Counterjack
Standard*
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Oct. 2, 2012
Finally added a sideboard. Tossed in two copies of Increasing Savagery for games that tend to drag on, and two more Sever the Bloodline'' to counter decks that don't have many cheap spells (thinking big control here). Against control, I'd probably SB in 2x Sever and 2x Savagery in place of 3x [[Abrupt Decay and 1x Rancor.
Desecration Demon was included for a few matchups. It's again ideal against control, and would replace the Primordial Hydras there; I love the Hydra, but control can take care of the Hydra too easily. The Demon, meanwhile, has better odds of getting a big swing off or at least taking out a couple chumps for me. The Demon is particularly nasty against midrange decks (particularly jund, that wants to rely on Bonfire of the Damned, which would have a harder time putting away a 6-toughness creature).
Crushing Vines is included to counter decks with heavy focus on fliers (especially if they're using something like Rakdos), but also to nuke artifacts. The big concern here is Grafdigger's Cage, which can flub up this deck's plan pretty significantly. Abrupt Decay hits those decks pretty hard, but the Vines certainly help. I also put another copy of Abrupt Decay into the SB for this same reason. Against something like Delver or a really aggro deck featuring fliers (so, nine times out of ten, Delver), I'd side in three Crushing Vines in place of 1x Increasing Savagery and 2x Sever the Bloodline. If I thought I needed it, I'd also throw in the fourth Abrupt Decay in place of a Rancor.
Finally, Deathrite Shaman is good against a couple of matchups. It hurts anything heavy on Snapcaster mages, which means it also targets Delver, it does well in matchups against other decks using the grave, it provides extra damage and extra life, and it's just a generally amazing multitool. If I want a little more consistency against decks that can pump out damage pretty fast, I'll probably swap this guy in for the Gravecrawlers (they're great, but not being able to block sucks).
Maybe some alternate use of corpsejack? Creature with Undying gain counters, as do creature with the new Unleash mechanic. card:Geralf's Messenger dying and coming back as a 5/4 is pretty boss
September 28, 2012 3:28 p.m.
AncientDragon999 says... #4
Gravecrawler -2, Dreg Mangler +2, possibly? I run a similar deck, called Counters gonna Count, and I used to have Gravecrawler s in it, but I took them out because they were underperforming. Dreg Mangler works way better. I also took out Lotleth Troll , but I think it works okay for this deck.
The only other thing I would reccomend is Increasing Savagery , it works awesome in my deck and has won me many games. Good luck, and good job!
+1
September 28, 2012 4:21 p.m.
AncientDragon999 says... #5
Wait sorry you already have 4 Dreg Mangler s. I would take out 2 Gravecrawler s and add in 2 Increasing Savagery .
September 28, 2012 4:23 p.m.
Necropolis Regent is pushing it for a two-colour deck, with that triple-black mana cost. He has more green mana producers than black, and no mana fixing at all, so the chance of NecRegent being a dead card in hand are too high.
September 28, 2012 5 p.m.
Necropolis Regent is also way above this deck's curve, and as Long_Con pointed out, too black-intensive. It's actually meant to be played as a pretty fast aggro; what attracted me to the design is that Scavenge and Primordial Hydra give it legs for the long game that most aggro decks don't have access to.
Lotleth Troll is key in the deck. It has amazing synergy with Slitherhead, Grave Crawler, and (obviously, given the deck's theme) Corpsejack Menace.
I decided not to go with Undying creatures because of the anti-synergy with Scavenge and Lotleth Troll. Young Wolf was in an early version of the deck, but I find Gravecrawler outperforms it by far.
I am thinking of going 3-2 on Abrupt Decay/Sever the Bloodline. Bloodline, actually, is turning out to be a real trump card in playtesting. I considered Murder but the flashback on sever and the ability to nuke tokens is winning me over.
September 28, 2012 5:16 p.m.
I'm a fan of any deck that can use Primordial Hydra effectively. +1
September 28, 2012 10:30 p.m.
Problem with Veilborn Ghoul is that it kinda sucks without the Troll; I don't want to rely too much on drawing any one card in the deck.
CrimsonKing says... #1
I'm loving the deck. Put Rancor in here to make your weak creatures a huge threat!
September 28, 2012 12:42 a.m.