There is no Angel of Mercy here, only nightmares
Standard
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Indexxical says... #2
Pretty scary cards, but you definitely need more early game. Eldrazi Displacer is great for stopping attacks before they even start. Also, if you plan on running Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, then I'd highly recommend getting some Carrier Thrall so you can also get some tokens to sac for bigger creatures or even for Ormendahl, Profane Prince Flip.
All in all, I think you may have too many big dudes to cast for early game and it'll be hard to find creatures to sac for Westvale Abbey Flip. I also think Reality Smasher while good in general, isn't the best choice for this deck since you're better off getting more little people to sac. I'd recommend Blight Herder in his place.
Everything as it is now is very interesting and fun, but also incredibly expensive and difficult to play a lot of at once.
July 14, 2016 8:24 a.m.
AgentGreen says... #3
Indexxical Thanks for the advice, but I'm trying to lean away from Eldrazi and into Eldritch Moon cards for this deck
July 14, 2016 8:38 a.m.
Brawlor5472 says... #4
Ok so beare and reality should be moved out, reality maybe into side. Then add in Collective Brutality and thalia
July 16, 2016 6:44 a.m.
I would suggest you put some Grip of Desolation in your Sideboard to take care of Nephalia Academy.
July 19, 2016 9:36 a.m.
AgentGreen says... #6
Excellent point Argeaux.
Also I forgot to slot in my Declaration in stone cards in my side too so this deck is going to get some tweaking before FNM
July 19, 2016 10:15 a.m.
AgentGreen says... #8
Me too
Hopefully you stick with your B/W deck for the new meta; I think there's enough in ENM that will get it over the hump to get a 1st place finish
July 19, 2016 11:54 a.m.
Ah I reckon it could have scored a first place if I had been a better player.
I was happy with how it worked. I'll probably only go back to it now if I can't get my new Regurgitate [EMN] deck to work.
July 19, 2016 11:59 a.m.
Have you had a chance to get this in an FNM yet? I am thinking that an iteration of this deck could be to go a little more zombie heavy, remove gisela and bruna in place for 2x Liliana, the Last Hope and dark salvation to help with token generation to perhaps flip westvale sooner? Other ideas could be to cut 2 anguished unmaking for either To the Slaughter or Ruinous Path. Lots of walkers in my local meta, so these latter suggestions may be more specific to my location but figured it wouldn't hurt to throw those ideas out.
Could even add some Selfless Spirit to help protect your win cons given all the removal in the format right now (granted it won't stop grasp or languish, but they could be nice sideboard content against decks running burn.
Just kicking the tires a bit, I like this deck though! +1
July 27, 2016 9:20 a.m.
AgentGreen says... #11
bold44 Haven't played it yet at FNM; the cards are coming.
Good suggestions; I was thinking about cards to put into the SB other than my Smashers; I don't know if I want to hold on to them and by taking them out the painlands can go away.
My local metta is mostly Bant company, so that's what I'm up against
July 27, 2016 10:41 a.m.
MagicMike77 says... #12
I would run 4 Languish MB if Comoany is your local meta. At least 3 because that is what B/W Control has to hit against company the majority of the time.
July 27, 2016 4:31 p.m.
AgentGreen says... #14
MagicMike77 you made the suggestion to throw in 1-2 more Languish to counter company.
Do you have any suggestion to what to swap out for it?
August 1, 2016 10:54 a.m.
MagicMike77 says... #15
I would cut -1 Duress
-1 Transgress
-2 Anguished Unmaking (losing that much life isn't worth it)
-3 Dead Weight (to the SB)
And add
+2 Gideon
+3 Ruinous Path for Planeswalkers
And +2 Languish
August 1, 2016 7:05 p.m.
MagicMike77 says... #16
I would also cut the Orbs for an Extra Gideon and at least 1 maybe 2 extra Hallowed Moonlights just for card draw in control matchups and to stop CoCo.
Burn is good enough in standard to be a problem and for 5 mana Orbs is not going to help that much IMO except in the really late game and the majority of players you see will be playing CoCo or Spirits or the mirror. None of those target you much.
August 1, 2016 7:10 p.m.
I think that with bant company and white weenie as the top 2 decks, you don't want 4x Anguished Unmaking. You can't afford to lose life in those match ups. I would put 2 of them in the board.
August 2, 2016 12:23 a.m.
AgentGreen says... #19
I say Bant because that's what I see alot of.
There's one player who uses Bant but also Secure the Wastes to sac into Ormendahl.
My meta is tricky; Bant is defintely there, so is mill, ramp is there too, Spirits is lurking too. The community is split in my town because of having two LGS, but we will see come EMN Gameday what happens
August 2, 2016 8:24 a.m.
MagicMike77 says... #20
After watching the Guy win with a similar deck at the Pro Tour I would have to give you his advice and add in 3 Liliana's cutting 2 Languish to the Sideboard and 1 Sorin.
She is too good and the ability to return your creatures can be huge and a turn 3 Lilly you protect with removal can Ult and make a game pretty unwinable FAST!!
Good luck at Game Day
August 7, 2016 11:34 p.m.
AgentGreen says... #21
MagicMike77 I did discover a flaw with her Ult.
If your opponent is able to keep up with the mass zombies; through cards like Declaration in Stone and Languish, you can take an opponent down. It's tricky but doable. That being said however, not everyone is going to be able to play Languish or Declaration, and it is something I may consider down the road.
August 8, 2016 8:38 a.m.
AgentGreen says... #22
MagicMike77 While playtesting this against a Lili emblem; you learn very quickly that you're on the clock. Either to take down Lili before she Ult; or if she does Ult, to win before your opponent masses an entire army of zombies, something you may be able to contend with if you have mass removal; if you don't.....well....you're SOL
August 8, 2016 8:42 a.m.
MagicMike77 says... #23
She is such an early threat that you have to kill her or you pretty much die. Even f they keep of the zombie hoard you are a control deck, you should be able to generate enough removal and card advantage for them to run out of answers before you. Liliana at her absolute worst a buys you so much time cause they have to target her and get rid of her before they can really target you in the early game. She is a must add
August 8, 2016 5:19 p.m.
AgentGreen says... #24
Well since her card spiked in price getting her will not be an easy thing
August 8, 2016 5:36 p.m.
I like your deck and would agree to the Liliana comments ... as in she should be something to consider when you get the chance. My only other concern with this deck is the Reality Smasher since you need a colorless <> mana to cast him and you don't have any in this deck: Remember that the diamond mana symbol doesn't mean "generic" but in fact requires a specific "colorless" mana, such as Wastes or Westvale Abbey Flip, to cast your spell.
I would recommend swapping him for something like Thalia's Lancers to pull your Legendary creatures. Then I would bring Bruna and Avacyn down to 1x each in this deck to make room for more Planeswalkers.
AgentGreen says... #1
markmylabris There is no room in my deck to splash blue.
June 19, 2016 4:27 p.m.