A combo deck I created to exploit Master of Cruelties.
The basic premise is simple. Get Master of Cruelties down as quick as possible.
You can use Generator Servant to get him down for 2 less mana if you have the combo in place.
Then use
Goblin Tunneler
or Whispersilk Cloak, or as a very last resort Rogue's Passage to make him unblockable.
Then, when your opponents life total is 1 just Lightning Bolt or Gut Shot to the face.
Also if you get Captain's Claws equipped to Master of Cruelties as well then you can go for lethal in one swing.
Everything else like Dreadbore, Spellskite and Terminate is in here to protect your life total and the combo while it goes down.
In case Master of Cruelties gets exiled, I can fall back on some of my creatures like
Nyxathid
, equipped up so to do some serious damage to face which can't be blocked. This also works as a secondary angle of attack if the combo isn't coming together.
The sideboard is pretty standard fair, Thoughtseize and Hunted Horror (direct swap for Nyxayhid) if I come up against combo decks. Relic of Progenitus for graveyard decks, Kolaghan's Command for Affinity or artifact orientated decks, and Damnation for creature heavy decks or token decks.
Ideal opening hand would be:
Generator Servant, Master of Cruelties,
Goblin Tunneler
, Spellskite,
Blood Crypt
, Mountain and Swamp.
Turn 1, play
Blood Crypt
(tapped). Turn 2 play Mountain and
Goblin Tunneler
. Turn 3 play Swamp and Spellskite. Turn 4 Generator Servant. Turn 5 sac Generator Servant to play Master of Cruelties (with haste), tap
Goblin Tunneler
to make him unblockable. Then attack. Use Spellskite to protect your combo. If you drew a Gut Shot than you win this turn (unless they counter). If you drew a Lightning Bolt you win next turn.
I would appreciate any suggestions anyone has.
