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Shades and Shadows

Casual Midrange Mono-Black Tempo Theme/Gimmick Tribal

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Tribal Shade deck. Never seen one, so I figured I'd do one.

The main point of the deck is to slap out a few shades quickly, pump & punch, then rinse & repeat until victory.

I'm working out spot removal, board wipe, and alternate win conditions. (See the Sideboard.)

Oh the woes of deck-building the weird stuff. We do the weird stuff!

Comments, and Suggestions welcome, +1s appreciated.

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Long Awaited Return — Feb. 5, 2016
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-1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth -1 Whispering Shade -2 Perilous Shadow -1 Cover of Darkness -4 Consume Spirit -2 Temporal Extortion

+2 Drifting Shade +2 Profane Command +1 Swamp +2 Sorin's Vengeance +2 Exsanguinate +2 Army of the Damned

Changes explained: How's everybody been? I was on a long-term hiatus while focusing on life/college.

Too many Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth were popping up. The Whispering Shade was cut down to match. Exsanguinate is almost always better here than Consume Spirit (sideboarded). Sorin's Vengeance and Army of the Damned are fun high-drops that I've wanted to try out. Profane Command is excellent utility. Drifting Shade's natural evasion is better in my meta than Perilous Shade's high toughness (and loosens up my Cover of Darkness needs). Temporal Extortion, much as I cherish it, quickly turned into a damage spell that my opponents merely absorbed.

Thoughts on a pair of Curse of the Cabal? Anything else that needs adjustments?

One heck of an update. — Aug. 8, 2013
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Revision 8 See all

(9 years ago)

-1 Army of the Damned main
+1 Beseech the Queen side
-1 Bubbling Muck maybe
-1 Cover of Darkness main
-2 Crypt Ripper maybe
-1 Demonic Tutor maybe
+2 Drifting Shade main
+2 Exsanguinate main
+1 Nakaya Shade maybe
-2 Perilous Shadow main
+1 Profane Command main
+1 Swamp main
-1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth main
-1 Whispering Shade main
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Date added 11 years
Last updated 9 years
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This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)

14 - 4 Mythic Rares

16 - 4 Rares

4 - 7 Uncommons

12 - 0 Commons
Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.45
Tokens Demon X/X B, Zombie 2/2 B
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