wake the dead for EDH?
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Posted on Feb. 3, 2016, 5:56 p.m. by freezerboy
I'm attempting to trim down a revamped EDH deck The Evil Dead III and have wondered whether keeping Wake the Dead in there is viable. It seems very powerful to grab a bunch of creatures and dump them in play for a turn to get ETB and ETG abilities, but can be too situational at other times because of the "only during opponents attack phase" constraint. EDH does tend to have a lot of graveyard hate and I could be thinking I have a good defense when my opponent draws into a Tormod's Crypt and wrecks me. Thoughts?
freezerboy says... #3
Damn, that's what I was afraid of. I run Footsteps of the Goryo too, for some graveyard tricks. I'm just trying to find a few weak cards to drop from the deck and it's getting more challenging than I thought.
February 3, 2016 6:18 p.m.
wakawakawaka says... #4
seems either busted or hilarious in the right deck. I'd give it a try.
if you hate fun, Darkest Hour is a soft lock in teysa.
February 3, 2016 6:50 p.m.
freezerboy says... #5
Yes, there are many ruthless shenanigans with Teysa, Orzhov Scion that I've tried to avoid. Makes people not want to play with you, or you simply get killed quickly. I try to make decks that are powerful, have maybe 1 win condition, but not too combo-centric. Avoiding anything infinite because I feel like it breaks magic...what's an infinite amount of creatures look like anyway? If you deal infinite damage to someone and they Reverse Damage you, what happens?
February 4, 2016 10:28 a.m.
Well, in the case of Mikaeus and Triskelion, you'd take 1 they'd game one and then you'd go infinite again.
February 4, 2016 10:38 a.m.
Deckologist says... #7
I like it simply because if you have Mikaeus out theyll come back after you sacrifice them. It also says pay 3 mana to return a Rune-Scarred Demon and tutor. It abuses ETB triggers which is awesome. And if they swing or not everyone has to have a combat phase so its usable on any turn really.
CuteSnail says... #2
Seeing opponents have to go through combat, it's an insanely powerful card, especially with Black Market, Blood Artist ect.
February 3, 2016 6:04 p.m.