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I guess it's time to finally update this deck. I'll be building it and trying to tweak it in the coming months.
The original idea of the deck was to use weaker creatures with deathtouch to force opponents to choose whether to attack and lose their creatures to a weenie 1/1 with deathtouch or hold and wait for me to attack. There are many combat effects in the deck (e.g., Snakeskin Veil, Massive Might) to inflate the power/toughness of my creatures, so the idea of waiting for me to attack wasn't too pleasant either.
That was the original idea, but it has changed...
NOW the idea is similar, but I have really liked using cards like Ram Through and Bite Down with my deathtouch creatures. I have reworked the deck to make it all deathtouch creatures and to expand the combat effects. I think most people will be quite surprised at this deck and its capabilities.
Ram Through, Bite Down, and Master's Rebuke are amazing to couple with deathtouch. When choosing targets for these spells, pick a creature with deathtouch, preferably Gifted Aetherborn that also has lifelink, and then pick an opponent's creature of any power/toughness that is a legal target. When the spell resolves, my deathtouch creature deals damage to my opponent's creature-- my opponent's creature does NOT deal damage to my creature, and because my creature has deathtouch any damage it deals is fatal. Thus, these three spells are effectively removal!
NOTE: All of these creatures have deathtouch. This is a direct result of the strategy that I am employing (see Deck Strategy, above).
Foulmire Knight has deathtouch and could get us some needed card draw. If we get Sheoldred, the Apocalypse onto the battlefield, this becomes a really nice ability.
Vampire of the Dire Moon has deathtouch AND lifelink. I'll take that for only .
Fynn, the Fangbearer I mean, if the whole deck is deathtouch and there are a few cards that give trample (Massive Might), why not? Poison counters are just an extra dimension to the deck.
Gifted Aetherborn is practically the anchor for this deck. It's just so good for because it has deathtouch AND lifelink while also being a 2/3 for 2. That's a lot of value for the CMC. This is the ideal target for Master's Rebuke or Bite Down because the deathtouch will kill the opponent's creature and the lifelink will still trigger! Awesome card.
Hooded Blightfang is a powerful deathtouch creature with a big butt that pings our opponent and gains us life each time we attack. Even better, we can potentially use our instants to give a creature trample when we go after a planeswalker and kill the planeswalker as long as Hooded Blightfang is on the battlefield.
Tainted Adversary is a 2/3 for 2 with deathtouch and it has a useful ability if we draw it late game. Solid card with very good stats.
Questing Beast is just a fantastic card. Haste, vigilance, and deathtouch, and it can't be chump blocked by small creatures. Very solid card. There are only 3 copies because it is legendary, but I think going to 4 copies would be fine.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is arguably the strongest card printed at 4 mana in black in the entire format. I would have 3 copies in the deck, but I only own 1 copy.
Sorceries-- there are none in this new version of the deck!
Snakeskin Veil is great and at instant speed. I have used it multiple times to protect creatures, as well as a combat trick to get in extra damage and/or protect my creature when facing a more powerful defender (and therefore allowing my creature to occasionally survive).
Bite Down, Master's Rebuke, and Ram Through are probably the best cards of all the instants. See the above Deck Strategy for more explanation. The instant speed of these cards makes them highly versatile in a deck full of deathtouch creatures.
Massive Might is just a really good card for only ! We can give a creature +2/+2 and trample with deathtouch, which just enables Fynn, the Fangbearer to let us give our opponent poison counters! Because we only need to deal one damage to the defending creature to kill it, that laves at least 2 damage getting through, plus the poison counters.
Because this is a complete rebuild of this deck, the sideboard is "under construction." I chose cards that are commonly in sideboards of decks and that I know are important to the format (e.g., Unlicensed Hearse). I have also included Vivien, Champion of the Wilds because of her +1 ability to give a creature vigilance and reach-- especially reach. This deck is weak to fliers, so I think for and 4 loyalty, this seems like an okay inclusion in the sideboard.
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| Date added | 7 years |
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| Legality | This deck is Pioneer legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 6 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 13 Rares 14 - 2 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.00 |
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