This is a combo deck meant to get infinite mana with Heartless Summoning + Havengul Lich +
Priest of Urabrask
, then kill the opponent(s) with Inferno Titan,
Perilous Myr
, or most simply, Devil's Play.
I've played with this take for quite some time now, but have only gone to 2 FNMs with it. In the first, it was still pretty new and I went 1-3, and most recently I went 3-1, but against noticeably weaker decks.
I do feel, however, that this still has a ton of potential and wish to utilise the combo as much as possible before block rotation, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here's some more reasoning behind the cards in the deck:
The main combo cards are obvious, and their amounts have finally been locked in after weeks of sample hands and imagined games, so not much to talk about there.
Solemn Simulacrum I feel is almost a part of the combo itself since it does an incredible amount of work to get it out, with a land and a draw, often for 2, and sometimes 0 mana. Easy 4-of.
Inferno Titan is quite good at being a finisher if the combo is broken apart with Memoricide or Surgical Extraction. It also provides much-needed removal and is a big body all in one.
Reforge the Soul has had quite an intersesting run. I even won a match at FNM I wouldn't have won without it. Swapping your hand for seven will almost always help you more than your opponent since
Priest of Urabrask
,
Perilous Myr
, or Devil's Play can be used from the graveyard, while Heartless Summoning or Havengul Lich can easily come if you need one, or both.
Ponder digs through the deck and basically does all the good stuff Ponder already does.
Whipflare and Tragic Slip are very good against aggressive decks, like delver, which can blow you away before you are even close to combo-ing out.
Wurmcoil Engine, Rune-Scarred Demon, and Phyrexian Metamorph, are cards that benefit tremendously from Heartless Summoning and are good in many situations against a wide range of decks.
My sideboard is still coming together, and any suggestions here are just as important as maindeck ones.
If you read this far, I thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Anyone who loves seeing rogue decks do well, please comment to make this one better, and know that your advice is well respected. Thanks!
