*This deck is a post Theros rotation work in progress so please add input if you could!!
change:
Moved Despoiler of Souls to Maybeboard
Added Hangarback Walker to Mainboard
Moved Erebos's Titan to Maybeboard
Moved Mardu Strike Leader to Maybeboard
Moved Brutal Hordechief to Mainboard
Moved Alesha, who smiles at Death to Mainboard
Increased copies of Drana, Liberator of Malakir to 3 of instead of 2.
Moved Graveblade Marauder to Maybeboard
Added Palace Siege to Sideboard
Added Tainted Remedy to Sideboard
Upped Despise in sideboard to 3 copies
So the idea of this deck is to drop fast creatures that can drain your opponent for huge numbers, be sacrificed or even board wiped and still come back from the grave to do some more damage. At 26 creatures plus some minor token generation, I feel that the operator of this deck should always have a strong board presence. And if your board is feeling a bit light then its time to visit the graveyard!
I really like Bloodsoaked Champion and Mardu Shadowspear as the one-drops for this deck. Bloodsoaked is pretty much a sac engine in this deck as there is many ways to bring him back from the grave and has synergy with Mardu Shadowspear when casting for dash and also for any other creature that is able to swing. I like that you can hold up a Mardu Shadowspear if you are leery for your opponent to drop a Languish on you. Using dash allows you to quickly get an attack in and get a Bloodsoaked Champion back on the board.
In the two-drop spot I have Hangarback Walker and Zulaport Cutthroat. Zulaport Cutthroat I feel can be a powerhouse vs decks that want to use boardwipes, and also synergizes with your sideboard option Rising Miasma. Hangarback is generally played for 2 CMC, I like that this guy plays so well with Altar's Reap especially when responding with Hangarback to Altar's by adding one more counter prior to the sac. It's just a great play that gives a really good value.
Drana, Liberator of Malakir and Liliana, Heretical Healer
, and Alesha, Who Smiles at Death make up our three-drops. Drana seems to just be a huge threat in this deck, if you are able to get the token generation out of Liliana then this is just an added bonus for Drana. Flipping Liliana is pretty easy. Since Bloodsoaked Champion can't block you'll likely be swinging with them often and eventually will die. This isn't a problem though because you've just triggered Liliana and now you can bring them back, or you can also utilize Alesha, Who Smiles at Death's triggered ability if in a pinch! Also, Altar's Reap or Hangarback Walker are both obvious Liliana flippers.
Brutal Hordechief is also a pretty major threat in it's own right. With the amount of creatures you will have on board, swinging for a huge drain is awesome.
Because of how fast you will be dropping creatures, card draw will be huge here. As such Ive added Altar's Reap which I think has great synergy with the token generators Liliana, Heretical Healer
and Hangarback Walker, if you dont have tokens on the board you can sacrifice any creature that can bounce back from the graveyard which I think lends to both board advantage and card draw advantage. Another card draw option would be Ob Nixilis Reignited +1.
I also really like Kolaghan's Command here because of its obvious synergy with the deck. The graveyard synergy is very beneficial and the added optional bonuses are all situational. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer also has her own graveyard synergy in that she can put cards into it and she can take them out as well. Mortuary Mire is another card that has synergy with the graveyard and although it comes in tapped, the low CMC average of the deck should prevent the slowed land drop to really impact the speed of the deck.
For spot removal Ive added Reave Soul and Ruinous Path. Ruinous Path with Awaken 4 is pretty great because any of our lands become an immediate threat. And again, Ob Nixilis Reignited is doing work in the removal spot here with his -3 ability and has emblem synergy with Altar's Reap.
SB will be adjusted for meta. But for now I have a tentative build.
