My options for mana ramp are pretty limited in black/white standard. Crypt Ghast helps, but there just isn't room for cards life Chromatic Lantern , Orzhov Keyrune , or Orzhov Cluestone .

I don't think it has enough rares and mythics :D

In all honesty it looks really good

Hahah, I was looking at that fact and laughed to myself XD Thanks!

Have you playtested this against Monoblue and Monoblack? I could see it really doing a number on monoblack if they can't get around your black, multicolored, or untargetable creatures. However, Monoblue might overwhelm you, although they don't gain life and you do.

Esper giving you trouble then, maybe? I really like the Archangel + Obzedat combo though

Monoblue is a huge problem and that's what the sideboard is for. Exiling the board normally solves the issue. Esper has not been too much of an issue, though. My smaller creatures can get our before much damage is done. The Archangel of Thune , Whip of Erebos and Obzedat, Ghost Council combo is crazy, I agree.

Awesome. I could see your creatures generally overwhelming Esper; Obzedat dodges Verdict and there's more threats here then they'll have answers.

I'd really appreciate if you took a look at my deck, too:deck-large:renounce-control-orzhov-midrange

I'll take a look.

Deck looks great, if I were to tighten it up for consistency sake, I would do the following :

-2 Read the Bones -2 Path of Bravery -4 Ethereal Armor -1 Obzedat, Ghost Council

In favor of

+2 Precinct Captain +2 Blood Baron of Vizkopa +3 Thoughtseize +2 Ultimate Price

Just a thought to cut a little fat and streamline the power you already have here.+1 for sure though, solid deck.

Thanks, I'll consider this for sure.

I am unsure if I can afford Thoughtseize right now, though. I was lucky to pull the one I have from a prize pack.

Angelic Accord, Angelic Skirmisher, and/or Pontiff of Blight? Look up my deck its called: [Life Manipulatives of Orzhov] and tell me what u think.

That's a completely different idea. Mine isn't an extortion deck. Thanks, though.

Gift of Orzhova if you're going for the lifegain method? It give the non evasive things flying and the non healing things healing.

If you're going for orzhov lifegain, Blood Baron of Vizkopa needs to be a 2-3 of

Look at the maybe board and previous suggestions.

I replaced one obzedat and one desecration demon for two elspeth for more swarm an the flying ult! Just a suggestion, I'm gonna start running this at fnm and I'll let you know how it runs

I think I would rather drop both Brimaz, King of Oreskos for two elspeth's instead. The demon is just too good of a thing to put down and two obzedats are ideal to ping for lifegain, I think. I do really like the idea of putting elspeth in.

I've also been thinking of dropping two Precinct Captain 's to put in more removal mainboard, but I don't know what to put in sideboard.

LoliWaifu, what do you think of the edit's I just made? I put in Elspeth, removed two precinct captains in favor of celestial flare, and put pithing needle in the sideboard.

I think for a swarm deck that precinct captain is more needed than celestial flare especially for its low cost and first strike. And I also think that obzedat is more of a "I only need 1 of" card since it's a bit difficult for opponents to kill him and you can bring him back for a turn with whip. That's justMy opinion though, I'm almost finished creating the deck and will let you know asap how the other build works out at fnm

I've been playing it minus 2 of the Barons and Elspeths for awhile now until I could buy more cards. Good luck with it.

This is pretty cool build+1

LordOfDispair, thanks! I've been tweaking it since theros was spoiled. It has gone through many different cards, haha.

Deck looks pretty strong. I have a similar build that took 1st place last week. Check it out for ideas: Orzhov Aggression (1st @ FNM). +1 for you.

eslaton7751, thanks. I have been brewing this since Theros came out so it's been a long work in progress. Your deck follows quite a different theme than mine, but it looks like a different type of fun.