This build looks like it will be a lot of fun to play. Definite +1 from me. Have you seen the Born of the Gods spoiler?? Courser of Kruphix might have a home here.

I have seen some spoiled cards but I'm probably not keeping up, I like to be surprised by some! But yeah she just might... But where o where would she fit in.

Gyre Sage may work for you. gives you mana at a breakneck speed

It might but right now my big mana producer is Karametra's Acolyte as I can ramp up in green pretty quickly. But thanks for the suggestion, I'll check out how she plays in here and give her a shot. If I find myself getting all my ramping creatures killed I'll always look for more.

It looks like you're expecting to play big guys like Worldspine Wurm and Colossus of Akros out of your hand. Maybe a Grisly Salvage would help for when your Whip of Erebos comes out. GS helps you get mana and access to creatures. Commune with the Gods can help you find the Whip.

With 7 mana, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and Whip of Erebos can combo to fling dead creatures at opponents all day long; just whip em out and use Jarad's ability. That looks fun!

+1 cuz it's not your typical Golgari (I like seeing out-of-the-box thinking, even it's just MGD spash black to make more fun)

Grisly Salvage has definitely been considered on multiple occasions, as well as Commune with the Gods . I'll have to play around with both a bit to see which one would be better in this build as I kind of feel like either would be great to replace Putrefy because I don't need a whole lot of removal when I'm doing the majority of that with my creatures.

I know right! That fling ability is fantastic and 7 mana is usually not too hard to come by in this deck. Like there could be opportunity for whipping out a Colossus of Akros , monstrous it, attack with it, and then sac it at the end. Like that much mana pours out of Karametra's Acolyte .

Also, I can see who gave +1 and you haven't yet on this deck at least ;) but thanks for affirming the decision to get through my library faster by utilizing self mill!

W-w-what? I think once I hit Comment I usually bounce somewhere else, let me make sure I hit it this time.

You'll want Grisly Salvage over Commune with the Gods since you might need to smooth out your land base in the early game, but either will help you find that mana dork you didn't get in your opening draw. Plus, GS is an instant and will save you the two mana on your turn.

TalladegaMagicMan- I'm definitely back and forth on her, the Colossus of Akros gets trample when it's monstrous but she may be extremely helpful when it comes to large Arbor Colossus that can't break through. I'll have to keep her in mind though if the smaller Colossus get's stuck. I suppose that's also why there is the alternate of Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord as my back up.

thewyzman- You got it now, thanks :) Yeah I have Grisly Salvage in there now, it's a nice addition.

Hey it's all good! It happens, just made a similar mistake yesterday. And you're right, this might be the most competitive deck that I own. At least I hope it is. I mean there are always chances for mishap but we'll see.

Hey thewyzman (or others) what do you think about Read the Bones instead of Grisly Salvage ? It costs one more, it takes two life, it's a sorcery, it goes through one less card, but it gives me 2 cards instead of one, and it's any card not just creature or land. I wouldn't want to force myself into putting one or both of my Garruk, Caller of Beasts into the graveyard.

I think GS is better off since it gives you more (1) access to scavenges, (2) pumps Jarad, (3) access to creatures if you're using the whip.

TalladegaMagicMan, He's trying to use the whip to reanimate his creatures, which is a theme to his deck. Taking out his Whip would be like taking Grisly Salvage out of a dredge deck.

Whip a creature, attack with it, then at the end of your turn sac it with Jarad for an additional pump. Given, I think it's much too slow and inconsistent for competitive gaming, it's still fun casual.

Don't worry if Garruk ends up in your graveyard some times. If he's the only way you can win then your deck fails. Of course having him will help you tons, but not having him shouldn't stop you from winning, so don't worry about losing him in a GS.

Having card advantage is key in matches, so Read the Bones is never a bad idea. I would drop a Corpsejack Menace (helps you alot, but is situational when at his best), and a Colossus of Akros (you don't want to be holding eight-drops in your opening hand, especially against an aggro deck)

Right? Playtesting this deck is far too much fun and far too easy. The Whip of Erebos isn't always that great in the playtest but I think against aggro and really against most decks, if my hand is a little slower the lifelink will really help. Even if my opponent manages a board wipe when I don't have any defense for that on turn 8 and I can't get anything out for a while but I have 60 life, it's not a big deal to rebuild my field.

But thewyzman, TalladegaMagicMan is right in the play tests. More often then not the whip does not come into use and usually after I sacrifice my Colossus of Akros once, it's game over. The whip could help on getting them in that one time but again, usually it doesn't take more then one sacrifice to finish the game. You should try it out! The ramp to Colossus of Akros is very quick (most times), enough so that I actually enjoy seeing him in an opening hand (given that I have a couple dorks as well).

But the double black is harder, for Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and the Whip... Maybe I should up my black mana count just a little and I think that Underworld Connections would also be great in here to make up for card draw when I can't get Garruk.

Thanks for commenting!

This seems like a really good build, but i was never able to draw Colossus of Akros before T10, and once I had him on the field I wasn't able to pump him to 30/30. I did 10 playtests and each one ended up with only one swamp on the field. Wish I could give some better feedback, but I'm not the best when it comes to giving reviews(?).

Really? That's very odd, I almost never find that to be a problem. He doesn't always make it on to the battlefield but if he doesn't, I already have a Arbor Colossus or two out and another big guy doing work. Hmmm... And only one swamp? Even with Overgrown Tomb ? Yikes. Well I often use the Sylvan Caryatid to find me the extra black mana, but that's just odd. You must have used the playtesting's random decks worst scenario's or something. It's best to have 2 land and 2 dorks in your opening hand- you're usually fine then.

But yeah normally I get out Colossus of Akros by turn 6 or 7, and that's probably just about average, I have had him out on turn 5 with monstrosity before as well. I have yet to actually find my cards to build this deck and shuffle them up in real life but we'll have to give it a shot soon so I can find out whether or not it's as consistent as I would like it to be.

Thanks for giving me that bit of info xXGuiltyNinjaXx, and taking the time to playtest this deck through so many times!