Thanks. I like how the Quillspike +Devoted Druid combo grew into something bigger.

If you are sending stuff to the grave a lot with your Birthing Pod s, Sheoldred, Whispering One would be a useful fatty for re-establishing board position, wrecking theirs and setting up more Pod fodder. It may be a tad unsynergistic with Necrotic Ooze though.

Best reanimation targets in Modern are the same in Legacy: Griselbrand and Iona, Shield of Emeria

@ pookypuppy6

I did have Sheoldred in here for awhile, but you're right it doesn't synergize with the Ooze very well. Birthing Pod fodder is always good though.

@mafteechr

Griselbrand and Iona are both good, I'm hoping to be able to hardcast the guy if I had to though.

I'm looking at something simple like Stormtide Leviathan or Inkwell Leviathan

I gotta say, I love this deck. It is clever and intresting, but have you considered running more 1 mana dorks to allow for faster?

You know, that's a really good idea. The best cards to swap out would probably be the hand disruption I'm thinking.

Turn one Breeding Pool Arbor Elf

Turn two Hedron Crab untap Hedron Crab fetch land for an overgrown tomb, dredge 12, hand disruption.

Turn three fetch for a black source, dredge 12 more, cast or reanimate an ooze, win. Theoretically. A lot of things have to be in the right place but it's doable.

Actually, for you, Bird of Paradise will be best.

Many of your creature numbers are 1x of, 2x of, and so forth. What REALLY works for you? I suggest you try to improve upon adding towards what works and thin out what doesn't, or even take out the odd numbers to increase what works better. The consistency of your deck will vastly improve...

On another note, there have been a rash of 'Dredgevine' decks that have made Top 8 in Modern tournaments. They utilize a similar strategy. I would highly recommend you take a look at some of those decks.

@ aeonstoremyliver I completely agree with you, normally. This deck is a combo deck that wins me the game on turn 3-4. Every one or two of is important to doing what the deck does. I could go over it again, but I'd suggest reading the description to see what their functions are intended to be, it's all there.

@ LeaPlath. Birds is the best mana dork out there, but I only own one. Arbor Elf seems to do my job perfectly, but I'm always looking to complete my playset of BoP

Yeah, I get that, but even for consistency in the graveyard for Necrotic Ooze you would want more Myr Propagator and so on. Have you thought about Jarad's Orders , Mulch , Grisly Salvage , and Faithless Looting ?

I have. I don't deny a couple copies of Grisly Salvage would probably do me wonders. What would you take out? I do find between a timely chump block from a Stinkweed Imp a couple of Hedron Crab triggers off of fetch lands, and a recurring Life from the Loam , I don't usually have an issue filling up my graveyard.

I do have some concern about graveyard hate wrecking my singleton Death Cultist and Myr Propagator s though. Thornling and Morselhoarder have been reasonable beaters when it comes to that...god forbid.

I was playtesting this against my I Caught the Modern BUG, and with a turn 1 Deathrite Shaman I was able to keep the oozes in check. I know that you have the wide variety of creatures to do their respective jobs, but I think you need at least 1x more Myr Propagator . Maybe take out Death Cultist since he's not as effective unless you can make the infinite tokens?

Pithing Needle is an all around tool box sideboard card. I would run 4x of in your sideboard for graveyard hate and such.

I would take out Abrupt Decay , Birthing Pod , Death Cultist ((unless you do the aforementioned comment/suggestion)), and Avacyn's Pilgrim .

I also agree that Arbor Elf should be Birds of Paradise . They should be around $5.00 each...

@ ChiefWannaHacka...I always make infinite ooze tokens, since unless the propagator gets hated on, the combo goes off the turn the ooze hits the board. I could probably use another copy of him. But I agree Death Cultist and Myr Propagator are not a good creatures in their own, and thats why theyre singletons. I never want to see them until its time to go to combo town. Proper use of a Deathrite Shaman can keep me in check game one, after that "the plan" is to board into a more control build...I'm currently on the fence of whether to simplify this deck and go completely control, with a subtler combo to win; or cut Pod, Abrupt Decay , Havengul Lich and Avacyn's Pilgrim in favor of Grisly Salvage to go all in combo or lose...

I would go all combo and sideboard control elements. That way, you'll almost always have game one...

Ok, made a couple changes. Cut a few singleton "flavor" cards for more practical Birds of Paradise and Grisly Salvage . This deck started with four Pods, and has slowly run out of them. Interesting...

Would it be a good idea to cut the Phantasmal Image s and put in more one mana accelerators?

I'm not as solid with combo decks, but I think you might be fine with mana accelerators.

Fishbowled nut-draw;

Turn 1: breeding pool, birds of paradise.

Turn 2: tap birds for blue, Hedron crab, tap pool for blue, Hedron crab, fetchland for a black source, dredge 12.

Turn 3: fetchland, pop, cast/Unburial Rites a Necrotic Ooze . Optimally at this point I will have a Devoted Druid , a Morselhoarder and a Thornling , as well as a Civilized Scholar  ^Flip with a Stinkweed Imp either in the graveyard or my hand. Barring instant speed graveyard hate I win.

Awesome deck! My original ooze deck did use myr propagator as an alt win con. I found that Bloodrite Invoker is a more efficient infinite life win than death cultist because it doesn't require you to have infinite ooze tokens, just infinite mana.
This deck looks very fun to play, +1 from me.

Bloodrite Invoker seems a lot more consistent. I like my Propogator + Death Cultist stylistically but from an efficiency standpoint I think I need to acquire some Invokers. Infinite mana is too easy with Morselhoarder and Devoted Druid .

Yeah, and I must say, I love how you have developed a story to go with your deck. Flavor and story are huge parts of Magic to me. It's also nice to see another person who fully appreciates the flavor text of Necrotic Ooze .

You know, after a few FNMs with my infinity ooze deck, I have found that Pithing Needle renders quite a bit of graveyard hate useless. Cards such as Deathrite Shaman , Relic of Progenitus , and Scavenging Ooze are fairly prominent in sideboards and the needle stops them all.g

I've been meaning to get my hands on a few more to squeeze in. It's one of those cards that will be eternally useful.

This deck draws me so much hate in my playgroup it's almost unfun. But at the same time I appreciate being the largest threat.

I would remove the Quillspike . While the Necrotic Ooze can copy its ability, the only cards you have that actually makes -1/-1 counters is the one Morselhoarder and the Devoted Druid . It doesn't seem like quite enough to get it all rolling. There's too much going on. You need to get one of these two situations:

1) Devoted Druid and Quillspike on the battlefield.

2) Devoted Druid and Quillspike in the yard, Necrotic Ooze on the battlefield.

And that's hard if you have no more than 2 of any of those cards.