Undying Retribution

Modern Snowmen1

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First Update —July 2, 2020

This is the first time I have made an update to a deck on tappedout. Usually, with large changes, such as a new card coming out that would significantly change a deck, I would just make a new deck so that I would have the old version of the deck left to look at later. Though making new decks would save information, and show the paths I make to making certain decisions, I feel like I would lose much needed exposure and make me lose out on help I would have in making a list. so, without any further adieu, here is what I'm changing:

-2 Eldritch Evolution -1 Viscera Seer -1 Scavenging Ooze -2 Priest of Forgotten Gods -1 Fatal Push

+3 Village Rites +1 Zulaport Cutthroat +3 Unearth

Comment on some of these changes: Priest of Forgotten Gods: This card has been great, it has gotten me out of a lot of sticky situations. The card draw, drain, edict, and mana production stapled on this sac outlet makes it an explosive card that can help you grind into the late game. Unfortunately, as good as it has been, the card is clunky, and is the first removed first in cases where it would be best. If you could play the card and then activate it immediately, then the card would definitely have a spot, but unfortunately summoning sickness makes this card too clunky, and its going to get tossed to the way side with cards like Cabal Therapist

Eldritch Evolution and Village Rites: I am experimenting with a mix of these spells. regardless, of which should be played, these one time use value sac spells definitely deserve slots in the deck. Lets compare the two. while Eldritch Evolution is a great toolbox card and gets what will most likely be the most valuable creature for a situation. It is a card that makes your 1 of creatures, almost like a 5 of if you're playing 4, so it is a really good card to dig for when trying to find answers. That being said, the card is 3 mana, and is often your only play for the turn, leaving you without being able to play other spells, also noteworthy, you can't get retribution of the ancients with it, which I'm finding is at times much better than getting yawgmoth. now for Village Rites, this new card from M21 is the best version of the spell to date, going from completely a unplayable card like , to something that may just be worth it. Being 1 mana, it is a way that you can generate +1/+1 counters on your undying creatures, and churn through the deck for more creatures as well as answers such as cards like Retribution of the Ancients and answers. Being instant speed also does a lot for the deck, you can hold up mana for retribution and play a reactive strategy when needed, you could also use it to sac creatures that would die anyways for value, or save an undying creature from path. With all of this said, I think that these cards both benefit the deck in a unique way, and that some split sounds correct, so for now I will be opting for the 3, 2 split between rites, and evolution.

Unearth: this is a card that I have been avoiding for a little bit. Unearth is a card that is just an amazing card for a lot of decks, but being a card that functions from the graveyard, I have avoided in an effort to not rely on it too much. That being said, this deck has cards that play different key roles in order to operate at its best, and in the event that one of these pieces are removed, having a way to efficiently bring them back makes this deck much more resilient.

Zulaport Cutthroat: This card was suggested, figured I'd try it. haven't liked the idea of playing this card too much because it is just a 1/1, which is not that favorable in an aggro deck, but I tend to have trouble with aggressive decks like burn, so the life gain is nice. also having some extra reach with a sac outlet seems good for getting that last bit of damage through as well.

So there it is, thats it for my first deck update, let me know what you think!

Previous List: Main: 2x Assassin's Trophy 4x Blooming Marsh 4x Carrion Feeder 4x Eldritch Evolution 3x Fatal Push 2x Forest 4x Geralf's Messenger 3x Nurturing Peatland 3x Overgrown Tomb 2x Priest of Forgotten Gods 4x Retribution of the Ancients 2x Scavenging Ooze 4x Strangleroot Geist 2x Swamp 4x Twilight Mire 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 3x Verdant Catacombs 3x Viscera Seer 2x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 4x Young Wolf

Side: 2x Ashiok, Dream Render 2x Damping Sphere 1x Evolutionary Leap 1x Kitchen Finks (000) 1x Obstinate Baloth 1x Phyrexian Revoker 2x Reclamation Sage 1x Relic of Progenitus 3x Thoughtseize 1x Yixlid Jailer