tdellaringa wrote: Okay guys, I got a big pack yesterday since I hit 600 crystals, and ended up getting some good cards. Modified the deck, and it seems to be working much better. Would like to know what you think. I removed the whole idea of discard from the deck entirely (other than her special ability). That wasn't winning me games, only stalling. Doing that allowed me to add in some better cards that support beating down the opponent. So the strategy is still to dump creatures and pull them back via Petition and Raise Dead, but the creatures are better, for one. I added in Mirrorpool (which seems to make any deck better) and put back in Brawler's Plate (which was in the original deck listing). The plate helps my fatties hit, as well as making the Eldrazi pull in more mana when he goes. With these changes, the deck is moving fast, and I am not getting stuck like before. So far I'm about 40-1 with this, only one loss to Kiora when she pulled an amazing cascade and pulled like 100 mana, no kidding. Here's the listCreatures (3) Brood Butcher - Good for multiple things, getting an Eldrazi to feed mana, a good beater creature, and when dies, gives a -2/-2 to their first creature. Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim - Can help recover life, but the real benefit is the activate to destroy. I can trade creatures with an opponent, and then easily petition/raise them back. Oblivion Sower - The heavy hitter - for only 14 mana. Ruins the board for non-black opponents, helps me get mana. Spells (5) Dark Petition - Main way to get creatures on the board. Double up with Mirrorpool makes things faster. Unholy Hunger - removal Grip of Desolation - removal (both can also benefit from Mirrorpool) Grave Birthing - 2 things, gets a drone out, draws a card. Read the Bones - card draw Supports (2) Brawler's Plate - Pump it up. Berserker helps with creature removal. Die? Bring em back. Mirrorpool - This card basically helps you do everything. It's crazy. I'm looking forward to see how this does against the big hitters in the Event this weekend. I was not able to beat the final guy in round 2.
span_argoman wrote: Do you have Sword of the Animist? I think it would work better than Berserker's Plate seeing as how you basically don't have any other support that stays on the board. It's one mana cheaper and can help to destroy enemy supports. But I see your rationale on trading creatures and resurrecting them. You probably know better on which card being more suitable. Also Grave Birthing basically says "pay 4 mana to block your opponent's next non-flying creature's attack and replace this card". With Berserker Plate / Sword of the Animist in play, it says the same except gain 2 delayed mana. The slot could be better utilised by inserting another creature to ensure you have sufficient creatures to discard to be reanimated, even better if the creature also spawns Eldrazi Scion tokens. Very good cards for a fourth creature slot are Graveblade Marauder and Blight Herder, although I'm guessing you don't have them based on the posts thus far.
tdellaringa wrote: I kept finding the discard was short term gain, long term loss. This seems to be working way better. Not only am I winning nearly all the time, but the games are twice as fast. Early yet, but we'll see how it goes.
rulerhumankind wrote: I think your available cards work better for beatdown instead of discard. If you want to make an absolutly brutal discard deck, you need one of two mythics, Infinite Obliteration or Demonic Pact.