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Thrull Parasite
Creature — Thrull
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) {T}, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.
legendofa on
3 months ago
Ferropede and Thrull Parasite are a little fragile, but they're very good at keeping finality counters away. Magister Sphinx has a big mana cost, and it's a niche meta card, but can help reign in someone's life total if it's getting out of control, or just set up a lethal attack. Sharuum the Hegemon could be fun here.
I'm not sure you're getting full value out of Altar of the Wretched Flip. What's the intent here? You get one sacrifice, some draw, some self-mill, and a potentially big but not especially versatile creature. And the creatures in the deck are generally small to mid-sized, so you have to dump a lot of future value into what's basically a big-but-not-huge beater. Am I missing something?
With no Rooms, Keys to the House isn't any better than Wanderer's Twig or Traveler's Amulet. Armillary Sphere, Moonsilver Key or Wayfarer's Bauble might be better--a little more expensive to use, but more utility.
Stoic Rebuttal is on-theme, but Counterspell is just better.
There's kind of a Thopter token subtheme here. Does it feel like it's working?
TheForsakenOne on
K'rrik, Manipulator of Life (Totals)
1 year ago
This deck seems very .... confused. On one hand you have swamp synergies, on the other sacrifice synergies, and then you have weird cards like Elder Brain that don't fit into either. I'd suggest picking one of the two theme's and sticking to it.
Cards I would suggest cutting:
Withercrown (just not a good card)
Crypt Incursion (Too situational, its going to be dead a lot of the time)
Xathrid Gorgon (Too slow)
Visara the Dreadful (Removal magnet + too slow)
Consume Spirit (There are better mana sinks than this)
Corrupt (Needs too many swamps to be worth the mana)
Liliana's Shade (Also just not a good card)
Elder Brain (just a weird card in general and too inconsistent)
Cards I would suggest adding:
Abhorrent Overlord (Makes a buch of creatures for your sacrifice triggers)
Pontiff of Blight, Thrull Parasite, Basilica Screecher (More extort cards that synergize very well with K'rrik)
Exsanguinate (Better mana sink than consume spirit)
Nirkana Revenant (Another mana doubler for swamps)
Vein Ripper (Very good for this kind of deck, but it just came out and is currently pricey so I'd wait to buy this one)
Bitterblossom, Dreadhorde Invasion (make a creature every turn for your sacrifice outlets)
Viscera Seer the classic free sacrifice outlet. Also see Woe Strider
Ayara, First of Locthwain (Free creature with K'rrik out and pings opponents every time a black creature enters which usually happens a lot with sac decks)
griffstick on Creatures that do Damage Over …
2 years ago
Franks on
Life ****ery
3 years ago
Hi Wallis,
I appreciate the feedback!
I've only been playing Magic for a month so love getting advice on how to better optimise my decks :)
I agree with Thrull Parasite, definitely seems like a better fit for the same mana cost.
I'll most likely readjust Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose & Sanguine Bond, the main reason was money irl as I can't seem to find Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose for a good price, but will make sure to balance those cards out in future.
Infernal Grasp is cool, not seen that card before and I guess would be better than Revitalize, I liked the idea of boosting by 3 life, when Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Sanguine Bond were out to chip away at opponent's HP, also giving me a card draw. But I see where you're coming from.
Unearth makes sense given the general low mana cost of my creatures so will look to work that in.
Sorin's Vengeance could probably be ditched, is there a good replacement for it or do you suggest adding more creatures in that gap? The reason I went for it was if I had Vito's ability active then it's pretty sweet, but I agree it is high cost and difficult to play in this deck.
The angle I was going for with this deck was to give myself a few avenues so I'm not dependent on X card as I seem to have screwed myself over in a few games that way. This is my first custom deck hence putting it under Unknown, I still don't actually understand the different Game Types, so maybe could do with focussing on one to better streamline the deck.
I appreciate your comment :)
wallisface on
Life ****ery
3 years ago
Some thoughts:
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i don’t see how a game is ever going long enough for you to be able to cast Sorin's Vengeance. I would suggest ditching it.
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I would suggest Unearth over Blood Beckoning.
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Revitalize doesn’t really do much here, i would suggest ditching it for some interaction - you currently have no way to stop your opponent doing what they want. Infernal Grasp would go a long way here.
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I would suggest running the full playset of Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and just running 2x Sanguine Bond. You need to get Vito online early to make use of the lifegain. Conversely, Sanguine Bond has a huge mana cost for modern, and you don’t really want to be drawing into more than one of these.
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Thirsting Shade seems really weak, there must be a better option than this… Thrull Parasite seems like a better fit.
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Sideboards are meant to have a collection of cards that help you in bad matchups (i.e answers for graveyards, combo, aggro, control etc), but yours currently appears to be “extra stuff not good enough for mainboard”. I’d suggest reworking your sideboard entirely.
Coward_Token on Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
3 years ago
Satsuki, the Living Lore: Yeah yeah, saga tribal, but is it just me who finds death triggers on legendary creatures kinda jarring? And I wish the bounce option worked for all enchantments. (Also, no Thrull Parasite, Hex Parasite or Clockspinning for her.)
Balaam__ on
101% Mono Black Burn
4 years ago
Thank you for the continued interest, HobbyMan5000. Your suggestions are viable, although I don’t think they all belong in the same deck. Thrull Parasite is very interesting—I initially passed on it because I thought its Extort ability only applied to creatures, but it’s viable for any spell. I’ll have to playtest it though, since I’m not sure it’s the most efficient way to burn/drain. That one could be used for Bump in the Night for instance. But the thrull is worth considering, at least for now.
Smallpox is a great card, but arguably should be built around rather than just added in. Same with Alms of the Vein. It’s not cost efficient enough at ; I’d need to completely rebuild to take advantage of its Madness cost. I don’t think a 3 card interaction between smallpox, Collective Brutality and Alms of the Vein is worth the self inflicted harm from the pox. We’re not really set up to take advantage of self sacrifice.
I do, however, think you’re right about too many Piranha Marshes. I’ll want to see it around once per game, so I’ll adjust the counts to 2-3 or so. I’d also agree with your feelings on Collective Brutality; it would already be maindecked if not for the steep price.
I consider this a finished build centering around theme and budget. Barring any new cards yet to be released, playtest results or major price drops for certain existing cards, I won’t be making any adjustments aside from lowering the Piranha Marsh counts.