Liliana, the Last Hope Deckbuilding Challenge thread

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Magog

Alright then, here's my endgame deck for Lili using only SOI/EMN cards:

Deck:

Creatures
Diregraf Colossus
Prized Amalgam
Relentless Dead
Gisa and Geralf

Spells
Behold the Beyond
Grotesque Mutation
To the Slaughter
From Under the Floorboards

Supports
Graf Harvest
Oath of Liliana

Strategy:

The basic goal is to make either a huge Diregraf Colossus or an equally huge pile of zombie tokens. Or both. The advantage of the Colossus is that it's also a defender, and typically ends up a bit bigger than the token pile because returning zombies also add to it. On the other hand, the token zombies will generally last longer since they don't have defender, and so are up the back of your lineup. So if I'm facing a deck with lots of kill spells or berserkers then I'll typically have Prized Amalgam, Relentless Dead and zombie tokens. If not then I'll go for max damage by swapping out Relentless Dead for Diregraf Colossus.

Behold the Beyond and Gisa and Geralf are used to build your lineup, and Lili's first ability can be used to discard Prized Amalgam, netting you mana and getting the Amalgam on the field when you play your next zombie. Failing that, your other zombies aren't too badly priced and can be very persistent, so you'll rarely be wasting mana getting them onto the field.

Persistence is achieved through Relentless Dead, or any combination of Prized Amalgam with Graf Harvest, Lili's third ability and/or Oath of Liliana. This will also reinforce your Colossus and/or token pile. From Under the Floorboards does the same but is a one-off. As for your HP, Grotesque Mutation can be a gamechanger when cast on said giant creatures. To kill existential threats (lifelink creatures, fliers, things bigger than your defenders...) use either Oath of Liliana or To the Slaughter.

Overall it should be incredibly persistent, even if it has fewer kill options than I would personally use (e.g. Fleshbag Marauder and Bone Splinters).

buscemi

Liliana2 lvl 60 deck

Olivia, Mobilized for War
Diregraf Colossus
Prized Amalgam

From Under the Floorboards
To the Slaughter
Anguished Unmaking
Behold the Beyond

Tamiyo's Journal
Corrupted Grafstone
Oath of Liliana

It's important to play with zombies with Liliana 2 to maximise the power of her abilities, but this deck includes a vampire as well, to give all those deadheads a little extra oomph. Discard synergies are heavily featured; Liliana's first ability, Olivia, and Behold the Beyond all allow you to discard cards while gaining a big advantage, and that advantage is compounded by discarding a Prized Amalgam, or having the madness card From Under The Floorboards in your hand. Tamiyo's Journal provides cheap card draw to get the deck going as soon as possible, and to provide more fuel for Olivia's discard effect; with the number of tokens produced by Oath of Liliana and From Under The Floorboards, she'll be able to put that fuel to good use! To The Slaughter is a great cheap removal card which will cast automatically after a Behold The Beyond if necessary; Corrupted Grafstone is most helpful in casting all the higher cost cards in the deck; and Anguished Unmaking can destroy both supports, and hexproof creatures, which the color black usually has problems dealing with.

Diregraf Colossus is of course another zombie, and so ties in with the zombie synergies in the rest of the deck, but he has a couple of secondary advantages; firstly, he is a second creature with Defender in the deck, which will allow you to block creatures with Menace, such as the mighty Kozilek; and secondly, by featuring a forth creature in the deck list (along with Olivia, Prized Amalgam, and zombie tokens), he allows the player to perform the legendary maneuver known as the 'Zombie Shuffle'.

The Zombie Shuffle goes like this: I have 3 creatures in play, in this case Olivia, Diregraf Colossus, and Prized Amalgam. I then cast From Under The Floorboards, and replace the Prized Amalgam with a zombie token. Diregraf Colossus gets +2+2. Then, the newly deceased Prized Amalgam realises that it's dead, and that a brand new zombie token has come into play, so it reanimates. I replace the zombie token with the Amalgam, and Diregraf Colossus gets +2+2. I repeat this process 2 more times; Diregraf Colossus ends up with +12/+12 (which, incidentally, makes it big enough to black and kill a Kozilek!). With more Amalgams in the graveyard, each one will be reanimated each time a zombie token enters play, making the Colossus bigger and bigger. The Zombie Shuffle may not be necessary to use if you already have an Olivia in play, but it's a nice trick to have in your arsenal if you've are run out of cards.

Astralwind

Deck Name: "Unison of Zombie Necromancers"
Deck Category: Mid-Game (1 Mythic)
Expansion Set: Shadow Over Innistrad/Eldritch Moon
Planewalker: Liliana, the Last Hope

Creatures
Gisa and Geralf
Diregraf Colossus
Prized Amalgam

Supports
Oath of Liliana
Corrupted Grafstone
Graf Harvest

Spells
To the Slaughter
From Under the Floorboards
Whispers of Emrakul
Grotesque Mutation

This deck is easy to figure out. Discard Prized Amalgam or play Gisa and Geralf to setup the zombies.
Prized Amalgam is the defender.
Diregraf Colossus is the incredible hulk. Use him for offense.
When you have G&G, PA & DC in play, whenever you cast zombies, replace away PA and PA will trigger.
When PA triggers, replace away the zombie tokens. Rinse and repeat and very soon, you'll see a massive DC.

Store up Oath of Lilianna and use it when required. Same for To the Slaughter. Exercise a bit of caution on creature removal spells. This deck doesn't have a rich supply of removal. Use it on dangerous creatures or hard to block creatures only.
Corrupted Grafstone is there to provide some mana assistance since planewalker has not reached full mana potential.
Use From Under the Floorboards to call back a dead Prized Amalgam.
Whisper of Emrakul to discard opponent's hand. Not as reliable as Trangress the mind but since this deckbuilding is only limited to SOI/EM, WoE is the next best discard.
To get best effect, use it during delirium.
Graf Harvest to see undying zombies returning to life again and again.
Grotesque Mutation is a card to add survivability. If you throw it onto DC, you can gain back a lot of health.

For this deck, the hardest part is to achieve is to play out all the required cards such as G&G, Oath of Liliana & Graf Harvest. Once you have it setup, it's quite easy to win against opponents that doesn't have good creature control. They need cards to do board wiping to really cripple this deck.

Nitymp

Liliana, the Last Hope (Level 60)

Creatures
Diregraf Colossus
Prized Amalgam
Noosegraf Mob

Spells
To the Slaughter
Whispers of Emrakul
From Under the Floorboards
Behold the Beyond

Supports
Oath of Liliana
Corrupted Grafstone
Graf Harvest

Do you like zombies? Liliana definitely does! The idea with this is to build as big a colossus as possible, as well as an endless tide of zombie tokens. The colossus can also be built up by doing the "Zombie Shuffle" (thanks majincob) by replacing your prized amalgam with a zombie token, repeatedly. (Assuming that you have Noosegraf on the board). Zombie token generators come from From Under the Floorboards, Noosegraf Mob, Oath of Liliana and Graf Harvest. Control is obtained through the use of To the Slaughter and Oath of Liliana to destroy creatures (Note: Best to save these for those pesky fliers) and Whispers of Emrakul to destroy cards in hand. Corrupted Grafstone gives a little mana fix, but Liliana's mana gains and first ability are usually sufficient. Behold the Beyond is excellent for digging for answers, as well as fuelling From Under the Floorboards. UNLEASH THE ZOMBIES!

Anonymous_Hero

Deck Name: Fear the Shambling Dead
Deck Level: Mid-game
Provided By: PhenaxsMask (In-game name)

Creatures (4 - 3 Rare, 1 Mythic):
Prized Amalgam
Diregraf Colossus
Relentless Dead
Noosegraf Mob

Spells (3 - 1 Uncommon, 2 Rare):
From Under the Floorboards
Ruthless Disposal
To the Slaughter

Supports (3 - 1 Uncommon, 2 Rare):
Graf Harvest
Oath of Liliana
Corrupted Grafstone


Liliana's one big weakness in mid-game is that she can only get a decent amount of mana from blue and black gems. A basic black match (matching only 3 black gems) reaps 8 mana, and a basic blue match reaps 7 mana. To combat this, she has her first ability, where she can discard one card and gain 5 mana, and Corrupted Grafstone gives you two free black gems at the start of your turn (which has a higher potential than a mere 3 mana from the Drownyard support), but this still means that an effective deck should not have very mana-heavy cost cards as waiting too long on mana will just give your opponent the advantage. Non-zombie cards should also be avoided as putting down a creature of a different type does not activate Prized Amalgam's or Relentless Dead's revives or Diregraf Colossus's stat boost. Sadly this deck does not have an option to destroy any support gems the opponent controls, and it is not the fastest of the other Planeswalkers, but it counters those issues with sheer numbers and muscle as well as a bit of control through killing enemy creatures. Forcing your opponent to discard their cards may be fun and irritating for them, but the main goal of this deck is to throw out as many zombies as possible and as fast as possible without wasting mana.

The first and foremost objective is to get Prized Amalgam onto the field. Even though he is weak, it can quickly block a non-flying creature to prevent a rush of damage. And then when a zombie of any type enters the field, it springs back to life to begin the cycle all over again. This is why any spells or supports that throw zombie tokens onto the field, such as Graf Harvest, Oath of Liliana, and From Under the Floorboards, are extremely important. The best part is that when Graf Harvest or Liliana's third power support is on the field and Prized Amalgam is killed, then they summon zombie tokens and bring Prized Amalgam back in the same breath. Oath of Liliana has the bonus that it can kill a creature upon entry (for example, an unreachable flying creature). Graf Harvest also makes all zombies unblockable, so even the most powerful defenders and vigilants are helpless before the tide of dead flesh. If Prized Amalgam is not in your starting hand, then you can build up supports or toss other zombies on the field (as Prized Amalgam will take the first slot when cast) until you finally draw him.

After Prized Amalgam is on the field, the deck opens up to a few different strategies. Ruthless Disposal can be used to sacrifice your Prized Amalgam to kill two of the opponent's largest creatures (or at least make them small enough to be ineffective), and To the Slaughter can kill an annoying enemy creature while giving the bonus possibility of hitting your opponent hard if there is a lack of black gems on the field. The real variety comes from the other zombies: Diregraf Colossus can be ramped up into a literal monstrosity for hitting like a sledgehammer along with your army of zombie tokens, Relentless Dead can bring itself and a fellow zombie back from death if your opponent desperately attempts to gain the upper hand through a board wipe, and Noosegraf Mob sacrifices itself slowly to add to your zombie horde every time you play a spell. With the zombie tokens, only two other zombie creatures are needed, so any of the others in your hand can be used as discard fodder. After saving up Planeswalker mana to activate Liliana's third power, a stat boost every once in a while from Liliana's second power will keep your zombies powerful. Then you get to sit back and smile wickedly as your opponent disappears under a torrent of flailing arms and slavering jaws.

Enjoy the massacre!

span_argoman

Liliana, the Last Hope

Level 1
Wicker Witch
Crow of Dark Tidings
Heir of Falkenrath
Thraben Gargoyle
Ghoststeed
Runaway Carriage
Choked Estuary
Grotesque Mutation
Whispers of Emrakul
Murderer's Axe


Level 40 - Zombiemania
Prized Amalgam
Diregraf Colossus
Noosegraf Mob
Diregraf Harvest
Corrupted Grafstone
Tamiyo's Journal
From Under the Floorboards
To the Slaughter
Anguished Unmaking
Behold the Beyond

Notable cards/combos
Prized Amalgam + Diregraf Harvest: These two cards form an immensely strong combination to grow your board and block enemy creatures at the same time. Diregraf Harvest summons a 2/2 Zombie token whenever one of your creature dies. That triggers Prized Amalgam's ability to rise from your graveyard, even if it was Prized Amalgam who was the creature killed that triggered the 2/2 Zombie summon. In this way Prized Amalgam is forever present as a blocker on your board and each time it dies, your Zombie token grows bigger and bigger.
Behold the Beyond: For 15 mana, you discard your hand and draw 6 cards, each gaining 6 mana. That's a net gain of 21 mana which is hugely significant. Black also has various means of recurring creatures from the graveyard which means the discards are not a big concern. Being able to discard a hand of ineffective cards for a fresh hand of cards you do need is a very strong ability.


Level 60 - G&G Zombiemania
Gisa & Geralf
Prized Amalgam
Diregraf Colossus
Diregraf Harvest
Corrupted Grafstone
Tamiyo's Journal
From Under the Floorboards
To the Slaughter
Anguished Unmaking
Behold the Beyond

Notable cards/combos
Prized Amalgam + Diregraf Harvest: These two cards form an immensely strong combination to grow your board and block enemy creatures at the same time. Diregraf Harvest summons a 2/2 Zombie token whenever one of your creature dies. That triggers Prized Amalgam's ability to rise from your graveyard, even if it was Prized Amalgam who was the creature killed that triggered the 2/2 Zombie summon. In this way Prized Amalgam is forever present as a blocker on your board and each time it dies, your Zombie token grows bigger and bigger.
Behold the Beyond: For 15 mana, you discard your hand and draw 6 cards, each gaining 6 mana. That's a net gain of 21 mana which is hugely significant. Black also has various means of recurring creatures from the graveyard which means the discards are not a big concern. Being able to discard a hand of ineffective cards for a fresh hand of cards you do need is a very strong ability.

mingninja

Detail - The deck build around these theory
1.AI will use 1st ability the most and sometime 2nd. L2 is discard and gain mana. So card draw / madness maybe fit her deck.
2.The deck for each Planeswalker must also contain only cards of the expansion it came in. It suppose to face the deck in the same condition.
3.AI can't order combo. So we avoid complicated play. AI can't pay awaken cost or play Mirrorpool as it should be.

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Early Game (Planeswalker levels 1 to 40, build using level 1 restrictions) deck by RungsitX
Only commons and uncommons.

Lashweed Lurker
Mockery of Nature
Heir of Falkenrath
Ghoulsteed
Kindly Stranger
Accursed Witch

Whispers of Emrakul
Throttle
Murderer's Axe

Magnifying Glass

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Mid Game (Planeswalker levels 40 to 60, build using level 40 restrictions) deck by ThaiGuy
Mostly uncommons, rares, and 1 Mythic maximum.
Relentless Dead
Prized Amalgam
Diregraf Colossus
To the Slaughter
Whispers of Emrakul
From Under the Floorboards
Anguished Unmaking
Graf Harvest
Drownyard Temple
Oath of Liliana

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End Game (Planeswalker level 60, build using level 60 restrictions) deck by ThaiGuy
Go nuts! No restrictions, but must be a top-tier deck.
Relentless Dead
Prized Amalgam
Olivia, Mobilized for War
To the Slaughter
Whispers of Emrakul
From Under the Floorboards
Anguished Unmaking
Graf Harvest
Drownyard Temple
Oath of Liliana