Retired

SgtBogo, 10 years ago

Just took this deck apart so that I could make room for newer ones.

MrNathan, 10 years ago

-1 Appetite for Brains +1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord to mainboard moved 1 Scavenging Ooze to sideboard.

Reworked for what is currently in use

lithionlx, 10 years ago

Reworked for what is currently in use

shogger, 10 years ago

+2 Korozda Guildmage +3 Witchstalker +4 Burst of Strength and a host of other additions/removals, all taking inspiration from the more popular Untap the Demon deck I saw on the front page.

Updates

etherpotion, 10 years ago

After playtesting I found out that the lack of removal hurts, but that the lack of returning cards from the GY hurts even more and that Death Baron is an easy target to kill. I also found that Undead Alchemist, Vile Rebirth, Grave Betrayal and Dread Slaver were counterproductive to Grimoire of the Dead. Therefore I added some changes. Moved to Sideboard: 2x Undead Alchemist, 2x Dread Slaver, 1x Grave Betrayal Moved to Main Deck: 4x Lord of the Undead, 1x Diregraf Captain Removed: 4x Vile Rebirth Added: 4x Doom Blade

More updates

etherpotion, 10 years ago

The following changes were made: Removed: 1 Biovisionary, 3 Last Thoughts, 1 Simic Keyrune, 1 Stolen Identity Added: 1 Give / Take, 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade, 3 Bred for the Hunt

MidNight12, 10 years ago

July 14, 2013 midnight pre-release 2014 Core Set Sealed Location: Bridgeport Comics & Games (Chicago, Illinois, United States) Stats: 3-2 Ranked: 6th out of 17 participant Reward: 2 booster pack, split from 3

jynd, 10 years ago

Riot Control and Congregate to survive with the help of detain and Arrest mechanic until i get AEtherling or Phantom Warrior whith Ethereal Armor

lewthejew, 10 years ago

-4 Sleight of Hand +4 Serum Visions Visions is just SLIGHTLY better in a few situations so in it goes.

Far//Away

Jshooz19, 10 years ago

Dropped devour flesh in place im putting Far//Away adding Aetherlings to sideboard in place of pacifism

runic13, 10 years ago

As fun as it is to put a worldspine into play for free, it was never really a big part of the deck. So instead I've replaced it with two mainboarded fogs since agro is very big around where I play. Deck is feeling strong, can't wait to take it to something bigger than fnm.

MidNight12, 10 years ago

July 12, 2013 midnight pre-release 2014 Core Set Sealed Location: Pastimes (Chicago, Illinois, United States) Stats: 3-1 Ranked: 13th out of 74 participant Reward: 3 booster pack, split from 5

Mercfh, 10 years ago

-2 Gutter Grime

-2 Predator Ooze

+2 Putrefy

+2 Abrupt Decay

I decided that Gutter Grime really was just too slow, it's a VERY neat card. But one Petrify will crush all of the oozes, also it's a little expensive. Also removed Predator Ooze, again a very cool card. But with the amount of Morbids around it's just too easy. Plus I did want my removal back, so this helps a lot with that. Also 3 Green mana is hard to come by early, which is really when I need it.

Post Rotation HELP

michael23v, 10 years ago

OK guys I have not seen any of the new cards yet.

I need to keep this deck standard legal. So what cards can I use to replace the cards that are rotating?

Increasing Savagery, Akroma's Memorial, Invisible Stalker, Champion of Lambholt, Primordial Hydra Any others I missed?

M14 Game Day

Tanithilis, 10 years ago

Played this deck at our Magic 2014 Game Day and actually did VERY well, especially for me (my track record at any sort of tournament is generally pretty poor). First round, I lost to a gruul aggro deck. First game I had him dead by turn 4-5 with double striking, rampaged reckoners and smiters, and didn't even get to see what his deck did. In the second game, Scavenging Oozes showed up and completely ruined me. He outpaced me, and managed to eek out a win. Third game, even with siding in some Rest in Peaces (which would have worked very well against his Oozes and undying creatures), I got mana screwed and never hit a 3rd land or mana dork. Also, burning earth hurts like hell. Note to self. Second round was against some boros deck that never hit land. Beat him 2-0 with ease. I don't like winning that way, but I'll take it. Third round was against a very potent Selesnya token deck. Voice of Resurgence, Advent of the Wurm, Rootborn Defenses, Druid's Deliverances... lots of combat tricks. They were very hard fought, especially the last game where he had out TWO Collective Blessings and I had no way to deal with them. But I managed to keep getting out more creatures, and buffing them (or threatening to buff them) with the Archangel of Thune, until finally I could swing all out, get 8 of his 12 life down, then Boros Charm him for the win. Very solid game. Fourth and final round of the Swiss was against a Golgari Zombie deck which potentially would have given me a lot of trouble. Lifeband Zombies HURT my deck. But I just played well, flashed out blockers at opportune times, and beat him down reliably. Savage Summoning is AWESOME. I made top 8, got the full art promo, and played on, beating American Pyromancer tokens, then replaying the Gruul aggro deck and beating it this time, then losing HORRIBLY against a different and much more powerful Selesnya tokens deck. I never gained any momentum, and just lost. I don't think it was a shortcoming of the deck, but simply poor draws. I think I could have dealt with it with better cards in hand. It just didn't happen. Either way, 2nd place is fine by me, winning 12 boosters. I made the decision that Scavenging Oozes might be really good for this deck, Ruric Thar sucks (and is now removed from the deck). Thalia was moved to the sideboard. Kalonian Hydras are in the main board. Should work well!

Cambiamenti

BlackTappedout, 10 years ago

-1 Gemhide Sliver, -1 Descendants' Path, -1 Ancient Ziggurat, +3 Muscle Sliver

More Ooze

Rizerof, 10 years ago

After some playtesting with one of my friends I decided to remove a Wake the Reflections and add a Scavenging Ooze.

Clearing Space

CardsAndStuff, 10 years ago

Clearing out some old comments.

Clearing up comments

Smith_and_Tonic, 10 years ago

The comment section got a little long for this deck so I'm going to tuck them away and hopefully get some more chatter on this deck. If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment and we can talk them over.

tuffer420, 10 years ago

First go at making an extort shell around our lovely angel of thune

better late then never update

Warzin, 10 years ago

updated to replace Victim of Night with Far / Away.

Pithing Needle in sideboard vs AEtherling/planeswalkers and Scavenging Ooze.

Lifebane Zombie in sideboard for an intimidate beater who reveals their hand.

Gonna test on cockatrice how it fairs in the current standard.

StrummersGhost, 10 years ago

I have taken out the two Exsanguinate and added two Urge to Feed

Less Archwing, more badass dragons

rg807, 10 years ago

Thanks to Wargoat47 and Les796 for your comments. Those changes are comments I've received offline as well so I've been thinking about them anyway.

I also did some trial games where I found that Moonveil Dragon ability to pump ALL creatures is extremely useful.

Added an extra Utvara Hellkite to compound the Scourge of Valkas effect. Infernal plunge should let me get things out fairly quick. Also, I found that I always have more than enough mana - would anyone suggest taking less or is it too risky?

Let me know what you think of the changes. Thanks