Oh hey!

THIS IS A FUCKING BEAUTY. I LOVE IT SO SO SO MUCH!!!

Combo I mentioned above last time I commented, you also need a bounceland/Market Festival etc. But it's just shenanigans.

And Peregrine Drake and Great Whale are budget cards that look like friends with WtD.

I believe you are already considering Entomb, but I recommend it again...

Possibly Dictate of Erebos?

Maybe Sakura-Tribe Elder?

How do you compete with Kaalia of the Vast? I cant beat her with a very similar deck inspired by yours. Do you just hope that Wonder and Islands buy enough time chump blocking? or a perfectly timed Cyclonic Rift?

Anyone's help is greatly appreciated.

oscargrough: She's trouble, agreed. Without an active Wonder, this deck can be light on fliers, especially early-game. My most honest answer is that I'd move to a different deck, probably this one (Judgment Day: Avacyn the Purifier EDH).

But if you want to handle her with this deck, I'd mostly try to out-race her. She's not a problem if you kill her controller. If she's consistently an issue, you might consider adding Geralf's Masterpiece or Skabb Ruinator as a repeatable blocker that can kill her. A well-timed Shadowborn Demon or Living Death can also deal with her. And finally, search for Stinkweed Imp when possible - not only will it trade with her, but it dredges to advance your gameplan as well.

I'm happy you were inspired by my deck! Do you have the decklist uploaded here? How similar is it to this one?

SwaggyMcSwagglepants: Thank you very much for your comment! I've finally got around to testing Great Whale and holy mother of god, the card is amazing here. I've discovered three new infinite combos, and I've only playtested for half an hour! It and Peregrine Drake both definitely need a place. What would you cut to add them?

I'd cut mindshrieker for peregrine drake. It doesn't seem good at all.

SwaggyMcSwagglepants: It's done some silly things before (especially when the last card in the deck is Dread), but you're right, it's not pulling enough weight right now. I am worried about not having enough early-game plays, though, especially since I'm considering adding a few other cards like Twilight's Call and Skullwinder.

Also, I'd put in Palinchron instead of Peregrine Drake had I the money...

No love for mana dorks? Birds of Paradise, Elves of Deep Shadow, Deathrite Shaman, etc?

Hm...What will I do today...I need to test my new Mayael deck. Goes to Advertise your deck clicks on a deck from someone I recognize. proceeds to get wrecked...Right. Mother Nature is a DJ XD

Awesome deck. It was very helpful in putting my Sultai Tasigur deck together. I don't have any advice, but I'm more than happy to compliment it! It looks like a ton of fun to play.

I've been wondering what your game plan is with hermit druid? When do you decide to activate it and what do you play after it? Do you wait until you have a living death in hand?

kilgore: I am playing basic lands in this deck, so he doesn't mill my entire deck when I use him. I use him every opportunity that I can, especially since he is guaranteed to give me a land when his ability resolves (ie if I don't have a land to play for turn, his ability is "free" because I can play the land he finds me). More mill is always good, so unless I desperately need the mana for something else it's a good idea to activate him.

You could probably use Caller of the Claw to great effect in this deck

illumfolly: Hm. Interesting idea, and I can see your point, but most of the things that die here are tokens. I won't put it on fr now, but I'll pay attention during my next few games and see if I can find a place.

Thank you for your comment! :)

So after the embarrassment of my Mayael deck I decided to upload and test my girl Maren much closer games but I had to keep a notebook on hand for all the Graveyard interactions! I'm embarrassed to say both games I won I had to pull out the Mike and Trike combo. But man this deck is vicious! Rave to the Grave 4: Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust

Yeah, so I was shamelessly playing this deck and had included both Caller and Bitter Ordeal to great effect.

The Undead Alchemist + Altar of Dementia synergy is just monstrous

Casey4321: I'd love to see how that game went, haha! We'll have to find a way to play online sometime :) If you have a little time, I'd love to hear your suggestions on my Meren build (Beggars and Kings: Meren EDH) - it kind of needs work :/ What turn did the game end on?

And mind if I quote your kind words in the deck description? :D

illumfolly: Bitter Ordeal was in this deck originally, but I eventually took it out for...reasons I don't remember anymore. I'll have to try it again; the card is sweet. Thanks for reminding me!

Of course you may! I'll look at your deck in a moment. The game ended on turn 8.

By any chance do you still have the super budget version of this deck anywhere? I'm all about dat budget life. I love graveyard decks.

Also, you asked about how to evade graveyard hate without reshuffling your graveyard. Most directed graveyard hate targets the player, so Orbs of Warding, Witchbane Orb, and other things that give you yourself hex proof can stave off an untimely Bojuka Bog or Tormod's Crypt.

illumfolly: ...?

SmokeyBear15: Yep! Feel free to leave a +1 if you like it! :)

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Sorry m8, feel free to delete these two comments. I edited the previous one down to nothing because it was a comment for another deck.

I know how complicated and subtle EDH decks are, mostly from a comment or two loaded with suggestions for my own, so I'm not sure what I might suggest yet...

All I can say for now is: If you're going for hyper-edgy competitive, swap out your basic lands for their Snow-Covered counterparts for the rare occasion when someone tries to pull some kind of advantage on a snow-covered technicality. Otherwise, replace them with the full-arts, probably from (BFZ). It's probably irrelevant, but it's aesthetically pleasing here and on paper.

I'll have to test this sometime and see how my own deck performs against it. I look forward to it, with all this arguably well-earned praise. ;)

NotSquishedYet: IRL, my lands are all full-art. I just haven't bothered to show it here :) I agree, they all look fantastic!