Death & Taxes (Legacy MTG Deck)

This is my D&T list, I've been working on it for over 2 years now. Some choices are dictated by my local meta (aka my kitchen table), but I try not to focus too much against specific decks.

All in all my list is pretty traditional; a few odd balls:

Two Ethersworn Canonist in the main. Originally just sideboard material, I decided to bring it to the main, it's just too good. It's a huge nuisance against a wide range of decks (elves, delver decks, storm, burn...basically every deck in the format) and coupled with a Mother of Runes (or, even better, two!) ensures your creatures will be almost invulnerable to removal.
Aven Mindcensor I really like what the card does, fits in perfectly with what D&T is trying to do (mana denial and annoying disruption). Ideally I would play two, but it gets stuck in my hand far too often! Keeping up 3 mana for the bird is just too taxing in most situations (although the interaction with Ghost Quarter is pretty awesome!).
Ghost Quarter is the most recent addition to the deck. I've seen some lists running it and I must admit I love the concept: more mana denial! Hurray! I'm a bit worried about getting too exposed to moon effects and opposing wastelands, as well as realiably getting to , so I decided to air on the side of caution and start with only two.

I played with Mangara of Corondor for a long time and I really liked the combo with Karakas . But I only have two Karakas (that land is getting quite expensive) and I often found the combo to be too slow/not very good against delver decks, elves, burn, storm... Sure, in grindier matches it really shines, but I found I'm mostly better served with a couple more Serra Avenger s (and that's really sad because I much prefer the control aspect of this deck rather than beatdowns).

As far as the sideboard is concerned, I'm really happy with my two Enlightened Tutor s. They allow me to tutor for almost every other card in the side ( Pithing Needle , Rest in Peace , Meekstone ...) plus utility creatures such as Phyrexian Revoker , Spellskite and Ethersworn Canonist . I also like the synergies Meekstone has with Serra Avenger , Batterskull and Mirran Crusader . I picked it up after seeing Colin Logan play it at a SCG event.

Anyways, the deck is still a work in progress and any input/ feedback is more than welcome.

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 10 Rares 24 - 3 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.95
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
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