Golgari v5 Reaniwhip

Standard BG (Golgari) Midrange Reanimator

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Creature (23)

• 2x Abhorrent Overlord
• 3x Desecration Demon
• 2x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 2x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 4x Lotleth Troll
• 3x Nighthowler
• 3x Scavenging Ooze
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid

Land (22)

• 4x Forest
• 3x Golgari Guildgate
• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 9x Swamp

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Underworld Connections

Artifact (3)

• 3x Whip of Erebos

Instant (9)

• 3x Devour Flesh
• 2x Golgari Charm
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Putrefy

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Mistcutter Hydra

Artifact (4)

• 2x Pithing Needle
• 2x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (3)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Golgari Charm

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Fade into Antiquity
• 3x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Creature (11)

• 1x Agent of the Fates
• 1x Disciple of Phenax
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Lifebane Zombie
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Reaper of the Wilds
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Witchstalker

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts

Land (2)

• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Illness in the Ranks
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 2x Underworld Connections

Artifact (2)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (5)

• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Pharika's Cure
• 1x Ranger's Guile
• 1x Savage Summoning

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Bramblecrush
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Read the Bones

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Hey guys, I'M BACK xD

this deck is now obsolete, please check my current golgari deck here:

golgari-v6-constelladregde

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So,

This is my current Golgari deck. Previously I had a quite succesful "hasty" mid range deck and then after a 2 month break for the Theros release and cycle, I was deciding if to go Jund or what to do.

While reading Wizards official web, reports, deck ideas, etc. I came to a deck called "Gavin Verhey's Reaniwhip"

I tested it for a week in Cockatrice and saw it had several flaws. Or well, maybe not flaws, but stuff I didn't like... like too much green mana, no removal for those pestky Scavenging Ooze, etc.

After a lot of changes, this deck no longer looks like that one anymore, except for some big creatures and 4 copies of Whip of Erebos

I tested it a few times on Cockatrice and it did only average (60% win 40% loss) so it's time to start using this deck and perfecting it.

Also, I decided to not make a deck from scratch and keep running with this one, as I have many people subscribed to my old deck and I don't want them to miss out updates.

As of today (18/oct/2013) old comments and tournament reports will be deleted.I'll appretiate suggestions and +1 votes.

OK, so let's talk about the cards a bit.

The regulars:

• 4x Whip of Erebos is what make the deck work. 4 copies to make sure I draw it as soon as possible and/or have a replace in hand for emergencies.
• 4x Lotleth Troll this guy is what fills my GY with stuff and at the same time gets bigger, has trample and regen ;)
• 4x Grisly Salvage get me what I need, when I need and fill the GY with stuff to be "whipped"
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid aggro blocker and mana
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead I mostly use him to prevent opponents from gaining life, but the draw effect is quite good and as I gain so much life with the whip, not too dangerous either. got a second one as SB to ensure drawing it against opponents with heavy lifelink.
• 2x Liliana of the Dark Realms to get me mana, but most importantly: to compress my library. also: BB for devotion ;)
• 3x Nighthowler this guy on a Lotleth Troll is the bomb. Also: BB for devotion
• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx The deck is not devotion based, but if the game gets long I might have devotion 6+ easily and this allows me to do some neat tricks like use a Whip of Erebos then cast another one and use it too for one big massive attack
• 2x Prime Speaker Zegana she is not ment to be cast, but to be scavenged with the whip to draw me some cards. But in case I don't have the whip available, I run 2x Temple of Deceit (instead of just 2 more Forest) and ofc the 4x Sylvan Caryatid

The biggies:

• 3x Abhorrent Overlord
• 2x Lord of the Void
• 2x Shadowborn Demon

this 3 guys (well, 7 in total xD) can come into play from hand, or can come in "whipped" in for a big swing (with lifelink) and either get some Harpy tokens, mill the opponent for a free creature or destroy one of his guys.

The sideboard:

• 3x Fade into Antiquity mainly vs. Gods
• 2x Notion Thief vs. Sphinx's Revelation
• 3x Ratchet Bomb vs. tokens and aggro
• 3x Pithing Needle against my greatest concerns: Elspeth, Sun's Champion and other pesky stuff with activated abilities

The maybeboard:

Just a list of cards that I might use in the future, so I don't have to remember and research the names everytime.

PS: Link to my old deck, which gave me so much fun and tops in the previous block: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/golgari-v4-hasty/

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 3 Mythic Rares 31 - 9 Rares 6 - 1 Uncommons 6 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Harpy 1/1 B
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