A BW sacrifice deck with clerics in it who aren't up to anything shady at all, no Sir.
I'm playing casual multiplayer with my friends and I wanted something thematic and fun. Westvale Abbey
has been a favorite of mine for a while now, so I went with the religious theme and build a demonic cultists deck. While there are a few interesting ways to bring demons into the game, like Shadowborn Apostle, I feel that the Abbey is a bit easier to pull off in my gaming environment (and because I already had many cards needed for this). This deck focuses on token generation to both to feed eventual Westvale Abbey transformations and to actually fight off opponents.
It starts with Soul Warden to gain life so that you can pay for sacrifice shenanigans later on without crippling yourself. What I love about the Warden is that its passive and can be tapped by the Skirsdag Priest. High Priest of Penance is a deterrent against enemy attacks, and especially effective in multiplayer since you can choose a juicy target at will. The throwaway 'sacrificial' tokens we need are generated mainly by Hanweir Militia Captain
(who can grow to respectable size with enough critters on the battlefield, Thraben Doomsayer and Rite of Belzenlok. More capable tokens are produced by Skirsdag High Priest, allowing you to utilize your own sacrifices or feed off other battles at the table (especially since you can just tap some tokens), and Extricator of Sin
, for some combat-ready Eldrazi tokens.
Additionally, Shamble Back allows you to utilize other graveyards (you really shouldn't use yours, see below).
An important card in all this is Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker, since it allows you to get back Extricator of Sin
, Soul Warden, Skirsdag High Priest and High Priest of Penance from your graveyard for free - effectively allowing you to sacrifice them for Westvale Abbey multiple times or use them as chump blockers at will. Don't worry if your graveyard fills up and you don't have Shirei out - this deck runs three copies of Dusk // Dawn to a) kill the more dangerous critters at the entire table and, more importantly, b) get back all your rank and file cultists.
Another important card is Anointed Procession, since it doubles all tokens you generate. It is not absolutely necessary to have it out as early as possible, but getting an extra 2/2 zombie from Shamble Back or an additional Eldrazi from the Extricator is just great value, especially in a multiplayer game.
And that's pretty much it. As an extra I've included Overseer of the Damned, so you can hardcast something bigger later on that generates tokens and punishes opponents. Other demons are equally if not more viable, I just had Overseers available and I like what they offer in a multiplayer game. Another fun extra is the new Rite of Belzenlok, which I think is just too thematic for this deck to pass upon :)
Any feedback is appreciated!
