How would you build it.
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Sept. 13, 2020, 5:35 p.m. by griffstick
I have been messing around with Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats ( deck link here --> Deadshot ) for a while now and I dont know if I've found all the cards that fit the deck criteria. Looking for some insight. The idea is simple. Basically I want to drop the Jericho missile on my opponents.
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats gives all my creatures deathtouch. So all I have to do is a single point of damage to a creature to kill it. The best example of this is dropping Goblin Chainwhirler after Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats.
So I've played around with it. I've tried to build dragons only. Because dragons deal damage to all non fliers all the time. So that was a viable strategy. And I've tried vampires but that's not really anything impressive. The hardest thing to figure out is what works best for Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats, and what creatures that dont lean into the 1 point of deathtouch damage that I should include. Especially ones that are rogues, wizards, warriors, and clerics.
I did finally build something I liked but I'm not totally satisfied with this build. Its missing something. It feels clunky. So I'm asking the community for help. Also if anyone knows me. I love vampires and rakdos.
hey there, I actually just completed my own zagras deck because I think he's really cool and all but I didn't want to just use pingers as I thought that would not be much fun for my friends to play against so I turned it into a life drain death by a thousand cuts type deal.
Lots of cleric effects "opponent loses x life, you gain etc" but i also decided to run a bunch of red spells that give double or first strike to my deathtouch creatures. Add to that that I also added a bunch of cards that give menace which is a very good mechanic in combination with deathtouch. Add a few graveyard recursion spells and abilities and my creatures come back lickedy split.
Just an alternate take on what I think is a fairly unique commander. I hope you have fun with your deck! Obviously I went a different route than you but if that gives you any evil little ideas to tweak your deck then good! If not hopefully you liked reading about my deck at the very least haha.
Have a good one!
RNR_Gaming says... #2
So, I actually think you're going in the right direction with the pings. Though most of the good pingers are going to be shamans.
Now, for the shameless plug. I actually put a list together :) maybe you can get some ideas from it. Definitely think Hellrider is going to be an mvp in any build for this guy though.
https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/zagras-death-touch-party/?cb=1600044262
September 13, 2020 8:48 p.m.