I'm not saying it's a bad card in the deck. I'm just looking the 1 of slot could add to finishing the game. Why I chose Chord over the Tutor is because you have so much removal it'd be unnecessary to retrieve more and with chord you could get the Demon or Scooze ( after you used quite a bit of removal, for life or finishing them off).

Addy a Liliana Vess in place of a SB'd Abrupt Decay ...still debating if I want a 4th AD or HD.

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Do you really want abrupt decay in standard? Like its nowhere near as good as it is in modern.

Yes yes I do. U could give me a long list of why you don't think it's good but I really wouldn't care. The card kills whole decks. White Weenies, Mono Black Aggro, Red Deck Wins, G/W Aggro, Everything in Blue Devotion save Master of Waves (which I have plenty of other ways to answer). It's less dead vs control than most removal (still hits spheres & lights), and it is ran as a 4 of in the deck that this deck is modeled after. http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=7934&f=ST (which has been consistently putting u great results)

What I do want is something on my SB to side in vs RDW though, any ideas?

Well..... Drown in Sorrow right? Which you have.

How do u feel about adding a singleton of Nissa, Worldwaker ?

Also considering adding in some Encroaching Wastes (have some beautiful promo ones I've been dying to use) to combat Devotion decks. Maybe 1-2?

This is awesome. +1.

Against RDW, I highly recommend Golgari Charm ! It is a bomb against any 1 toughness creatures, deals with enchantments, and regenerates your creatures in response to a board wipe.

Additionally, I would also suggest moving the Scavenging Ooze out and bring in the Lifebane Zombie in it's place. Furthermore, Crypt Incursion is an instant speed life-gain bomb. It deals well with reanimator decks and is a combat trick you can use to respond to an alpha strike. You can also target your own graveyard if you have to.

HHHmmm I kinda left the Drown in Sorrow in place of Golgari Charm don't get me wrong the charm is a great card but I think -2/-2 is better than -1/-1.

Crypt Incursion is okay but often uneeded and a dead draw. I like that both my other lifegain sourcers (Courser & ScOoze) can swing for damage.

Lifebane Zombie is more of a SB card and ScOoze is nice in this deck for a good EOT mana dump.

Very cool deck, sadly rotation is near or I would build this deck. +1

Yea, gotta buy Garruk, Apex Predator and Liliana Vess on payday (next FNM) then I'm pretty sure I'm running this til rotation.

If owned the mana base I would have built the Jund version but couldn't justify getting it for such a short time. This I owned like 90% of already. So it's only a few bucks more for a kick ass deck.

Evolving Wilds + Courser of Kruphix is pretty fun - helps prevent dead draws late game as cracking the wilds shuffles up. Again this deck is pretty sweet.

...I am building a more beat down version that I could use advice on: Deranged & Midranged

While it can't mana ramp T2, I love that I can crack it T2 with Deathrite Shaman on the board and still not loose any speed, can have mana ready for both Bile Blight or Abrupt Decay . ...and yea, awesome with Courser of Kruphix too.

Alright I'll have a look...

Have you gotten a chance to test out Liliana Vess ? I'm considering adding a copy to my Rock n' Death Monsters deck in place of a Duress or something else, but not sure about the choice.

I was curious about the single Putrefy . Why not just another Hero's Downfall ? Or you just hedging your bets against the god weapons?

God weapons, Godsend and Hall of Triumph specifically but that's part of what makes rock, rock. It has an answer for everything.

Haven't tried Liliana Vess yet, IMO she's a glorified Diabolic Tutor .

In your build I wouldn't add her. I wouldn't run 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and I definitely wouldn't run 4x Brain Maggot and 4x Duress . U could probably get a way with running some Ulcerate though.

you need Duress

for what?

More discard and disruption

that sounds like a totally convincing reason. :/

I actually just dropped Liliana Vess

This deck kicked ass... Damn I miss this thing!