Kalitas - Traitorous Control
Commander / EDH
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A few updates; still tuning —July 18, 2016
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A bit uncertain about removing two of my free sac outlets...but I actually haven't used either of those two in games so far.
I tried out Death Cloud in a game online. Had it in hand, but really, really did not want to trigger a bunch of self-discard. Holding off on that one for now.
Massacre Wurm is in to deal with token decks, and also to help with new addition, Karn, Silver Golem. Karn will help me deal with artifacts, and the Wurm will help kill many at once. A Massacre Wurm in a MImic Vat is a powerful thing. Considering the addition of Chainer, Dementia Master to fuel recursion loops, but currently that might be going a bit too far, since I don't have a ton of free and flexible sacrifice outlets. Chainer only gets broken with one of those, preferably also with some on-death token generation or something.
Thinking about adding Kormus Bell for the absolutely evil combo with Kormus Bell + Massacre Wurm + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth . All enemy lands destroyed. If Kalitas is on the board, they all get exiled and I get zombies, since they wouldn't be tokens. If Kalitas is not online, they just take a ton of damage while their lands go to the grave. This is an amazing win condition, but some would consider this to be way too mean. I actually like being "that guy," but I don't want to make people actually averse to playing with me. Holding off for now.
Also dropping Blade of the Bloodchief in favor of Sword of Light and Shadow. A little more creature recursion, protection for the two main removal colors, and a little lifegain/pump. Good for Kalitas but also just about any other beater creature. Blade was basically a dead card, every time, because I rarely get to pump Kalitas, and even more rarely when Blade is available.
Also new is Killing Wave. It's a nice way to get an asymmetric wipe when I only have 1-2 creatures and somebody just laid down an army (tokens or just a big set of plays). Sure they'll likely keep a few creatures, but it's cheap for a removal X spell, it makes a usable political tool, and I just got the full-art promo foil.
The limited sacrifice outlets really concern me. Kalitas can handle some sacrifice himself and I have a few others, but not many are free. Also concerned about the lack of hand destruction with the removal of Sadistic Hypnotist.