Liliana: Ramp, Drain, Kill *RETIRED*
Commander / EDH
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Card Upgrade 18 —June 20, 2017
-Wake the Dead
-Liliana of the Dark Realms
+Exsanguinate
+Triskelion
Wake the Dead was a fun card to play with, but it never really "got" anyone, because often times I'd want to cast it even if there were no attacks during combat just to get the etb triggers from my creatures. This resulted in me always asking to let me know when my opponents were entering combat. Sometimes the card just wasn't all that effective depending on what was in my yard too.
I'm bringing Exsanguinate back in as a way to finish the game without access to my graveyard. I still have the same qualms with the card as before. Unless you're finishing someone off with it, it's a pretty lackluster card, but I'm going to give it another shot after my graveyard getting hated on lately.
Liliana of the Dark Realms was pretty nice when she was in play, but too often it was awkward to have her in hand with Liliana as a general. I could see running one or both if my commander was different, but when the percentage is so high that I'll have my commander in play, Liliana of the Dark Realms is getting the cut.
I'm bringin back Triskelion as another finisher. I don't always immediately tutor for the Trike/Mike combo, but it's nice to be able to end a game sometimes.