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Dunes of the Dead
Land — Desert
: Add .
When Dunes of the Dead is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
aladinnsane on
Braids, Compleated Nightmare
1 year ago
Looks pretty good, I had fun with a similar deck a while ago. Just be aware that you will need a fair bit of protection for braids as she tends to get a ton of hate!
A few interesting cards that almost guarantee the card draw would be Dunes of the Dead and Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai. No one wants to sack lands, you'll get your drain and draw, plus a little token for your trouble. Because of braids abilities, it means you can get away with other spells you'd otherwise want well away from your board. Treacherous Blessing, Demonic Lore or Ichor Wellspring get you easy card draw plus a nice option for braids to sack. Syr Konrad, the Grim is always a great card to go for when the aim of the game is to constantly sap away at you opponents creatures too.
plakjekaas on So Dominaria
1 year ago
Oh and all deserts you can play:
Which is 16 total, plus I guess Vesuva can count as well.
RogueDeck on
Mardu Smallpox
3 years ago
Nice primer and deck list!
I've being building a version of mardu smallpox too, got some versions of the deck among my decks.
One of the last versions I'm testing Cleansing Wildfire in place of a set of Stone Rain that had being great but this new one could be good too.
I'm using gurmag, young pyromancer, myth realized, lingering souls and at times Dunes of the Dead tokens for clock.
My last list:
Some of the previous lists:
And a more casual list for multiplayer too: Mardu Multiplayer Control
Generally the lists were based on one of Kanaoka Yoshihiko's 2015 lists: Yoshihiko's Mardu Smallpox
But without the planeswalkers and playing with 2 lands most of the time keeping the game in a early state making your threats more relevant.
ChickenBoy13 on
Ulamog, the Infinite
3 years ago
I'd replace Dunes of the Dead, Quicksand, Sequestered Stash, Sunscorched Desert, Urza's Factory, and Warped Landscape with Wastes, Loreseeker's Stone with War Room, Orazca Relic with Burnished Hart, Ruin Processor and Deathless Behemoth with Void Winnower and Spawnsire of Ulamog, and replace Luxa River Shrine with Conduit of Ruin.
If you want to go a bit faster, Planar Portal is a little slow, so I'd replace it with Eye of Ugin. If you're having trouble with creature heavy decks, I'd replace Scour from Existence with Ugin, the Spirit Dragon.
Other than that, this list looks pretty good!
fmastrome2008 on
Aluren Me to the Desecrated
3 years ago
I see a major problem in this build. Your curve is 2.79, which is good, but I don't see any mana assistance. 7 / 33 lands are colorless. Your only mana acceleration less than 3 mana is Crop Rotation, Sol Ring, Talisman of Curiousity, and Burgeoning.
My overall suggestions:
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Command Tower should be in every commander deck, no exceptions.
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Replace 2-3 lands with lands that provide color, even if they're just basics for now. I like Reliquary Tower and Field of the Dead. Thespian's Stage is too cute. Dunes of the Dead doesn't appear like it would get activated more than once a game, when you see it.
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I see Nature's Claim. Since this is a yarok build, I would switch this over to Reclamation Sage. You get the second trigger off the ETB.
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Mulldrifter and Shriekmaw are great. Draw 4, kill 2 things for 2 mana. Also interacts with Risen Reef since they're elementals.
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Green loves mana acceleration. Birds of Paradise, Deathrite Shaman, Llanowar Elves all speed up the deck significantly. Also, this deck wants lands for the late game. I always love casting a Farseek, Nature's Lore, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, or Rampant Growth early. Mana flood is way better than mana screw. A good mana rock is Arcane Signet.
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You lack tutors, which help get what you need. Things like Birthing Pod, Prime Speaker Vannifar, Green Sun's Zenith, Demonic Tutor, all provide for greater consistency so you're not relying off topdeck to get answers or specific threats. For extra abusing ETB effects, consider Thassa, Deep-Dwelling and Conjurer's Closet.
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Hint hint: Woodland Bellower -> Wood Elves/Farhaven Elf + Fierce Empath -> 2 lands and Palinchron and Deadeye Navigator. Palinchron + 6 lands = infinite mana. Deadeye navigator combines with Thassa's Oracle to mill yourself, Cauldron Familiar to ping opponents, and Altar of the Brood to mill opponents. All are infinite combos and kill opponents on the same turn. Good luck!
match_lighter on
10-Rack
4 years ago
I particularly like Liliana of the Veil in The Rack decks as well as Thoughtseize which is in most cases better than Specter's Shriek . For protection against creature based decks a few Ensnaring Bridge could be used(which have really nice Invention art) as well as a copy of Damnation . Your mana base could also be improved Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth allows for the play of a couple of colorless lands like Mutavault or Dunes of the Dead (which works great with Smallpox ). I hope you will consider these changes which will greatly improve your pile of cards.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd on
GWC Reclaimer Eldrazi
4 years ago
Dunes of the Dead is neat one to keep in mind. I don't think it's good enough, but definitely one to keep in mind.
The standout tutor targets are the land destruction and Bojuka Bog when the matchup warrants them, and Gavony Township and Stirring Wildwood . Township wrecks opposing creature decks like Humans and E-Tron. And Stirring Wildwood can block Mantis Rider really effectively.
Interestingly, I don't feel the need to play a Horizon Canopy . This deck almost always has too many things to do with its mana already.
GWC is definitely not the best way to use Elvish Reclaimer . A Naya deck with Wrenn and Six is definitely the best way, but W6 is so expensive right now and I want to actually build a deck in paper with Elvish Reclaimer .
I wish I knew more about GW decks. Does this deck want Thalia? What about Voice of Resurgence or Qasali Pridemage ? Is Noble Hierarch better than Giver of Runes ? Can I run both or is that too many 1-drops? I might have to make this into either Bant or Junk so that I can play the midrange cards that I'm more familiar with. Naya without Wrenn and Six is also appealing because of Bloodbraid Elf .
Sk0oMa on
GWC Reclaimer Eldrazi
4 years ago
Dunes of the Dead is another great colorless card to hot with reclaimer for value
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