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Any room for Tainted Remedy ?

Mindslaver

Cycling Intensifies

I like what you’ve got here. One thing I noticed is that Grave Exchange doesn’t seem to be a great fit—it doesn’t do much for a high cmc. Consider something like Victimize : for half the mana you can self-sac and return two of your own creatures—not to your hand—but straight to the battlefield. It’s true you lose the ability to force the opponent to sacrifice a creature, but I feel like the gains outweigh that.

Primal Command

Nice job with this, +1

Without a link I’m only guessing, but I assume it’s built around Eureka . If you’re playing creatures, then I’d wager that could fit under the creature cheat hub. If you’re abusing it for a different type of permanent, than it might be harder to find a hub that fits.

One of the cleanest description pages on tappedout. +1

Thanks, but I’m not sure how valuable it is lol. I could very well be incorrect. The best advice would probably be to google top tier 8-rack decks that play similar enough to your own, and see what ratio lands are at. Then just playtest, playtest, playtest. It’s the best way to determine what works and what doesn’t. I like trying to help people but I’m no expert. I’d hate to steer you wrong.

It depends how consistently you are able to draw your key pieces. Only Sire Of Insanity and Slaughter Games are mana intensive, the rest are 1 or 2 cmc. You can Reanimate the creature, but the sorcery spell is rather expensive. That’s primarily why I recommend Surgical Extraction over Slaughter Games . You’re absolutely right that it can’t hit cards like Emrakul, but I think the steep drop off in mana cost is worth it (plus it can be played at instant speed). That would lower the deck’s average cmc substantially. Lower cmc equals more cards that can be played per turn with the mana you have available.

If you’re intent on keeping Slaughter Games , then I’d probably add about 2 more lands or so to increase the odds of a land draw.

Looks good. Just out of curiosity, why are most—but not all—of your cards Japanese?

Great stuff here. +1

Looks great, although I’d probably run Surgical Extraction or Extirpate instead of Slaughter Games . I realize it’s the deck’s namesake card, but either of the ones I suggested are cheaper and faster and do the same thing. Since you’re playing a discard based deck the stipulation it can only target a card already in the graveyard doesn’t matter.

That’s why I enjoy reanimation decks so much (particularly this one). The shell is modular- Children of Korlis can easily be swapped in if you wanted to. I suppose I left it out because the game is pretty much over once one of the key reanimation targets enters play. I think at one point during the time I was building this I had Rite of Consumption added, but I removed it after playtesting. Children of Korlis is a good alternative because it can be reanimated, as you said.

I don’t play commander but you’ve earned a +1 just for the Bloodborne reference.

@makuanito ha, I was just looking at your Dragon Resurrect deck and thinking it’s basically this deck converted to Legacy format (and with a dragon theme). I think yours is about as good as it gets in that format. Most of the toolbox stays the same, but the lack of access to mana rocks slows it down just a bit. Thanks for the comment and vote

* Pyroclasm , and I don’t think it is.

There are a few that target specific permanent types, like Shattering Pulse for artifacts and Allay for enchantments, and these come with a buyback option for reuse. Tranquil Domain or Serene Heart are true sweepers, but only handle enchantments or auras. I’m not familiar enough with the Pauper cardpool to know of any creature removal that’s either sweeper or recursive in nature, sorry.

Do you mean ‘lots’ as in all at once like a sweeper, or recursive ways to remove lots of individual permanents multiple different times?

Looks interesting. I like mashups of existing archetypes-it can be a breath of fresh air. Something new, something different.