The Shadow Slayer

Commander / EDH LeeRoy_Jenkiins

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The First Live Play-test! —Jan. 1, 2019

• Purpose of Update : I have finally decided to just proxy the deck! I have played two games that consisted of six players total. Although some of my opponents decks were not optimized, I still think I learned valuable information about improvements needed for this deck. Sadly I think it is too soon to start changing cards since I did not get to see all of the cards in my deck and that I need to get a better feel for what cards need to be replaced.
• Game 1 : The first game the deck won through controlling unwanted threats, killing two players with a big Torment of Hailfire, and then finishing the game with an overloaded Cyclonic Rift to clear the way for Dakkon Blackblade to kill the last opponent.
• Game 2 : The second game the deck got second place and mostly due to many mistakes, such as not extorting cards spells when I had the extra mana. This game made me realize that the deck needs work on win conditions, card draw, and tutors. Nezahal, Primal Tide did a lot of work for one of my opponents and I could get around it using Torment of Hailfire since they were drawing too many cards from it. The last opponents that I lost to also had Mystifying Maze and that shut down my Dakkon win condition since I had no means of giving him shroud or hexproof besides countering the ability by cycling Nimble Obstructionist.
• Future Outlooks : I will now be looking into cards that make the deck more pillow fort since my board is mostly filled with creatures that I want to keep alive. I may look into a small life gain theme to increase my survivability. I am also looking to add more gods to the deck since they are more difficult to dispose of and the can provide wanted utility, such as Heliod, God of the Sun giving my creatures vigilance and being able to create 2/1 creature tokens.