Let 'em Die [Primer: Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker]
Commander / EDH*
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Cleaning Comments —April 7, 2016
I've made a good number of changes, and this deck can stand up in multi-player a little better. It's still murdered by most -X/-X effects and graveyard hate, but it can recover a little better now. I've noticed that if I can be non-threatening until it's down to just 2 or 3 players, I can often suddenly become a threat. Dictate of Erebos and Butcher of Malakir are solid board wipes with a sac outlet and a handful of creatures, Thoughtpicker Witch with other discard effects can lockdown the game, and Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat can win the game. All this depends on being able to keep Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker on the board, so I've do increased the ways to protect her.
SmokeyBear15 says... #2
More wither and -1/-1 counter cards that I might consider mixing in:
October 29, 2015 7:01 p.m.
SmokeyBear15 says... #3
Okay, so I've decided on some changes. Improving the deck's current theme:
Bottle Gnomes -> Deathgreeter. Gives me more potential life gain than just 3 per turn.
Chimney Imp -> Fetid Imp. Chimney Imp is more expensive and it's ability is nice but not crucial.
Unearth -> Disturbed Burial. This way I can get any of my heavy hitters or commander out of graveyard if needed, and do it more than once with buyback.
Tragic Slip -> Scour from Existence. I need at least one way to remove artifacts and enchantments.
2 Swamps -> Cabal Coffers and Black Market. Because mana is wonderful.
I've also decided that I want to try working in a sub-theme to this deck. Wither/Infect:
Leaden Myr -> Plague Myr. Pretty much equivalent except with Infect.
Pharika's Chosen -> Corrosive Mentor. EVERYTHING HAS WITHER what's not to love??
Ritual of the Machine -> *Necroskitter. Potential to gain control of a lot of creatures.
Blade of the Bloodchief -> *Whispering Specter. Infect, discard, flying, extra creature. Blade of the Bloodchief wasn't really aligned with the playstyle I have, and doesn't seem to protect Shirei too much honestly.
I still want to work in Fume Spitter and *Contagion Engine to enhance this Wither subtheme. Not sure what to swap them for yet. ((Note: Cards marked with * are ones I don't own yet.))
November 1, 2015 12:50 p.m.
SmokeyBear15 says... #4
Made a decent number of changes. I don't remember what i swapped for, but here's my additions:
Crypt of Agadeem works like a second Cabal Coffers in this deck. And Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is just handy ya know?
Mindless Automaton gets me reusable card draw. Burnished Hart is possibly recursive (I have way more ways to get back a creature than an artifact, and if I put a -1/-1 counter on it, then it comes back with Shirei).
Viscera Seer and Spawning Pit are both free sac outlets that are just wonderful. Although I've noticed that scrying with the Seer is less helpful if I have Pilgrim's Eye out, for example, and end up shuffling library.
Dutiful Attendant is recursive graveyard retrieval, and so is Junk Diver for my artifacts. I expect both of those to be useful.
Unstable Obelisk gives me a tad more removal potential.
That's all nice and all, but here's some things I'm thinking about doing:Replace Nightmare with Butcher of Malakir (who got swapped out for Dictate of Erebos, btw). Replace Sol Ring with Leaden Myr? And/or maybe swap out Everflowing Chalice for Expedition Map to get out my Coffers or Crypt of Agadeem faster.... Replace Augur of Skulls with maybe Ravenous Rats or Thieving Sprite, since I can trigger it on opponents turn.Replace Fetid Imp with either Plague Stinger or Basilica Screecher. Need the flyers, but maybe get something a little more useful.
I'd love to include either Ring of Xathrid or Dark Privilege as additional protection for my commander. Living Death, Decree of Pain, Plague Wind, and Deadly Tempest have all caught my eye as good cards for multiplayer, so one of these would be nice too.
Also considering both Shred Memory and Dimir Machinations for their transmute ability.
SmokeyBear15 says... #1
It would be a lot of fun if I found a way to have Necroskitter, Necropede, Whispering Specter, Needle Specter, and Corrosive Mentor all in this deck, because that would be so much fun to chip away at my opponents AND a way to sac my low-toughness creatures.
October 19, 2015 7:36 p.m.