Ayli: Eternal Sacrificing
Commander / EDH
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Grave Pact —Aug. 4, 2017
Only two changes over the past few weeks as the deck continues to perform very well after the large changes earlier in the summer:
Entomb ---> Mortify ---> Grave Pact: I took Entomb out. It's a great card but my one copy was more needed in another deck. If I get another copy I'll think about throwing it back in here. My first replacement was for Mortify but the deck felt like it had enough removal. I'm trialing Grave Pact instead which came out of another deck. With all of Ayli's sacrificing I imagine Grave Pact will help clear the board. Plus its high devotion to black is great for Gray Merchant.
Mortuary Mire ---> Swamp: Mortuary Mire is just a weak recursion effect and it feels awful in the early game when you need the land drop but don't have creatures in the graveyard yet. If you're on a budget, Mortuary Mire is a good option but it wasn't needed in here with all of the stronger effects. I just threw in another Swamp which comes into play untapped and works better with Cabal Coffers and Crypt Ghast.
Reassembling Skeleton and Nim Deathmantle are still on the chopping block as I am unsure about them. The deathmantle sometimes works great when I have tons of mana to hold up for its recursion. Without lots of mana it can perform fairly weak though. Reassembling Skeleton works well with Skullclamp and when I am above 50 life and need sac fodder for Ayli's exiling ability. Not sure how good it is outside of those circumstances.
Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated!