Death's Embrace
Modern
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Annual Adjustments —Aug. 16, 2014
After playing this deck for a little and because of the new cards available since I first posted it, I've decided to adjust it and it performs better than ever.
- Removed the Angel's Grace / Near-Death Experience combo to focus entirely on the first one.
- Added Hero's Downfall to take care of those pesky Planewalkers
- Found a little gem, Wall of Shards, which is the new MVP
I feel like you'd probably be better off running Dark Ritual or something like that than Everflowing Chalice , just because your only real expensive card is Repay in Kind , which you only need to cast once - after that, the Chalice is probably just going to sit there (of course, I say this based solely on looking at the deck without having ever playtested it). It would also add to the surprise factor a lot, and obviously it's less vulnerable because it's not a permanent that can get removed, so they can't slow you down quite as easily. Just a thought.
August 8, 2013 2:24 p.m.
Awesome deck idea, +1!
I agree with cheznet on the Dark Ritual , if only due to the surprise factor. I'd also ask if you've considered adding in a few Angel's Grace ? Unless I'm mistaken, they would provide you with protection against a poison counter rush once you have 0 life, allow you to get close but not to 0 if you don't have Phyrexian Unlife out quite yet, and if you do and are at 0, it would actually give you 1 life, which you would probably then lose with the Phyrexian Arena . Furthermore, it would work well with the Near-Death Experience on your maybeboard, and give you a bit more protection along with your Grand Abolisher
August 8, 2013 11:36 p.m.
@ cheznet You're right, Chalice wasn't that useful so I removed it. Added some options to stall the game a bit longer and it seems to be working fine right now.
Also. I agree that Dark Ritual would be really cool but as I said it's not legal. Will definitely include it in the casual version of the deck though :)
August 10, 2013 3:42 p.m.
@ greggsmk Great suggestion on Angel's Grace . I wasn't too sure but it adds another win-con (with Near-Death Experience ) and can help me survive a bit longer if needed. Great fit in there.
August 10, 2013 3:44 p.m.
Wall of Blood would be a good way to instantly zero out your life total.
Also, take a look at Suicide Machine. It's EDH and a bit more combo oriented, but it might give you some ideas.
August 11, 2013 8:28 p.m.
@ 711Keaven Great suggestion, will definitely make room for it!
August 13, 2013 1:49 p.m.
Great deck, had 2 suggestions
How about adding 2x Gather the Townsfolk , since this deck is about low health, having so gives you 5 tokens for only 2 mana, which these tokens can be used for sacrifice for Plunge into Darkness
Also removing a Death's Shadow wouldn't hurt, since this deck aint about creatures to much anyway
August 15, 2013 9:59 a.m.
CricketMarquis says... #11
I played this deck with the combo Wall of Blood + Ragged Veins The opponents attacks, you pay 20 life (assuming you have Phyrexian Unlife ) and then cast Ragged Veins on the creature you blocked. Aaand you win.
January 29, 2014 9:50 a.m.
Don't know how I missed this but Ragged Veins don't work since you can't pay for life you don't have.
March 7, 2014 9:33 p.m.
DeepShadow says... #14
Incredibly flavorful, and incredibly creative deck. And in the hands of someone with experience, incredibly deadly I'm sure. +1 without a doubt. I'm curious, have you tried Erebos, God of the Dead as a card draw mechanism? If it's speed you're looking for, he can draw you a whole burst of cards all at once.
March 7, 2014 10:01 p.m.
Cool deck! +1
Worship + Near-Death Experience + High Priest of Penance is a nice combo too! :)
March 29, 2014 8:10 a.m.
How about using Thoughtseize ? You would lose life but in this deck it wouldn't matter, infact the life loss could even be a good thing.
WovenNebula says... #1
+1 always a great deck from you.
August 8, 2013 2:05 a.m.