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Leechridden Swamp
Land — Swamp
(: Add .)
This enters tapped.
, : Each opponent loses 1 life. Activate this ability only if you control two or more black permanents.
capwner on "Master of Cruelties" - Budget but Strong?
8 months ago
As an x/4 in a no fury meta I think this card could potentially be good. The deck really wants Ragavan but yeah that's not very budget. Bowmasters too.
About 'understanding what to replace,' the way I think of it is, you know there are always more potential good cards than you can actually run in any deck, usually there are multiple good ways to build a deck. Every card should play into your synergy, except for sideboard cards which can attack something very specifically. And every card should be the best possible option for its slot (most versatility, most synergies with your other cards, most favorable in specific interactions vs. specific cards). Example, this is why I love Apostle's Blessing in here, it's versatile because it protects and evades, and these are both things your deck REALLY needs. And it's a cheap instant. Great card.
But now look at Goblin Tunneler, I see a card that is part of the gameplan, but it's also an x/1 non hasty creature and a 2 drop. This is going to fall short a lot of the time. Maybe a card like Wedding Invitation or Key to the City could be better in this slot. Generator Servant is great for the haste but it has the same weakness. Splitting that with artifact ramp like you did is good, maybe consider options like Pentad Prism but go with what you think plays the best. Molten Collapse is a strictly better Dreadbore and not expensive. Sunken Citadel might be a good land to combo with Rogue's Passage, maybe then Field of Ruin instead of Ghost Quarter? And Graven Cairns? On the lands topic I really like the idea posted above of adding Leechridden Swamp but you do need the fetches to really make it work.
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death has a nice effect but doesn't really synergize with anything besides bringing your Master back, which it can't even do vs. LB and Solitude. Maybe adding cards that combo with her like Fulminator Mage or Augur of Skulls could make her better. Lightning Greaves also makes her and a lot of your other creatures better too, this is a card I'd consider for a 1 or 2 of. But without adding more support, you might consider cutting Alesha and adding something along another angle.
I like Brainspoil, the tutor is nice because finding the Master is definitely a bottlneck in the deck. Grim Tutor is an option but a bit more expensive, Profane Tutor is affordable but has some problems. Having at least one other tutorable 5 drop would make your BS a lot better. 1 of Glarewielder would be kind of cute.
Hand disruption is another angle you might consider, it's really good for a slightly slower combo deck like this to nullify your opponent's big early plays and buy you a couple extra turns to combo them out. Collective Brutality is a pretty decent flexible card that also finishes your opponent.
In the end I think tuning your list and making cuts is about trying to make as many of these meaningful synergy connections between different cards as possible, getting the right amount of each type of effect you want (3 vs 4 of a specific effect like Dreadbore matters a lot vs some decks!), and then you cut either your lowest synergy cards, or effects you think you could safely go down a count on. Usually you want 6-8 ways of getting your key card in action, or 6+ of each combo piece/synergy if it involves multiple cards, and in a perfect world you want 4+ post board copies of HATE for particular meta decks, like 4 Leyline of the Void vs. Living End, or 8 killspells that can kill a Primeval Titan or Sheoldred. Your board cards should address aspects of other decks that really threaten you, no need to run those Leylines if you already beat that deck most of the time. It often comes down to having the right reactive cards, so you want good numbers of the ones you'll need the most.
Sorry for the whole ass book! It seemed like you wanted the help and I liked the concept/got into it a bit once I started looking. I think there's a lot of work and playtesting you could do to really optimize this, and maybe it could end up being pretty good+still affordable!
sergiodelrio on "Master of Cruelties" - Budget but Strong?
8 months ago
A slightly different setup would be able to ditch the burn entirely. Deviating from the budget requirement, if you are willing to add fetches and shocks (which would also help you lose life for DS), you could just run 1x Leechridden Swamp as a finisher.
tindolos on Masters of Evil - Upgrade
8 months ago
Initial upgrades
Out
- Ashad, the Lone Cyberman
- The Master, Mesmerist
- The Master, Gallifrey's End
- The Master, Multiplied
- The Master, Formed Anew
- Vislor Turlough
- Rassilon, the War President
- The Beast, Deathless Prince
- The Rani
- The Cyber-Controller
- Vashta Nerada
- The Flood of Mars
- Renegade Silent
- Midnight Crusader Shuttle
- The Sound of Drums
- The Toymaker's Trap
- Propaganda
- Time Reaper
- Gallifrey Council Chamber
- Zygon Infiltrator
- Sontaran General
- Great Intelligence's Plan
- Cybermat
- Clockwork Droid
- Don't Blink
- Day of the Moon
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Cybership
- Temple of the False God
In
- Spear Spewer
- Thermo-Alchemist
- Unruly Catapult
- Nettle Drone
- Lobber Crew
- Creeping Bloodsucker
- Plague Spitter
- Spawn of Mayhem
- Quakebringer
- Loyal Subordinate
- Twilight Prophet
- Stormfist Crusader
- Tectonic Giant
- Cryptolith Fragment Flip
- Descent into Avernus
- Maestros Charm
- Protection Racket
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
- Leechridden Swamp
- Rankle, Master of Pranks
- Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- Court of Ambition
- Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
- Angrath, the Flame-Chained
- Strionic Resonator
- Lithoform Engine
- Talisman of Creativity
- Rakdos Signet
- Fellwar Stone
doktoras on Mono Black Pox Control
1 year ago
DreadKhan Thanks for your advice. I will consider very seriously to test first and then put them in the 75 if they perform well, the following 3 cards that you suggested me: Leechridden Swamp Necrogen Mists and Quest for the Nihil Stone.
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