20 lands is really low for a control deck. I would definitely bump that up to closer to at least 24. I'm also somewhat worried about your ability to fill up your graveyard. Maybe splash green for Sidisi, Brood Tyrant?
Profaner of the Dead is an amazing exploit card that could replace Torrent Elemental.
The Disdainful Stroke should probably be in the sideboard so Dissolve can be in the main.
Other than that, this looks like a pretty sweet deck. I never thought about Mirror Mockery+Exploit. That's amazing.
April 22, 2015 1:41 p.m.
Darcis, reading you comment made me think about how full my graveyard usually is, and the answer is: it depends on the draws, and I get that Sidisi, Brood Tyrant would make it a lot more consistent and in a better fashion than Gurmag Drowner, its cheaper counterpart. What I find difficult is find the place for it and for the mana to cast it, in your opinion which card should I drop for her and for the additional mana?
April 22, 2015 5:54 p.m.
I think you could go down to 3x Hero's Downfall if you wanted to. I'm not sure what your meta is, but I think at least a few of the Duress could go to the side as well. My recommendation would be
-3 Duress (to the sideboard)
Something I didn't even remember to mention before was that Sidisi even produces more exploit targets. :P
Also, I would still test out Profaner of the Dead in this build. I haven't played very much with a deck like this, but it just seems like it would work so well against aggro.
April 22, 2015 6:32 p.m.
Darcis, I managed to fit Sidisi, Brood Tyrant, I also increased the number of lands to 22 (which I think is enough). About the Profaner of the Dead, to me it would be a card I'd run in place of Drown in Sorrow, as an anti-aggro, in the sideboard, and I think Drown in Sorrow gets the job done better than Profaner of the Dead, the reason I can't consider to drop the Torrent Elementals is that they are a infinite threat with whip, and then coming back from exile
April 22, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Yeah, Drown probably works better. I just like to think of all of the possibilities with Mirror Mockery. :P
April 22, 2015 8:05 p.m.
Tripplesix says... #7
Maybe a bit low on creatures? I'd go for atleast 20 to make the most of Sidisi's trigger and keep the threats coming.. And as much as I love Ashiok myself he may be better of in the SB. Just my opinion.. +1 :)
Kalibroxin says... #1
I just played a deck similar to this last night. Came in 2nd place. The thing that you will find is that you run out of things to do rather quickly, and your board state may not have the presence that it should. You have Palace Siege in your Maybeboard, and I found that it is the most important card in the deck for ensuring that you can use your Exploit creatures over and over again. I know that you have Whip of Erebos, and the lifegain could be relevant, but Palace Siege will allow you to use Sidisi, Undead Vizier and Rakshasa Gravecaller multiple times, which could mean the difference. It never hurts to also get back all of your other creatures, but I have actually increased the number of Palace Sieges in my deck to 4 because of how important it is.
April 21, 2015 8:01 a.m.