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A Deal With Death

Vintage*

Sne4kyFOX

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Hey everyone! I am fairly new to Magic and was hoping I could get some advice on this current build from more experienced players. This deck is for casual play with a buddy. I welcome any suggestions that could make this better.

How this works:

A large majority of my creatures are self-recurring creatures, such as Gravecrawler, Bloodghast , and Nether Traitor . The object of this deck is to get these creatures out on the battlefield (possibly through the use of Buried Alive), and use Grave Pact to clear the opponents battlefield and keep it clear. Blood Artist has great synergy with this and will punish my opponent that much more. Of course, my creatures being self-recurring, I bring them back and smack my opponent with an empty battlefield.

Mortician Beetle provides great synergy with this deck as he grows very quickly with all the sacrificing going on between myself and my opponent.

Nantuko Husk has many functions. He is a sac outlet so Grave Pact and/or Blood Artist can trigger. While sacrificing my creatures to him, he also grows very large and can deliver the final blow to end the game. He also can serve as a blocker, if need be. Nantuko Husk is a zombie, which helps with bringing my Gravecrawler back. He provides some of the best synergy in the deck.

I threw in Skullclamp, which can be attached to Gravecrawler, Nether Traitor , or Bloodghast , to keep my hand full of cards. If Grave Pact is out on the field, I draw two cards and my opponent has to sacrifice a creature.

Diabolic Intent helps me find the backbone of this deck, such as Grave Pact and Phyrexian Altar.

Finally, I added Phyrexian Altar because of the instant wins it can provide me. Two Nether Traitor , a Blood Artist or Grave Pact can provide infinite damage or my opponent's board wiped, respectively. You could replace the two Nether Traitor with Gravecrawler and another zombie and get the same result. This is not very hard to do when you can find these creatures and bury them in your graveyard with Buried Alive and use diabolic intent[[ to find [[phyrexian altar.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this deck. I am not sure what kind of deck this is (control, combo, or aggro). I am turning to anyone who can give me feedback on this idea. Thanks again !!

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I have been playing against my buddies metalcraft deck, and It destroys me early game. Once I get a Blood Artist or two out there, I can start gaining life back. However, It is to close for comfort so I have decided to add Mutilate for the early game. He is able to drop a lot of zero drop creatures and pump them with Tempered Steel. Mutilate on turn 4, or even turn 2 with Dark Ritual, will heavily swing the battlefield in my favor. My creatures die, but come right back next turn if I set it up right. My buddies strength lies in his opening hand, the more zero drop creatures the harder it is on me. This should be the answer I need to stop the early damage. I also added Duress to look at his hand and make him discard that annoying Tempered Steel or even his Etched Champion.

If anyone has a better board wipe option, please let me know.

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Date added 11 years
Last updated 11 years
Legality

This deck is Vintage legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 0 Mythic Rares

14 - 6 Rares

10 - 0 Uncommons

14 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.10
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