Ha ha, thanks, seshiro_of_the_orochi. Making decks out of unusual tribes is one of my more favourite things to do in Magic.
You're right, To the Slaughter does have very nice flavour synergy. I also didn't notice how fantastic the art on it is until now. A shame that it's a lamb instead of a piglet, though. I can't include the card itself because I've yet to build a tribal deck dumb enough that I didn't want it to perform to the best of its abilities but...
February 9, 2017 4:04 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #3
It is a thing i really enjoy, too. My latest 'new' tribal is a spider deck using delirium, but i'm trying to get the pieces for a turtle deck and an elephant deck. Kind of hard to do, though. If you enjoy strong tribal decks, you might like My snake deck
February 10, 2017 8:24 a.m.
I've never tried Spiders and I've looked over the list of Elephants a few times but I've never actually put a list together. I do have a Turtle deck, though: It's Durdles All the Way Down.
February 10, 2017 10:20 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #5
It's kind of interesting as you can basically negate all attacks once the deck gets rolling. I'll soon upload the list maybe. I've seen the turtle list, it's great :)
February 10, 2017 3 p.m.
why not use bloodstained mire and windswept heath instead of the mountain valley and rocky tar pit
February 14, 2017 7:16 p.m.
Because the good fetch-lands are vastly more expensive.
February 14, 2017 7:26 p.m.
Interesting idea, but you do realize that Gristleback isn't a boar, but a beast. That puts your boar creature count at 16.
March 10, 2017 12:19 p.m.
Despite appearances, Gristleback actually is a Boar. It was printed as a Beast but creature subtypes are something that get changed from time to time, so it's now a Boar Beast for some reason.
March 10, 2017 2:47 p.m.
Ok. I figured it had to do something like that since it does look like a boar.
March 10, 2017 3:08 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #11
As promised, i uploaded my spider list. If you're interested, you can take a look here: Afraid of Spiders? Better run.
By the way, what do you think about Macabre Waltz? It has some nice synergy with your sacrifice- and cycle abilitties and even helps you fill your graveyard.
March 18, 2017 5:21 a.m.
Waltz has got decent enough synergy but I don't think it's better than anything already in the deck.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #1
Did you actually build a deck abusing the tribal ability behind boar-creatures? You, sir, are a hero. I didn't even know it was possible to have boars synergize. +1 from me for sure!!!
I don't have any strategic card suggestions, but flavourwise, To the Slaughter would be like the blackest of humor here.
February 9, 2017 3:48 p.m.