ClockworkSwordfish Deckspert

• Edit User
• Edit Profile
• Enable styles
• Disable styles
• Unblock user
• Block user
• Disable chat
• Enable chat
• Remove friend
• Add as friend
• Gift Tokens
• Settings

I always felt that Slaughter was an underplayed card in EDH, as 4 life to buy it back is a lot less intimidating when you're starting with a whole 40. Dregs of Sorrow is big and clunky, but in a format this slow, it could very well be worthwhile in the lategame.

If you're going for such a graveyard-heavy strategy, though, there's really no bigger recommendation I can make then Tortured Existence! Being able to swap out any creature for whatever you need from a well-stocked graveyard is the closest you can come to Recurring Nightmare in the format. Likewise, Apprentice Necromancer, Doomed Necromancer and Undead Gladiator should have no trouble finding homes in such a build. You might also consider Ashen Powder as a budget way to lift some powerful fatty from your opponent's graveyard if you're at risk of accidentally reanimating it as collateral with Balthor.

Thunderherd Migration is pretty lousy if you don't have a dinosaur, and not even that impressive even with one - it's still just another Rampant Growth. In its place, I'd recommend Nature's Lore (it can get shocklands!) or Cultivate (the Migration will probably be three mana anyway.)

So what if Life and Limb is already a card? Fire / Ice and Feast or Famine both predate the swords by many years.

I'd run at least one or two Forests in there for sure.

If you want redundancy for being able to assemble an infinite combo, you could also consider Wirewood Channeler!