wingshad0w says... #2
I would personally cut the skirsdag high priests, because there isn't a reliable morbid trigger in this deck I'd argue you don't need them. Also germs can survive with intangible virtue out, just as an aside. Having said that maybe adding in a Suture Priest wouldn't hurt.
April 22, 2012 10:41 a.m.
jesterdeath says... #3
dude go with nevermore, stony silence hurts your swords because they cant equip while nevermore just takes care of them, personally i would just use surgical extraction
April 22, 2012 11:48 a.m.
joeymontivu321 says... #4
to finish how about a singleton elesh or battlesphere
April 22, 2012 12:18 p.m.
center66ljk says... #5
actually... Mortarpod+Skirsdag High Priest= 5/5 demon :).
April 22, 2012 2:36 p.m.
A fun morbid trigger is Altar's Reap, it comes in handy.
I've run a similar build for FNM and have some input. Work on the three spot, because it's actually really easy to mana-screw in this deck. I've had beautiful opening hands to only draw into nothing pretty fast. It really has few answers to stuff like Zombies as it lacks a lot of removal. It's pretty but you're opening yourself up for some damage. I've gone 1-2 a lot with this deck with the more common decks out there (though it rips B/W Tokens to shreds)
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad has won me games. I suggest him heavily.
Also, ramp is good. Mr. Avacyn's Pilgrim is pretty damn helpful. I would also add 2x Gavony Townships while decreasing a Vault. I would suggest cutting down also on Parallel's because it slows down the deck. Like I said, load up on the lighter spots so it's more easy to get some spells out, or it could be a while.
April 22, 2012 3:08 p.m.
Well, overall, this seems to be a fantastic deck. Getting a few Intangible Virtues out with a few big tokens is pretty ridiculous.
However, in my playtests, I've had some serious mana issues. Often I would draw a Parallel Lives and never be able to play it all game because I wasn't getting any green lands. I do see that you put in Birds of Paradise as a mana fix, but to play a Birds you have to have the mana to play it, which you don't.
I would take out the Vault of the Archangels and the Sunpetal Grove to put in 2 more Razorverge Thickets and another Swamp. That way, you have 6 green lands instead of 5, and 8 black lands, and all of the greens are playable from turn 1 so that you can start playing your Birds of Paradise. I know Vault of the Archangel is a great card, but because you're running 3 colors of mana, I really don't think you can afford to be dropping colorless mana.
Like I said, fantastic deck, and I think with a bit of tweaking it could be even better.
April 25, 2012 9:57 p.m.
Avacyn Restored has a lot of stuff for this deck archetype.
Cathars' Crusade is absolutely monstrous. With all kinds of tokens, especially Increasing Devotion. It outshines Intangible Virtue even (hard to imagine, I know).
Craterhoof Behemoth is also a monster with tokens.
Cloudshift and Restoration Angel will help you double up on all those token generating creatures with "enters the battlefield" (ETB) effects.
This deck needs some more removal to defend itself. I see you have a few Oblivion Ring on the sideboard as of this writing. Consider also Beast Within. You need something to disrupt your opponent.
Champion of Lambholt will also be a new staple in this deck archetype, I think. Pretty awesome, anyway.
KingofSpain's suggestion of Mimic Vat isn't bad. Parallel Lives doubles its effectiveness, while your Geist-Honored Monk and Grave Titan and other things are pretty cool to put on the vat.
April 27, 2012 12:58 a.m.
Hero of Bladehold is often an overlooked card that works great in any token deck.
April 29, 2012 12:56 p.m.
yourdeckisdeeplyflawed says... #13
i absolutely love this deck and will be purchasing it as soon as i can. my only issue is that against delver, Vapor Snag and other flicker or removal spells will murder tokens early on. so Drogskol Captain or something of the like may be necessary to contain spot removal. and it can be used in conjunction with Birds of Paradise
+1
June 16, 2012 9:04 p.m.
yourdeckisdeeplyflawed says... #14
sweet. i just bought this deck and have rigorously played it. but it seems that people will always side in Ratchet Bomb and i will always be siding in Stony Silence
but what would you recommend taking out to make room for stony silence?
June 21, 2012 9:54 p.m.
Turtle338872 says... #16
I suggest Bitterblossom but don't add that unless you add Sorin, Solemn Visitor. Also, you can add more removal and control while still having tokens with Voice of Resurgence, Monastery Mentor, and/or Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. As for planeswalkers, I believe that Elspeth, Knight-Errant can be better and Nissa, Voice of Zendikar is also a good option.
November 6, 2016 10:07 a.m.
scrotal_lozenge says... #17
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May 31, 2017 10:39 a.m.
Fun deck! Every time I think of a comment I check your list and you have it already! What about Gavony Township? It's a great late game mana sink and unlike Vault its effects stack over time. Also, damage wins games, not life total.
If you get a chance check out my deck Abzan Beatdown. Totally different then what you are trying to do, but it's Junk and includes Gavony.
September 23, 2017 9:50 a.m.
I would play two of Westvale Abbey Flip. It could be another win condition.
center66ljk says... #1
Instead of running Mortarpod midas well run 3 Sword of Body and Mind swing with a spirit and get a 2/2 out.
April 21, 2012 2:14 p.m.