Help Tweaking a Golgari Standard deck
Standard Deck Help forum
Posted on Jan. 3, 2023, 5 p.m. by Barrymon
Everyone I know is currently playing Standard, so I'm playing Standard. I love Golgari and have this deck but wondering if there's anything I'm missing or could improve.
Anything that anyone can suggest for me would be very much appreciated, it's the only deck I'm really playing right now.
The deck isn't consistent, I think I've had different wins in as many different ways as I have cards in the deck. From Ghoulcaller's Harvest Zombie's Decay triggering Dreadhound to ping them to death to a Skyfisher Spider sacrificing a blitzed Tenacious Underdog it's always a wild ride and it's always fun but maybe it should be more consistent?
At the very least I'd love to win more! So please if you can help I'm all ears and would love some input.
wallisface says... #2
Are you playing games with Sideboards? Because a lot of decks are able to shore-up their weaknesses by utilizing sideboards, and you'd also be able to gain some extra ground against those bad-matchups by doing so.
Other than that I think the biggest recommendation is something you've already eluded to in your commentary here & on the deck - there's too many different things going on here. The deck would really benefit from cutting-out the average/mediocre cards and running more playsets of the "goodstuff".
Without knowing too much about standard (I only play Modern) my gut instinct is that the following cards are probably a bit weak to be in the deck, and should probably be ditched: Dreadhound (soo much mana for such a meh effect), Graveyard Trespasser Flip (doesn't seem to be helping your deck out that much), Old Rutstein (seems odd in this shell), Outland Liberator Flip (it just feels like a sideboard card to me), Skyfisher Spider (mana cost seems too high for what it does).
I feel like Golgari decks do well from interacting with the opponent and grinding them down. In that regard, I'd prioritize making playsets of your current selection of instant spells (Tear Asunder, Infernal Grasp in particular seem strong for helping the game go longer so your creatures can get bigger. I'm not sure how relevant Cut Down is in your format).
January 3, 2023 9:13 p.m.