So I was playing around with the idea of an Allies deck that wins through direct damage. I ended up with a casual Orzhov deck that bleeds out the opponent 1 life at a time.
The goal of the deck is to stall until I have a lot of allies in the graveyard, then bring them all back with either
Immortal Servitude
or
March from the Tomb
and bleed my opponent out with
Kalastria Healer
and Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.
Card Choices
The deck is pretty straightforward. I dont think any of the allies really need to be justified in an Ally Deck though I picked these in particularly because I have to keep the converted mana cost of the creatures relatively low to bring them back with
March from the Tomb
/
Immortal Servitude
.
Stinkweed Imp
In the early game, between this little guy and
Ondu Cleric
I should be able to survive early onslaughts. Late game he fills up the graveyard for
Immortal Servitude
or
March from the Tomb
. Dredging allies into the graveyard rather than casting them speeds up the game plan considerably.
Viscera Seer
Searches for win conditions and activates Zulaport Cutthroat. Can win the game through Zulaport Cutthroat after casting
Immortal Servitude
and stacking the triggers a second time.
Read the Bones/Sign in Blood
Digs for win conditions and sets up Stinkweed Imp. I placed in Sign in Blood as a faster alternative to Read the Bones. It also has the added bonus of being much cheaper than Night's Whisper.
Sanguine Bond
Feels like a win-more card, but actually acts as a second win condition with
Ondu Cleric
and helps against a multi-player game.
Dictate of Erebos
The main form of reusable removal in this deck. I probably wouldnt have included this if it werent for Flash and helps clear the way with Viscera Seer.
Considerations
I'm considering Grim Haruspex to gain some card advantage while chump blocking.
Included a sideboard to deal with artifact heavy decks and a bit of spot/enchantment removal. Still not sure how this deck would fare against counter decks as a well-placed counter could tear this deck apart. For the time being the only thing I can think of is switch it to an allies white weenie deck and try to race, but this deck really isnt built for that. Grand Abolisher is in the maybe board, but it's not the most budget friendly alternative.
Any suggestions and comments are welcome.
