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Barrier of Bones
Creature — Skeleton Wall
Defender
When Barrier of Bones enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
zachz on
Orcus, Lord of Revival
1 year ago
I like the deck. You asked for suggestions in early game, so I'm looking at your goals and seeing how to best reach them.
The mana curve leans a bit high for your goal, and I think you could use more mana ramping. The cards creating treasure tokens are a solid option. You might look for lower CMC cost creatures, as many of yours are better in mid game but aren't affordable with 2 or 3 mana. Barrier of Bones is a cheap drop that can hold ground decently, and gives you a brief surveil. Manaforge Cinder could be helpful if you are are struggling with mana color. If you had more zombies (you currently have 4), then Gravecrawler could be very fun to add. Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia would provide a steady stream of zombies at pretty early game. Also in general, having low CMC early game drops means you can also bounce a creature using Unearth. If you lean on sacrifice, you can also benefit from Mortician Beetle early on.
Best of luck!
zAzen7977 on
LILIANA’S EMBRACE - Self-Mill Reanimator [Ret.]
6 years ago
Thanks Ivanian! I’ll take your advice and cut the Barrier of Bones. My goal in including it was to increase the number of 1 drops, but I wasn’t sure if it was necessary. It actually was useful back when Death Baron was a thing. Please keep me updated. I’d love to make this deck as competitive as possible.
Hey mikeb388, I looked but I couldn’t find the deck you were referring to, can you point me to it please?
artisanjagon on
Mono Black Pauper because why not
6 years ago
Spell_Slam - I like the idea of adding creatures but I like the idea of one mana 3 toughness creatures such as Vampire Neonate, Disowned Ancestor and Barrier of Bones
Bawx1235 on
The Scarab God
6 years ago
drop Barrier of Bones for something like Gravecrawler because you get tons of value from it compared to this card. drop Flight for Wonder because it gives all your creatures flying. Mind Sculpt could be replaced with something like Consuming Aberration because it hits everyone for mill. Ghoulcaller Gisa would be a fantastic addition to the deck. another great card would be Grave Titan i would drop Dread Shade for it.
5dollarMTG on
$5 Super-Turbo Surveil
6 years ago
Hey Nina26. Good questions! I would definitely play the full playset of Thought Erasure and Discovery / Dispersal, which would probably mean getting rid of 3 Unexplained Disappearance, 2 Barrier of Bones, 1 Dazzling Lights, 1 Notion Rain, and 1 land. (Discovery makes it easy to fix mana early, so you can get by with 22 lands.) I would also consider substituting Sinister Sabotage for Clout of the Dominus, although that will partly depend on what you're playing against. I haven't tested Mission Briefing before, but I could definitely see playing at least two - maybe taking out the other two Barrier of Bones.
5dollarMTG on
$5 Graveyard Shenanigans
6 years ago
Thanks Haydenc553! I love to hear that people are playing my decks. Barrier of Bones is the weakest card in the deck so you could probably just sub Splinterfright in for that.
bradtheimpaler13 on
6 years ago
You could probably cut Barrier of Bones for the shortfang. And probably cut the Scythe Specter for Rankle!!
