC=2 cards
