The deck have been completely revamped. I will soon post an updated list.

I archived the previous list here: Glissa the Traitor : Metal Rock Old V2

This looks well refined but I would strongly recommend putting back Mana Crypt and Ancient Tomb...the things you can accelerate with this is incredible. I play a ton of midrange EDH deck and is never sad to see them as life is merely a resource till you lose. If you are concerned with lifegain, cards like Basilisk Collar or even Batterskull wouldn't be bad. You do already have Wurmcoil Engine for lifegain too.

Many thanks for your inputs Enral. I will reconsider these cards.

I am frequently the target in my meta ("kill on sight"), mainly because I have another unfair deck. My life total has become a valuable resources to spare.

I'm going to post a big update to the deck.

According to me, I have too much tutoring cards:

• 2 generic tutors
• 6 creature-specific tutors
• 4 land-specific tutors
• 1 creature or land tutor (Traverse the Ulvenwald)

That's 13! ..and I just removed Entomb in the last deck update!

I plan to remove Eldritch Evolution who's suboptimal (limited scale and card-disadvantage) and Green Sun's Zenith.
GSZ is limited to green creatures, but here we have a tricolored deck: green, black, and artifact. GSZ isn't the best creature tutor, but still I am hesitating with Chord of Calling.

OUT: EE + GSZ + Dryad Arbor.
IN: Tireless Tracker + Defense of the Heart + another land.

About the Pod strategy, only Birthing Pod needs a strong chain of ascending-cmc creatures. That's only 1 card that dictates the shape of the deck. I will change that.

OUT: Golgari Thug, Acidic Slime, Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger.
IN: Hex Parasite, Treasure Keeper, World Breaker.

It's not over: I still have other cards I want to insert (Mana Crypt, Ramunap Excavator, Craterhoof, etc.) but cuts start to be difficult by now.

Updated primer description and decklist.

actually not hating this list