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Liliana Tribal (Everyone's Here!)

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The Phyrexian Update —May 9, 2023

Welcome back, everyone, to my Liliana Tribal Deck!!! It's been a while since I updated this deck, and a few new cards and/or reprints got be excited to work on this once again! Of course, those new cards/reprints aren't the only things that changed here... no siree... So, without further ado, here are the changes, and below them are my quick explanations:

  1. Removed Confront the Past (wait, what?), added Phyrexian Crusader

  2. Removed Endless Atlas, added Staff of Compleation

  3. Removed Ancient Tomb, added Phyrexian Tower

  4. Removed Nyx Lotus, added Phyrexian Altar

  5. Removed Grim Tutor, added Liliana's Talent (Flavor of the Month)

  6. Removed Corpse Harvester, added Diregraf Colossus

  7. Removed Zombie Master, added Plague Belcher (again?!)

  8. Removed Relentless Dead, added Apprentice Necromancer

  9. Removed Putrid Goblin, added Graveborn Muse

  10. Updated Liliana, the Last Hope's art.

So, quickly, I thought I removed Confront the Past in a prior update, but I guess I put it back in for another chance. Turns out that I was right and that it should've been removed. It feels dead 90% of the time, unfortunately, so it's cut. Replacing it is Phyrexian Crusader, a card that I've wanted for a long time for the deck and never aquired. Someone I met at a local gamestore had one for trade thanks to the secret lair version, so I managed to get my hands on it.

Endless Atlas was a great card, but I felt that Staff of Compleation is so much better and more versatile. Card draw, mana, proliferate, and 'sacrifice' on a single artifact?! Count me in. To go along with the need for sacrifice, I added Phyrexian Tower and sold off my Ancient Tomb. Didn't really feel like I needed the extra colorless at the cost of two life. Likewise, I finally got my hands on a Phyrexian Altar for the deck as well, and gave up Nyx Lotus for it.

Finally, aside from the art change at the end, I switched out a number of zombies in the deck. I added Diregraf Colossus, Apprentice Necromancer, and Graveborn Muse to the deck, and re-added Plague Belcher, as it seemed to be another card that was taken out since my last update, for some unknown reason. Zombie Master's swampwalk felt irrelevant to the way I play/run my deck, Corpse Harvester seemed cool but was way too slow, and Putrid Goblin was literally only added as a combo with Mikaeus, so they got the boot from the deck. Relentless Dead, upon reflection, seemed to not do enough most of the time, so I am giving it a nice retirement.

I almost forgot. Something I've been doing recently is something I like to call "Flavor of the Month". It's when I find a cool new card I'd like to try out, but am unsure if it'll stick around in the deck. For Liliana Tribal, I wanted to give Liliana's Talent a try, so here it is, replacing Grim Tutor for the time being. It's great flavor for the deck, and offers a nice incentive to not haphazardly swing creatures are one of my planeswalkers.

And those are the updates for the deck! I hope you like the changes!