Help to improve my Mortician Beetle Sac deck
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Posted on March 8, 2017, 10:39 p.m. by Henkell
Mortician Beetle Sac Aggro Deck
Hello I have had this card called Mortician Beetle for years now and I always thought it was an interesting card. I decided to try and make a deck around it and would like some advice on how to make it better. The main objective is using sacrifices that will affect both me and the opponnent to quickly raise the Beetle power, going for the kill with a double strike with trample. It's an Aggro deck with board control through sacrifices. I'd love to hear some Ideas! Thanks in advance!
APPLE01DOJ says... #3
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You could use this as a basis and improve upon it. It was my first modern deck and it's a ton of fun to pilot.
March 9, 2017 8:48 a.m.
If you do want to ramp mana for cards like Death's Presence, you can use Eldrazi spawn, which still keeps you on theme while you ramp.
I don't understand Giant Growth in this deck. Its a good card, but it doesn't really fit in the shell. Maybe replace it with Lightning Bolt, Fatal Push, or Young Wolf?
I also agree with Be-Bad-And-Play-Mill. His suggestions are wise, like those of an ancient cantaloupe monk.
March 9, 2017 10:08 a.m.
Thanks a lot for the advices! I'll try and reshape the deck with your ideas and see how it goes! More ideas will be welcome!
March 9, 2017 10:30 a.m.
Be-Bad-And-Play-Mill says... #6
Just had a couple of other thoughts after a day of thinking. Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip flips on the sac, and gives you a creature to replace it, as well as the ability to double discard. In addition to that, if you don't mind running a one off color on four creatures, you can run Prized Amalgam, who is a free card for you and your opponent to discard. In addition to that, Lili's flip side has a -X, which brings back a card with a CMC equal to X. With a Young Wolf sitting in the grade, this gives you a fresh creature, namely one that can die twice, and another in the form of Prized Amalgam, whom if he somehow dies, can have the wolf killed to come back again. And if you intend to run Eldritch Evolution too, you can always keep it and blow up a Young Wolf to put Amalgam right into the field.
Be-Bad-And-Play-Mill says... #2
While I like the spice on Dark Prophecy, I'd toss it in favor of Dictate of Erebos, which is basically like another Grave Pact, and is less color intensive. I understand Disentomb and Eldritch Evolution, but dislike both. Killing Wave is a fun alternative for both of those, and hits both players. And if the opponent keeps a strong board presence, they pay for it in life, where you would prefer to keep only the minimal amount of creatures. I don't like Jarad, and would rather see more effective one drops such as Young Wolf, which can give you a singular double sac outlet or you can do the opposite and run Slitherhead, which can give you a single sac outlet, and then buff a creature later. You could also run both, as an option. And while I love Death's Presence as a card (much like I like Guild Feud and Possibility Storm), it's simply too slow with your lack of mana ramp. The end result would also move you off of red entirely, of which you're only running a couple of spells, and there are far better spells out there. While it is true Temur Battle Rage gives you first strike, I feel there are just better spells out there to help considering how color intensive some of the pieces are. Fists of Ironwood provides Trample and more creatures, for instance, Sheltering Word gives some nice bonuses, as does Heroic Intervention and Apostle's Blessing, the latter of which is an Infect staple for a very good reason. If you want to reduce the number of blockers, then you could run Alpha Authority, and for further beats, run Scute Mob. Then you could also shift over to Creakwood Liege if you really wanted, who would buff the creatures in your deck, and give even more sac outlets. Then there's Ghost Quarter, which could fill your red slots and kill creature lands on the spot, when they're creatures usually, and give you even more counters on the Beetle.
March 8, 2017 11:11 p.m.