Maybe a touch of re-animator

GrandeKhan, 11 years ago

I was looking through my reanimator type cards and made a sideboard that could possibly be used with this deck as the backbone.

4x Dark Ritual 2x Animate Dead 2x Putrid Imp 2x Exhume 2x Buried Alive 2x Last Rites 1x Dread Return 1x Kaervek the Merciless 1x Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet

Any suggestions are welcome, never done reanimator before. - I guess that would take it outta modern though, shit.

On the lookout for some more instants that Umezawa can trigger from GY with 3 cmc or less. Thanks for checking this out!

biogon, 11 years ago

-: Deathgreeter, Blood Seeker, Codex Shredder, Trepanation Blade, Cellar Door, Decimator Web, Armillary Sphere, Artisan of Kozilek, Consume the Meek, Vendetta, Lux Cannon +: Ill-Gotten Gains, Reign of the Pit, Extractor Demon, Sands of Delirium, Scythe Specter, Altar of Dementia, Solemn Simulacrum, Harvester of Souls, Smallpox, Tragic Slip, Dictate of Erebos

FNM

torimino, 11 years ago

Came in 3rd at FNM. 4-1 in rounds, lost in to Naya Monsters which came in first. Lost in top 4 to Mono black, which came in second.

JMat27, 11 years ago

-2 Athreos // +2 Read the Bones

I love Athreos but he just isn't that good. Read the Bones helps get through unnecessary land to the creatures we need (or helps us get to the land we need to fix our colors. Athreos is great in theory but in practice it doesn't always work that well, and Read the Bones helps the deck to achieve critical mass.

That said, sacrificing a fully-devoted Atheros to give a Cartel Aristocrat protection and then promptly scavenging that Athreos onto the Aristocrat to swing for lethal is pretty satisfying, so he'll stay as a one of for the time being.

Playing with friends

Haginho, 11 years ago

So against a mono-green with lots of Centaurs (3/3 and 4/4), some heroic, and Courser of Kruphix and a couple of Fated Intervention, I won 2-1. First game won with Akroan Skyguard since it had no answer to flying and I took all instants I had on it, and the other because our lady Elspeth, Sun's Champion came in... Will definitely put in more Akroan Skyguard and Ajani's Presence.

Darn Fliers!

K1LR0Y, 11 years ago

so, after some playtesting ive come across a problem. fliers (AKA Stormbreath Dragon, Master of the Feast, and Prognostic Sphinx) im thinking of adding 2x Master of the Feast to solve this problem. what do u guys think?

TheDECKSPLORER, 11 years ago

Removed 2x Riptide Chimera, Dictate of Kruphix, 4x Azorius Guildgate, and 4x Dimir Guildgate.

Replaced with 4x Swamp, 4x Plains, and 3x Aegis of the Gods

New Combo

Tiogar, 11 years ago

Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice

Dangalf8899, 11 years ago

Actualy I would like you to help me with some creatures, some OP hitters. Thanks guys

Are Islands Obsolete?

GRUULFTW, 11 years ago

Took out Vorel of the Hull Clade for Mul Daya Channelers.

Mul Daya is amazing, like a low budget Courser of Kruphix. If the top card is a creature it becomes a 5/5. If the top card is a land I get to add 2 mana to my mana pool. Win win. And it's an elf so synergy with the arch Druid. Am I going hydra and elf tribal?

With the way Mana Ramp is going Bow of Nylea is being cut for Hydra Broodmaster. The bow is sort of a midrange type card, and this deck isn't midrange.

Slightly Less Budget

Bigbadbear88, 11 years ago

Took out 4x Flames of the Blood Hand and added 4x Vexing Devil

Undefeated at FNM

Borja514, 11 years ago

Only lost one game out of 4 matches last night. This deck is very well suited against control.

Getting ready for rotation out

TristieHat, 11 years ago

I took out most, if not all, creatures/instants/sorceries/echantments/Planeswalkers that will be rotating out come next set. I considered things that were close to the cards replaced, so to replace Loxodon Smiter I went for a Boon Satyr, Fiendslayer got replaced with Soldier of the Pantheon and Trostani, Selesnya's Voice and Jace, The Architect of Thought with Prophet of Kruphix. Any inclusions or upgrades that are from this current set or the next is what I ask for, thank you all for your time

andreuswolf, 11 years ago

On the advice of a kind anon from /tg/, replaced Naturalize with Unravel the Aether.

FNM Top 8, 3-1-1

TheGamer, 11 years ago

We are on a tear with this deck! We got top 8 again!

Round 1: Grixis Control, 2-0. Weird deck. It was focusing more on mill yet had the control cards control has. Game 1 kruphix, god of horzions created me lots of mana. He countered my first Sphinx's Revelation for 18, then he countered my next rev for 15. I finally resolved a Rev for 25 and killed him with Elspeth, Sun's Champion. Game 2 a turn 5 Elspeth, Sun's Champion with no response won me that game.

Round 2: R/W/B Aggro, 2-0. Me and him are close friends, and I know this deck. I had a HUGE advantage because of that. Game 1 he ran out of gas and got me to 5. I slowly came out of the gutter and slowly killed him with 9/9 krakens (thank you Kiora, the Crashing Wave). Game 2 I layed down turn 6 Elspeth. Knowing he had no response (in his whole deck), I won.

Round 3: Naya Hexproof, 0-2. I usually beat this guy :(. So, game one he super Aggro's me out with turn 2 Gladecover Scout with a Madcap Skills on it. I lost in a few turns having no answer. Game 2 I got close but he got me to exactly 8 life and was double Boros Charmed.

Round 4: MGD, 2-0. He was an Aggro deck, but an easy to beat Aggro deck. Both games early Supreme Verdict got me there.

Round 5: Split

~~~~~~Top 8~~~~~~

Round 1: Naya Hexproof, 1-2. Same deck I battled round 3, and same circumstances. game 1 he had more creatures than Auras so he quickly killed me off. Game 2 my super secret sideboard tech (Centaur Healer) did work! That life was important and he prevented his non-enchanted creatures from attacking. Game 3 I kept a bad hand for no reason. It was 4 lands, 2 5 CMC cards and one 6 CMC card. He Aggro'd me out fast with that turn 1 gladecover into turn 2 madcap.

Overall, VERY happy with this deck's performance. It is a very good deck and a very fun deck. Thanks again all for your support and happy deckbuilding!

Added Bioshift and Sage

SonnyCrockett, 11 years ago

Added Bioshift b/c it can trigger Heroic on two cards for one mana. It can even be two cards with no counters on them, as long as the heroic trigger of the target card gives them a counter.

Added Sage of Hours, because if you're going to be dealing with counters and Bioshift, this just makes a ton of sense for an add'l turn.

Welp... Master of Fat it is

MrOtter, 11 years ago

Deck Update: Yeah... Just went to FNM, sided-ed in Master of the Feast each game. Agent of the Fates just didn't perform like I hoped and BOY is Master of the Fat fantastic! Henceforth, Master of the Feast is now in the main-board and Agent of the Fates is in the sideboard.

Improvment 1

Maxylan, 11 years ago

-4 Mana Leak +2 Remand +2 Muddle the Mixture

-1 Thoughtseize -1 Bump in the Night +2 Liliana of the Veil

Thanks to every response and every feedback! Feel free to leave more!

Got Some Nice New Stuff in trades...

DoctorMowDown, 11 years ago

-Selesnya Guildgate, +Temple of Plenty

My deck doesn't care about Gates, so this is strictly better.

-Carven Caryatid, +Selvala, Explorer Returned

The Carven Caryatid is pretty solid. But Selvala has almost as big of a butt and does a nice Howling Mine impression (always great in Multiplayer) while ramping me and gaining me life. Cannot want more.

-Cloudgoat Ranger, +Bow of Nylea

Cloudgoat just wasn't goating there for this deck, which is odd since you think this deck would love 6 power worth of dude for 5 mana. Oh, well... the Bow is versatile enough that I'll easily be able to take advantage of it.

algalon, 11 years ago

Came 2nd at FNM because my opponent was extremely rude, I made a lot of misplays, and was really just ready to go home at that point. Opponent was playing boros devotion (elspeth/purphoros/boros reckoner, etc) No deck tweaks, just left it as is. Finally beat mono black, splash green! Hooray because Abrupt Decay can't touch most of my stuff. Rounds were as followed 1: sage of hours/ajani combo deck. 2: bye. 3: white weenie. 4: black devotion splash green. 5: boros devotion picked up an ajani and a sealed born pack that contained....brimaz! Pretty happy about that. GPT is next week and I'll post another update.

biogon, 11 years ago

-: 2 Swamps, Burnished Hart, Life's Finale, Sphere of Safety, Ghostly Prison, Murder, Akroma's Vengeance, Myr Battlesphere, Elixir of Immortality, Unexpectedly Absent, Karmic Guide, Wrath of God, Mortify, Rise of the Dark Realms, Gravedigger +: Mirrodin's Core, Reflecting Pool, Pilgrim's Eye, Rout, Silent Arbiter, Vedalken Orrery, Ashen Rider, Merciless Eviction, Custodi Soulbinders, Athreos, God of Passage, Quarry Colossus, Victimize, Dust Elemental, Swords to Plowshares, Meadowboon, Custodi Squire