The Black Splash Chronicles: Green
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Posted on March 18, 2014, 3:45 p.m. by NixTheThird
After the fun I had making The Black Splash Chronicles: White (Update 2) I've decided that I will keep chugging with these experiments roll on to trying out another color. This one includes enchantment removal that worked so well in white and has a creature (Reaper of the Wilds ) I really wanted to take for a test drive:
The Black Splash Chronicles: Green Playtest
Standard
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 23 VIEWSThe main idea is to take lessons from the weaknesses of a budget mono-black deck and shore them up with splashes from different colors. I wanted to throw this up here and see what people thought of the build before buying up the few missing cards. I especially would like thoughts on the combinations of Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord , Desecration Demon , Treasured Find /Grim Return , Reaper of the Wilds and Nighthowler .
Also any advice on dealing with Blood Baron of Vizkopa , as it seems to be a big weak point which I can only answer with Devour Flesh .
NixTheThird says... #3
Far / Away is something I always discounted due to the cost and I liked targeted removal. I'll have to rethink my sideboard removal suite with bbov/hex decks showing up. Hexproof decks are rare in my local meta, bbov certainly is not, and many sac removals seem like the way to go.
March 18, 2014 10:18 p.m.
With B/G there is lots of unbiased removal that can be used, so I don't run any of the sac removal in the main board. That's one of the reason I bring in 4 Devour Flesh and 2 Far / Away out of the sideboard. Yeah away may cost 3 mana, but there are definitely times where having your opponent not gain the life is beneficial, plus typically when BBoV hits the board he's the only creature they have out and adding in 6x sac removal cards really increases my chances of having an answer before BBoV gets out of hand. I also find it helps against Thoughtseize too, because typically if your opponent sees a Devour Flesh in your hand they'll take that. So with the couple extra Away added in, it means I usually have more answers for BBoV than they were expecting.
March 18, 2014 10:40 p.m.
NixTheThird says... #5
I do like the suggestion and given my meta I'm going with it. I've updated the sideboard, but for some reason to isn't showing my sideboard at all.
March 18, 2014 11:32 p.m.
I saw a thread earlier where other people were having the same problem... apparently when you click edit to make changes your sideboard still shows up, but for some reason when viewing the deck page the sideboard and maybeboard aren't showing. Don't know what's actually going on with that but apparently it's not too big of an issue. Most likely it'll be fixed soon.
abenz419 says... #2
Far / Away is another way to make your opponent sac and doesn't give up the life gain. In my B/G deck whenever I run into a deck build around BBoV or hexproof I bring in a combination of Far / Away and Devour Flesh for the current removal package I have mainboard.
March 18, 2014 6:18 p.m.