Orzhov - The Church, The Bank, The Syndicate

Modern* Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

kalle_knigti

Creature (21)

• 2x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 2x Desecration Demon
• 3x Divinity of Pride
• 3x Lifebane Zombie
• 3x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 4x Silverblade Paladin
• 4x Vampire Nighthawk

Land (20)

• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 5x Plains
• 7x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Silence

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Underworld Connections

Artifact (3)

• 3x Whip of Erebos

Instant (8)

• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Victim of Night

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Read the Bones
• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 2x High Priest of Penance
• 2x Sin Collector

Instant (9)

• 2x Brave the Elements
• 3x Mortify
• 2x Pharika's Cure
• 2x Unmake

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Read the Bones

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Vizkopa Guildmage

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Ordeal of Heliod

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I made this deck suring an evening after school, my friends (Passionate Orzhov Haters) refused to give me feedback, so I turn to the internet.

The thought of the deck is to put a Swamp followed by Thoughtseize or a Temple of Silence instead of that. Turn two is pretty much just putting out a land of my choice and it feels like something should be able to be smacked down here, maybe Tidehollow Sculler or something. Turn no.3 is hopefully another land followed by Vampire Nighthawk or Lifebane Zombie . Turn four is hopefully identical to the last one, with a chance of Desacration demon or even better, Whip of Erebos being dropped onto the table. On the 5th turn you want to slam-dunk the Obzedat, Ghost Council onto the table. He will be hard to remove, and you can get him back using his own exile ability in combination with the whips revive to return him more permanently.The 6th turn you put Obzedat, Ghost Council back into play, along with a land and Silverblade Paladin. Then you swing with Obzedat, Ghost Council which is now paired with Silverblade Paladin for 10, which has lifelink from the whip. The next turn you just repeat this, over and over again, and hopefully put some of the other strong creatures into play.

Currently these optimal draws happen far to few times, even with read the bones. Currently the average win when playtesting is on round 9 or 10. So I would appreciate feedback on how to improve the deck.

The maybeboard consists of one small thing that I found while drafting some with friends, activating the second ability of Vizkopa Guildmage as the ordeal sacrifices itself for a nice 10 damage and heal. I kind of want to put it in the deck but I'm not sure about it...

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 2 Rares 8 - 7 Uncommons 6 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.23