The Venomous Back Rub?!?!

Commander / EDH* Makyran

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Another update —July 13, 2017

-1 Harbinger of night, +1 Faithless looting

-1 Dismember, +1 Pyroblast

Harbinger of night's uncontrollable nature makes him more of a nuisance than benefit. I elected to replace him with Faithless looting. Dismember isn't preforming the part, so I'm putting Pyroblast back in!

DiabolicEsper says... #1

This is actually a pretty good list for TSG, just some things tho:
-I would replace either Pyroblast or Red Elemental Blast with Imp's Mischief, which in my experience it's better being able to basically counter other colour spells (eg swords, or path etc), unless your meta demands it.
-The other is card draw, both Faithless Looting and Cathartic Reunion are decent inclusion I would choose (especially since you some of the combo's you included involve filling up the graveyard, and also you have a decent amount of reanimation for the discard to be beneficial).
-Rakdos Charm is another card that seems like more of a meta-answer ( it could be nice if you included what your meta is like), which can really be replaced with Smelt or Tormod's Crypt.
-Your land count is alright considering your average CMC is 3-ish and a decent number of ramp.
-and Yawgmoth's Will? seems like a card that doesn't look right in here, it shuts off too many things/gameplans (u want creatures to enter the graveyard, not exile) it's more for a storm style or very explosive single-turn deck in case your wondering.
Either way, have fun with TSG, I'll give this list a shot with my casual pods.

July 12, 2017 7:49 a.m.

Makyran says... #2

I agree with Imp's Mischief over Pyroblast. It will probably be overall more usefull in the long run. Reason I have been running both, due to the high number of blue players around my play area. But they are dying down a bit, so Imp's Mischief will probably be better now. Rakdos Charm is a meta call. I have some token players around, a lot of graveyard and the artifact destroy is handy from time to time, so it will stay for now. Yawgmoth's Will is not actually in the list, I just put in sideboard instead of maybe. xD

I will wait a bit on finding space for Faithless Looting and other draw cards. I want feel out more of the cards first!

Ty for the advice DiabolicEsper! :D

July 12, 2017 8:03 a.m.