Necro Shoal

Casual Casual Combo Jank Lifegain Multiplayer Necropotence

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Land (23)

• 3x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 17x Swamp
• 2x Twilight Mire

Creature (7)

• 4x Earthquake Dragon
• 3x Skirge Familiar

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Beseech the Queen
• 4x Dimir Machinations

Instant (12)

• 3x Dark Ritual
• 4x Nourishing Shoal
• 3x Soul Spike
• 2x Who / What / When / Where / Why

Artifact (6)

• 3x Elixir of Immortality
• 3x Mirror of Fate

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Necro-Impotence

Companion (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Sorcery (2)

• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Worm Harvest

Instant (1)

• 1x Shadow of the Grave

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The premise of this deck is simple. Necro-Impotence for a bunch of cards, Nourishing Shoal for a bunch of life, and Skirge Familiar for a bunch of mana. However, doing everything at the ideal time is a bit more complicated...

1. Play Necro-Impotence (fetch with Demonic Tutor or Beseech the Queen as needed)
2. Necro a bunch of cards (Ideally during your opponent's post-combat main phase, so you don't have to discard a bunch of cards).
3. Play Nourishing Shoals by exiling Earthquake Dragons from your hand, gaining 15 life a pop!
4. On your turn, Play Skirge Familiar (Use 2 Dark Rituals).
5. Play multiple Elixir of Immortality (search for extras as needed, grave hate can ruin this deck).
6. Play multiple Mirror of Fate and Necro-Impotence.
7. Keep a few cards in hand: 1 Necro-Impotence, 1 Skirge Familiar, 2 Who / What / When / Where / Why (you can play these later at instant speed, after you replenish your hand), 1 green-mana land, and 2 pitchable cards.
8. Necro until you'll have 9 cards in hand.
9. During your end step, necro the rest of your deck (You'll get those cards during the next player's end step, so you won't have to discard extra cards this turn).
10. Pop a Mirror of Fate.
11. Necro the cards your Mirrored in, so they won't get shuffled...
12. Pitch 2 cards to Skirge Familiar, pop an Elixir of Immortality (so your graveyard isn't exposed to sorcery-speed removal on your opponents' turns).
13. On your next turn, play 4 Earthquake Dragons. If all else fails, spam Soul Spike (ideally by pitching 21 cards and shuffling with Elixir).

Notes:

• I realize I could insta-win with Exsanguinate, but that's not my kind of fun.
• Multiple Necro-Impotence will stack during your upkeep (you may untap multiple times).
• Unlike Necropotence which only triggers during your own end step, Necro-Impotence triggers durring every player's end step.
• Soul Spike has errata for "any target" (including planeswalkers).
• Who / What / When / Where / Why has a mana value of 13 (for the purpose of Nourishing Shoal).
• While it is tempting to Necro your whole deck right away, be wary of mill and decking out. Play Elixir of Immortality first.

Pantry (Cards I share between decks and/or keep separate):

• -4 Dimir Machinations, +4 Demonic Tutor
• -3 Bloodfell Caves, +3 Dragonskull Summit
• -1 Jungle Hollow, +1 Woodland Cemetery

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 1 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	5.38
Folders	Benched Decks