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Soot Imp
Creature — Imp
Flying
Whenever a player casts a nonblack spell, that player loses 1 life.
ThisIsMyAccount on 101% Mono Black Burn
1 year ago
Pain's Reward deck? lol
For real though, I think Cast Down not hitting legendary creatures is sort of a big deal because of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and Omnath, Locus of Creation seeing so much play. Maybe Bloodchief's Thirst, Murderous Rider, Profane Command, or Dismember fit the budget?
Then, I would say you want a more creature focused deck if you're playing Zulaport Cutthroat or to just drop that card for more spells like Smallpox or something. I think playing more creatures along with Warlock Class could be fun, though. You could throw in Ruthless Ripper, Vicious Conquistador, Spawn of Mayhem, and maybe even Reaper's Talisman to just be really aggro with the creatures.
Finally, I think Soot Imp and/or Killing Wave could work for the sideboard.
DragonOfTheWest on Deadly Mono Enchantments
2 years ago
They're not enchantments, but Blood Seeker or Soot Imp might be good here.
PaulMuadDib on Grenzo Take the Wheel
2 years ago
Carnival of souls is quite the pick! I don't think I would run it, seems too easy to kill yourself. Though with enough aristocrats effects, I suppose you can get by.
In my grenzo deck I have about 20 non-creature cards. 2 of them inherently can be used in the graveyard and I decided on the others because I needed more interaction in the group I was playing against.
Out of those ones which you aren't running and I don't see in your maybe pile or deck that you should consider are:
Thran Turbine
essentially a sol ring that you can use only during your upkeep on grenzo
Elixir of Immortality
a way to protect your graveyard from someone trying to exile it
Desecrated Tomb
makes each successful grenzo activation net you a Bat
Tel-Jilad Stylus
lets you do 2 things -- repeat an etb of a creature already out, protect a creature from being interacted with. You can even activate grenzo and then use this in response to avoid targeted destruction. I've used this thing on
Faceless Butcher
to save grenzo from boardwipes.
Dark Privilege
lets you block most creatures with grenzo, use it as a sac outlet and increases his power and toughness by 1. It also avoids lots of targeted removal, though not the most popular boardwipes.
Songs of the Damned
depending on where the game is, this can be worse than dark ritual or net you 10 mana.
I would additionally suggest giving
Warp World
a spin because it is some very good disruption, removes enchantments and lands. If you're lucky it can be a red timewalk due to bringing in the lands untapped.
A land you might want is
Scorched Ruins
. As far as you are concerned, once grenzo is out, this is like playing 2 lands for one. though there are obviously downsides.
My mana base consists of 36 lands and 12 creatures that produce mana, or in the case of
Burnished Hart
ramp you.
You have 6 out of the 12, and are running palladium myr which isn't a bad pick and I honestly forgot about it. The 5 which I haven't mentioned are
Basal Thrull
,
Generator Servant
,
Treasure Nabber
,
Blood Vassal
and
Catalyst Elemental
. With the exception of Nabber, they all replace themselves manawise due to generation 2 mana. I would avoid putting in manadorks that do not make 2 or more mana.
You might additionally want to consider
Junktroller
which lets you recur creatures or disrupts someone else's grave.
Since a grenzo deck usually does not cast that many spells, you can try throwing in some asymmetrical effects, such as
Soot Imp
or
Eidolon of the Great Revel
to leverage that, though with the direction your deck is currently in, that doesn't seem necessary.
Additionally Shrieking Mogg can be used both offensively and defensively. If you know it's on the bottom, you can tap down an opponent before their declare attackers step. If it's your turn, tap down their creatures during your declare attackers step and all of their blockers will be tapped. It also neatly fits into the goblin theme you already have present.
somedumbjerk on Ayara engines EDH
4 years ago
Out:
Kaya's Ghostform Epic Downfall Tomb Robber Soot Imp Pack Rat Cadaver Imp
In: Insidious Dreams - Helps assemble combos
Animate Dead - cheap recursion that should've been in there
Night's Whisper - cheap hand refill
Necropotence - Well I'll succumb to goodstuffs here.
Black Market - things die and profit from board wipes.
Coldsteel Heart - is very needed
destindigi on Rakdos RNG
5 years ago
I'd cut: Griselbrand (banned :P), Soulcage Fiend , The Scorpion God , Stronghold Overseer , Hazoret's Monument , Revel in Riches
I'd recommend adding more lands and lower cost creatures, and switching mana rocks to use more that cost 2 instead of 3 like Talisman of Indulgence or Mind Stone
Lower cost Demons, Devils and Imps: Ammit Eternal , Cadaver Imp , Desecration Demon , Herald of Torment , Sin Prodder , Soot Imp , Spawn of Mayhem , Torch Fiend
Podkomorka on Pauper EDH Deck Compendium
5 years ago
Decks added:
@Dete I know! Really happy with the steady deckflow!
@pipercraven Fix that Archetype deck link bro! Maybe it's private still?
Darth_Savage on
5 years ago
Budget doesn't need to be bad and some of your card choices here are just bad, particularly Insatiable Harpy, which should be Vampire Nighthawk or Gifted Aetherborn. Squelching Leeches is also marginal, Dread Shade, Desecration Demon or even Korlash, Heir to Blackblade would be better choices. Given the number of creatures you are running Throne of the God-Pharaoh might work, also since you are mono black Mire's Toll and Soot Imp might be worth a shot. I occasionally run a devotion deck Sweet (black) devotion, which might give you some ideas, though it definately isn't budget.
If you simply want to build a lifegain/drain deck, I'd look at cards like Sovereign's Bite, Alms of the Vein, Rite of Consumption and maybe Chancellor of the Dross. Also have a look at Mono black deckbuilder's toolbox, this is a list of the major black cards for modern. I hope this is of some help, good luck with your brew.
MohenjoDaro on I bet you really enjoyed your hand
5 years ago
Painful Quandary or Soot Imp might fit in to try and discourage your opponent from casting things. I would say 2 would be the most you would want.
Fleshbag Marauder could work instead of Gatekeeper of Malakir
I think Smallpox could work.
Vona's Hunger might be able to work, but I'm not sure.
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