GB Delirium [EMN] (Standard MTG Deck)

Delirium has been overlooked as pre EMN it was abhorrently difficult to trigger. The addition of three new tools: Grim Flayer, Collective Defiance*, and Liliana, the Last Hope mean that this strategy is now more viable than ever. Additionally, often overlooked is Oath of Nissa's legend rule, which can stack your graveyard with an enchantment while replacing itself with the advantage of card selection. No more compromising with Vessel of Nascency!.

Grafwidow provides immense defensive power against aggressive decks such as Company, and can block Archangel Avacyn . Den Protector and Liliana, the Last Hope provide card advantage, while Traverse the Ulvenwald into Decimator of the Provinces ends games quickly after a Ishkanah, Grafwidow is played, sacrificing the 3/5 body to swing with a 9/9 and 3 3/4 tramples, along with anything else on the board, for 1GGG.

There's a lot of mana-base support, so only 22 lands are played, despite having 32 sources of mana/lands at 1-3 mana.

*Though I'm not playing Red, if you run this and Chandra the full-hand looter effect instantly triggers delirium most of the time.

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2nd update round — July 27, 2016

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-2 Hangarback Walker +2 Grasp of Darkness: While this change makes me slightly works against tokens, Hangarback is incredibly weak to spell queller, and both contribute +1 to delirium (because creature is easy to have). While it means I can't goldfish off a single trigger of Grim Flayer for delirium, I can more consistently hit with Flayer if I have a way to deal with an early Advocate.

-1 Drownyard Temple -1 Forest +1 Swamp +1 Blighted Fen: The card advantage & ramp from milling the temple was coming in less often than I had hoped, given that I drew the card >3/4 the time I saw it. Realizing I lack a way to deal with Ormendahl, I instead brought in a Blighted Fen, which can be tutored for by Traverse the Ulvenwald with delirium. I left in the Sea Gate Wreckage because having a source of consistent card advantage tutorable with Traverse in the late game seems situationally strong. Drownyard still a possibility. Given that the other changes push having BB on turn 3-4 harder, I've swapped a basic.

-1 The Gitrog Monster +1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet: Have been thinking about this and the mana flood for Gitrog was less prevalent after I cut the Den Protectors, which would most often bring back a no-delirium Traverse. Kalitas provides more protection against aggro, an earlier CMC meaning less vulnerability to spot removal, and synergizes more with the added Grasps and less with the removed Drownyards.

1st update round. — July 23, 2016

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Top Ranked	Achieved #40 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 3 Mythic Rares 19 - 5 Rares 4 - 2 Uncommons 9 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Morph 2/2 C, Spider 1/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B
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