Junk Rites with DGM

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Posted on May 3, 2013, 1 p.m. by Agog

I noticed Crypt Incursion today and started thinking it's getting to be a caustic environment for Junk Rites. Seems to me this card may be in some main boards.

This adds to the pre-DGM options of

Rest in Peace , Ground Seal , Tormod's Crypt , Grafdigger's Cage , Ash Zealot , Purify the Grave , Rakdos Charm

Anything on the good side for junk rites from DGM?

gufymike says... #2

Memory's Journey is another from the innistrad block that is good as a sideboard card against junk rites.

the flesh side of Flesh / Blood It does say 'from a graveyard'.

May 3, 2013 1:46 p.m.

gufymike says... #3

Thinking on it, if I ran red, I would do that, fun to say, sure, I'll take your Angel of Serenity from your graveyard in response to Unburial Rites and put 8 1/1 counters on my Zhur-Taa Ancient and you take 15 to the face.

May 3, 2013 1:53 p.m.

gufymike says... #4

12 to the face*

May 3, 2013 1:54 p.m.

Agog says... #5

Yeah, that's a potential showstopper in and of itself, although a junk rites deck could cast the flesh side of that spell. Maybe a Junk Flesh & Blood Jund deck type will evolve.

May 3, 2013 3:51 p.m.

Iehovah says... #6

How about Obzedat's Aid ? taking fallen planeswalkers seems to be a good idea

May 3, 2013 7:18 p.m.

Agog says... #7

or maybe a Door to Nothingness

May 3, 2013 9:37 p.m.

harrydemon117 says... #8

You guys missed the key part of Flesh & blood...it's SORCERY speed. Can't do in "response". You would have to do it on your turn during a main phase.

Let us also not forget the other great graveyard removal "cantrips": Cremate , Beckon Apparition ,

May 8, 2013 9:03 a.m.

Agog says... #9

Good point, although Flesh / Blood will be effective even as a sorcery... But not as a response. Good addition of more graveyard hate.

May 9, 2013 1:04 a.m.

harrydemon117 says... #10

Not really. They will Grisly Salvage on your end step, and then use Unburial Rites on their turn to reanimate whatever they just put in there.

This is why things like Purify the Grave and Memory's Journey are so good against them

May 9, 2013 10:48 a.m.

seevers35 says... #11

According to an article I read on StarCityGames.com, Junk Rites gained a bit of power by adding a couple Sin Collector s to the mainboard.

May 11, 2013 6:43 a.m.

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