Decent Black Auras for a Voltron EDH deck
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Posted on July 2, 2013, 11:08 p.m. by Joshuawesome
I'm working on a mono-black Voltron EDH deck. I'm trying to shy away from equipment cards (with the exception of Nightmare Lash
, Strata Scythe
, and a couple others) and wanted it to use mostly auras for the Voltroniness (I'm aware this isn't a word). My issue lies in figuring out which are good to include vs those that are trash (which, from what I can tell, are most of them).
Any help would be swell, and my apologies of this is the wrong forum for this.
For what it's worth, the general is Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
, and yes, Hatred
is in (despite not being an aura).
Epochalyptik says... #3
Snake Cult Initiation offers poisonous, but it's a 4-drop.
Eldrazi Conscription is hilarious, but it's overkill.
What kind of auras do you want? Slow, yet powerful ones? Cheap, yet weak ones?
July 3, 2013 12:25 a.m.
Blessing of Leeches , Casting of Bones depending on how you feel about discard. Chime of Night maybe. Cursed Flesh Dark Favor Dark Privilege Dauthi Embrace Demonic Appetite Dragon Shadow Dying Wish Endless Scream Fallen Ideal Feast of the Unicorn Grave Servitude Gruesome Deformity . To be continued....
July 3, 2013 12:30 a.m.
Joshuawesome says... #5
Epochalyptik, I'm after evasion and effects that hinder opponent(s) mostly. Thus far I have:
- Eldrazi Conscription : This card is so wow I can't leave it out. I figure it's achievable with Snow-Covered Swamp and Extraplanar Lens and other cards that are bonerific in mono black as far as mana goes, like Magus of the Coffers + Umbral Mantle .
- Endless Scream : Cheap perma-pump.
- Mark of the Vampire : Mostly for the lifelink.
- Necromantic Thirst : For recursion.
- Pretender's Claim : Mana hindrance, but thinking about cutting it since the timing of the "tap all" is crap.
- Rime Transfusion : I'm including Snow-Covered Swamp ; grats evasion.
- Shade's Form : Pumpage.
- Snake Cult Initiation : Definitely.
- Strength of Lunacy : For the Pro-White, considering scrapping.
- Vampiric Embrace : For the growth, but thinking it may be too slow.
- Vampiric Link : Moar lifelink.
- Vow of Malice : For the intimidate, mostly.
July 3, 2013 12:37 a.m.
Joshuawesome says... #6
With Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
as general, I don't need anything granting regen or haste. I have a few equip cards included too:
July 3, 2013 12:39 a.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #7
Cursed Flesh is awesome as long as their commander isn't black. Even then, its not too bad as weenie removal.
July 3, 2013 2:11 a.m.
Joshuawesome says... #8
Here's what I came up with, deck wise: The Blightmare Before Christmas.
Would love some input on it.
Thebigshaggy says... #2
Necromancer's Magemark comes to mind.
July 2, 2013 11:58 p.m.