I was just curious but are you going to add Lifebane Zombie ?

Lifebane Zombie

I think I'll add it post rotation, not sure if just as sideboard or as main. depends on what other good stuff comes out in Theros

I am currently working on some changes on cockatrice, but if I must be honest, I am not liking them (yet) xD

ok, changes are in now, but let me be completely clear: i am not yet convinced how well this might work. i have got good results on cokcatrice when i didn't screw up sideboarding wrong (which seems to be my main weak spot), but i have yet to see tonight how well this would work in my local meta.

• +3 Farseek main
• +3 Pithing Needle side
• +1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord main
• +2 Grisly Salvage main
• -3 Appetite for Brains side
• -3 Deathrite Shaman main
• -3 Evolving Wilds main
• -1 Desecration Demon main
• -1 Gaze of Granite side
• +1 Forest main
• +1 Mutilate side

basically, took out 1x Desecration Demon for 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord as a better finisher. took out the 3x Deathrite Shaman don't get me wrong, i love em, but they are useless when facing Scavenging Ooze . without the shaman, there is no more reason for Evolving Wilds which i switched for 1x Forest and 3x Farseek and as i still had space, 2x Grisly Salvage to get me what i need and to feed my Scavenging Ooze

PS: some minor changes in the sideboard too. basically i squeezed Pithing Needle in again, but had to remove Appetite for Brains which isn't half bad as i have lots of removal and the needle can help me against special lands AND stuff like planeswalker or Olivia Voldaren just to name a few examples. also switched Gaze of Granite which i mostly use against token and bant hexproof for one more Mutilate we'll see how that works out.

Would you consider Lifebane Zombie ? It has a lot of hype right now with some decks playing 3 or 4 in the mainboard. It's a monster against jund and naya, and even hits Boros Reckoner against mono red.

Hi. As said in previous comments, it's something I will certainly consider post rotation, but right now it will have to stay in the maybeboard ;)

I'm really interested where this deck goes after Innistrad leaves standard. Any ideas yet?

Well, TBH I can't say anything for sure until we have more spoilers for Theros

If I can keep it the same way, with haste creatures, removal and big scary stuff, that would be awesome.

I already tried different versions of this deck, with M14 and without innistrad block and it didn't work too well.

Possibly I will give it some mana ramp, Corpsejack Menace and Kalonian Hydra n stuff and I think Lotleth Troll will make a comeback maybe but I can't really say until Theros.

I absolutely adore the deck, every time I come to see it I like it just a bit more.

tons of spoilers out already. mostly useless stuff tho. and of writing this, only ONE G/B golgari card spoiled so far :P

I have a golgari's deck, what will you do when rotating by theros?

I don't know unlil 100% of Theros has been spoiled.

I don't think that 100% golgari will work now. i think I will have to add a color, so I will possibly add red and make a jund deck.

but I don't know 100% yet

NOTE:

during next week i will update the deck description and delete old reports. if you're subscribed to this deck i suggest you copy&paste the old reports if you want to keep them

PLANS:

i have 4 decks in mind right now.1) evolution of this deck with some changes2) change to a golgari deck which is devotion based and has much more black than green3) switch to jund haste aggro4) switch to golgari+blue control

my final goal would be the jund as i love haste stuff and there are a few nice things out there right now. however that's a great investment as i don't have the lands. therefor i think i will stick to pure golgari for a good while ;)

I would suggest making a whole new deck for this post rotation so you can easily tell the difference between the pre and post rotations decks, also keep this like it was pre rotation so you can come back in later years and have all the flashbacks.

thx, but i have the old deck saved in cockatrice and on paper, so i can evolve it here no problem ;)

Is there a reason being able to save a land with Salvage is better than being able to save the Chant with Commune?

The chant is just "for the lulz" Commune has 2 problems: doesn't allow me to get lands and is sorcery. Whileas Grisly can get me what I need most and is instant.

I'm giving you a +1. I love the thought and strategy that you put into this. NOTE I'm still a relative NOOB. I.E. I'm going to miss certain strategic combos, basic synergy that I'm not experienced enough to note etc... This deck idea is one I've been trying to figure out since I discovered Re-Animator decks. Essentially what I'm saying is I'm very impressed with what you've constructed and I'm hoping to retain some deck building ideas for this.

Thx mate, very appretiated.

I have been checking other reanimate decks after finishing mine and I have seen much better decks if I must be honest, but they cost like double the money ;)

What got me so many +1 here is not only my deck ideas, but also my FNM reports, which will come back after tonight. And from there on, the deck can only improve ;)

Run one blue black shock land so that you can grab it if need be by liliana for prime speaker.

advice, you really need more blue lands, especially Watery Grave . or you'll never land that Prime Speaker Zegana

@ obZen you didn't read the decks description, did you? i don't want to land her at all...

@ themucher after todays FNM i am planning quite some changes to the deck, and blue is gonna be a important part of those changes... i will try those changes a few days on Cockatrice before making them on tappedout

I know its expensive but another thought is erebos's emissary. Prolly not cause its expensive but just a thought