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UNLEASH the KRAKEN!!!

Wouldn't Desecration Demon go better than Shipbreaker Kraken ??

He is WAY cheaper for sure, specially when you count the monsterous cost. . But, Desecration Demon never turns out to be what I want him to be. I used him for awhile in a JUND build and he was removed everytime. I also like trying something new, shaking up the meta in my area and seeing if people have answers for it. Also at 4 CMC if for some reason I have Vraska and Kraken out I can still boardwipe up to 4cmc but keep my wincons.

I feel like if Desecration Demon were used in place of Shipbreaker Kraken , his ability would render him fairly useless as a win-con. Don't get me wrong, the card is ridiculous in almost all circumstances, but...idk...

Nice. I find the Demon a bit the same. If you're up against token strategies especially, it's just too easy for them to sac and stop him blocking. I really want to like the Kraken, so I hope he works well for you :)

I see you have Reaper of the Wilds in the maybe board. I had a chance to play with it at prerelease, and its an absolute boss card. with the deathtouch threat and the card advantage... I know it's another 4cmc, but it's really terrific. Dunno what I'd select from this to remove for it though, lol.

Yeah, I really like Reaper of the Wilds . . but Im pretty iffy on taking anything cheap out and I dont quite know how well it will work overall yet. . Im really excited for my preorders to come in.

Who isn't?!?

Far / Away is too good of a card to pass if you have blue and black.

Yeah! I knew i was missing something obvious. Thank you, Far / Away ADDED.

Simic Charm isnt really need as a 4 of, i feel something could be better

Yeah I swapped the 4x for a 3x and increased the Abrupt Decay s +1.Im running 3x a lot of spells and 4x Syncopate I should be able to pull 1 ea of them more times than not. I like the Simic Charm but i think youre right, having 1 more abrupt decay is better than just running 2x

Notion Thief and Horizon Chimera

Sideboard in against U/W/x matchups and laugh.

playtest against my deckBant'N'Chant please tell me what you think of my deck.

I REALLY like the efficiency of your deck, i played it against my Bant'N'Chant--- mine won at turn 26. your deck constantly was killing my things off and countering, mine countered your planeswalkers and aetherlings until i could finally pull off my combo. LOL most boring matchup ever it really was. I think you should add some card draw or Jarad's Orders I know if your deck had drawn more of the win-cons I would've lost.

I wan't to say that you should add more creatures, but it seems like you got enough control spells for days. I wouldn't want to go against it in a tournament but I think you did good with it. Thumbs up for the deck and the name.

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

Have you thought of playing Read the Bones instead of divination since you're playing black anyway? Same cost, plus scry 2 before you dry is pretty powerful, potentially digging you 4 cards deep. It is a tradeoff however with the life loss, and I can understand if you just prefer divination :P

Yeah I've thought of running the Read the Bones but I worry a lot about dealing with my lack of life gain. U/W has Sphinx's so its easy to use it in an expert deck. I'm just too cautious I think to get full use of the scry that read the bones offers.

.I agree with @Sheogorath personally. In my deck Pack Rat and Friends (enh enh :D) I recently started to run it and I think that it is twice as good as Sign in Blood was. In a pinch where you are for example drawing too much land, you could use it and make sure that you don't draw 2 more lands and then card advantage. Two life isn't that big a deal anyway if you are controlling the board. It's the same as a shock land, ya know?

That makes a lot of sense, Read the Bones is a common so Im sure I will have a few rolling around. I'll swap them in for Divination to see how I like it, tiny little mana tweaking and everything should be very seemless.

I would mainboard Thoughtsieze don't need to leave mana up to deal with the threat if they never have it. Also i think i great wincon is Reaper of the Wilds Hes everything. A beater, blocker, and doesn't get shot down... sounds like a mini aetherling.

Hmm, I like it. Reaper can offer an earlier start to winning. I think Shipbreaker Kraken is really fun and I'd like to see him work. . . buuuut, Reaper of the Wilds fits the deck a lot better.

Opportunity is an instant and so may be a better fit that Divination .

Omenspeaker is a decent early blocker with a relevant effect as well.

Maybe consider a Cyclonic Rift over one Golgari Charm ?

first off...I have been recommending this EVERYWHERE because this is the mOST overlooked card for post rotation....

Rapid Hybridization ....I MEAN SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THIS CARD! 1 cmc...and against black decks you can 3 CMC a black creature then use Doom Blade to finish it off. or just as a massive Kalonian Hydra is about to hit...nope, its a token

it also does not deal damage so that is nice.I mean, it is a weaker Abrupt Decay but for 1 CMC and pops out a token...

Also you can target your own AEtherling , then bounce him, and as the stack stays you get the 3/3 token...

think about it

Inces_Velus if you bounce the aetherling then the rapid hybridization would have no target so therefore would have no effect, including no token.