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Secret Salvage
Sorcery
Exile target nonland card from your graveyard. Search your library for any number of card with the same name as that card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Icaruskid on
Shadowborn Demons | Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
1 year ago
Profet93 Thank you for all the ideas!
This deck needs 5+ mana as fast as possible so Extraplanar Lens and the Snow-Covered Swamp automatically makes any game easier. I love that. And before that addition, Liliana of the Dark Realms was there to make sure I hit all my land drops, add to the combat damage win condition, and promise big mana that the deck thirsts for if unanswered. It's probably a flex spot now that I have enough low cost artifact ramp though. I might try Carnival of Souls there. It's lower cost and I like the suicide black theme.
I'm on the fence about Jet Medallion. I have one but it doesn't produce black mana so it's not ideal for pumping out Apostles or activating them. It does help get Shirei out faster but if I'm hard-casting demons where it would be useful I'm already losing.
Secret Salvage is a house in my Athreos, God of Passage > combo build but it doesn't help much here except to rebuild after a board wipe. I think the proactive route with Eldrazi Monument might be better in the more casual pods that I'm trying to run this in as it's permanent protection from board wipes and it makes the Apostles a threat themselves with flying and the +1 power buff.
Still tinkering and I appreciate the angles you are providing. This is a fun deck to try out all the ideas!
Profet93 on
Shadowborn Demons | Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
1 year ago
Icaruskid +1
Glad to see some suggestions from the previous comment went through.
Not a serious suggestion, but I found Secret Salvage which is a fun card.
Jet Medallion > Charcoal diamond - if ur budget allows
Carnival of Souls - I wonder how this card would work in this deck. Prob not but worth noting for cool potential interactions.
What is the point of PW Lili?
Winding Canyons - Not an entirely serious suggestion, but cool with lili contract or just preventing ur shadowborns from dying to wipes?
Speaking of instant speed interaction, why don't you run at least one instant spell?
Quickspell on
‘Tis But a Scratch!
2 years ago
Maybe Crashing Drawbridge to give your creatures haste, and Entomb and Buried Alive to Reanimate your most powerful Knights. You could Secret Salvage a Nazgûl to search your library for the other eight.
Fireshrieker for your Commander, and definitely Silverblade Paladin. But you could also consider just going for Sakashima the Impostor and similar copycats to double down on your commander’s abilities.
GodzSoldier on
The Witch King of Angmar
3 years ago
I'm so excited for the orcish archers, gonna be so fun. I don't know how reliable thrusting Stone would be, but what about Secret Salvage? I'm assuming you're using the discard king, so putting a Nazgul into the grave should be easy!
scotchtapedsleeves on
Approach of Tiamat
3 years ago
I like the Secret Salvage tech, nice catch! Here's hoping you don't have a Reliquary Tower out when you pull it off lol
SufferFromEDHD on
Shadowborn Doomsday Rave
3 years ago
Ayara, First of Locthwain = blood artist #2
Starlit Sanctum decent sac outlet.
Skullclamp incredible sac outlet.
Secret Salvage Shadowborn tech
Remembrance Shadowborn tech
Aven Shrine this cycle typically has 0 value in EDH. Your engine/strategy breaks this jank!
Head CoIIector on
Hedrons
3 years ago
skwyd777 There's a lot more than 1/15 chance of dropping it in the graveyard early. Satyr Wayfinder drops 4 cards, Thought Scour sees 3, and Rotting Rats gets it in the graveyard fast as well. The deck is entirely focused on getting Hedron Alignment in the graveyard fast and rolling from there. In playtesting the biggest weakness I've found this deck to have is it relies heavily on Secret Salvage. Basically I have to mulligan for it or Dark Petition but a deck this niche and budget is gonna have holes, no way around that.
Basically what I'm saying is, between Opulent Palace, Urborg Elf, and Satyr Wayfinder mana/colors is not an issue.
king-saproling on
Taborax and his Apostles
3 years ago
You might like these: Rune-Scarred Demon, Secret Salvage, Patriarch's Bidding, Thrumming Stone, Xathrid Necromancer