Need some expert advice on how to build a 3 color curse deck
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Posted on April 23, 2012, 10:58 p.m. by Valehaun
I was thinking of running a 3 color curse deck to try out against my friends. I was thinking going with R/B/U color deck since they seem to have the most curse cards. Any advice would be great, im having a hard time deciding what to use for it
I have a casual U/B curse deck that's heavily anti-creature. Feel free to take ideas:
4 Bitterheart Witch|ISD
3 Black Sun's Zenith|MBS
1 Curse of Bloodletting|DKA
4 Curse of Death's Hold|ISD
1 Curse of Misfortunes|DKA
1 Curse of Oblivion|ISD
1 Curse of the Bloody Tome|ISD
4 Curse of Thirst|DKA
4 Dead Weight|ISD
4 Mana Leak|M11
1 Phantasmal Image|M12
4 Solemn Simulacrum|MRD
4 Sphere of the Suns|MBS
16 Swamp
4 Darkslick Shores|SOM
4 Drowned Catacomb|M10
April 24, 2012 11:07 a.m.
theurbanraptor says... #4
imo, you need a way to sacrifice bitterheart witch.
April 24, 2012 12:50 p.m.
It usually dies surprisingly easy (usually when blocking, or to Black Sun), and it's only a backup to get curses out anyway. I thought about Altar's Reap but I'd probably just put it in instead of Mana Leak or Dead Weight, both useful cards in their own right.
If your opponents never attack you because you have the Witch out... their loss. It's a really intimidating blocker against decks that aren't pure aggro or decks with lots of flyers because of the deathtouch and the fact that you benefit from its death. Solemn has a similar story - you don't care if it dies. Chances are, your opponent will attack you, your Witch(es) will block and die, then you're up 1+ curses and your opponents just got rid of valuable creatures for you.
April 24, 2012 1:04 p.m.
Heartless Summoning + Bitterheart Witch is pretty great. Get two Heartless' out, then play your Bitterheart for a black, it dies, you dig a curse.
April 24, 2012 3:44 p.m.
theurbanraptor says... #7
plus Heartless Summoning also makes your solemn oh so cheap :)
April 24, 2012 4:24 p.m.
Thanks for the ideas, ive been having trouble figuring out a good starting point. Now i think i have a couple ideas, i will post the deck once i get it built to see what you guys think
Demarge says... #2
I believe I once saw a wolf run ramp build that had a curse package, but I think you might get better suggestions if you explain how many people play these casual with friends games, a one on one curse deck will probably look alot different than a multiplayer curse deck (where a casual curse deck will probably shine the most, what with all the political nonsense that happens in those games).
April 24, 2012 7:15 a.m.