To be perfectly honest I made this deck to do a few things, make control players hate me, play obzedat and stormbreath, and blow shit up. Now, I have a few questions around a build like this; first, the question that seems to be on everybody's mind, Underworld Connections or Read the Bones; and second, how do i sideboard against an unformed meta like the one at my lgs.A quick rundown on a few of the cards;
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
-- A very important win con, if it sticks you can more or less win the game outright, It has a board sweep against the big green decks, it turns off
Desecration Demon
... it does everything, including eating every single Hero's Downfall your opponent has.
Assemble the Legion-- This was just about the only meta call I can make at my Lgs,
Desecration Demon
can just be too hard to deal with and having an answer that can't be killed like Elspeth can is an amazing asset.
Obzedat, Ghost Council--The deezy, he's here and he is here to stay. most decks playing black and white will be playing this until he is gone. probably the only reason Whip of Erebos is in, the lifelink is good and the obzedat interaction is to die for.
Stormbreath Dragon--He is so good! I mean, he's not thundermaw, but after a year and a half of Thundermaw Hellkite other red dragons just seem lackluster... that said, this guy is fucking good. Dsphere can't hit hit, he can't be azorious charmed and he has plenty of potential to finish a game.
Desecration Demon
--I started with 4, then went to 2 I am not sure if I want to leave it where its at or just drop him completely. He seemed pretty lackluster during my first round of playtests tbh. what do you think? (moved all to sideboard)
Blood Baron of Vizkopa--it survives Anger of the Gods and Doom Blade misses. It is a very resilient threat that can stay on the board for a while in alot of match ups. In other match ups it is a bad as it is good, sometimes you play it T4 and your opponent just ignores it or plays a larger threat of their own.
Boros Reckoner--3/3 for 3 that can just stop an aggro cold, or make a control player think twice about playing that jace this turn. it is tempting to play Boros Charm for infinite life with whip although that seems a little greedy.
That said I may want Boros Charm anyway, that and war leader's helix are the two cards that i want to find room for but I can't seem to find it, maybe cut baron or demon. Now for the side board, and the question on all of our minds....
wtf Trading Post....Sided in vs aggro matches I think of it as a 4 mana planeswalker that gains 4 life per turn. as easy as that... I swear.. its good.
And for my favorite card in this deck
Slaughter Games
It is just so fun to T1 pithing needle naming AEtherling then Thoughtseize the jace from their hand, then slaughter all the shinx's revs. take all the cards and just watch the look of shame as they realize they have no wincons left in their deck.
