I wouldn't waste mox+ritual to play Liege to put mere three 1/1 creatures out turn 3. Your opponent will have 3 turns to deal with Liege, which is not a great creature without protection and mere 2 toughness, so if he drop any real threat turn 1-2, he can just kill Liege t3 and turn the board to him.
I'd prefer, at anytime, cast Ritual + Specter or Ritual + Thoughtseize + Hymn, than casting Liege.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"Now i lay you, down to rest, you'll never be more than second best" (Megadeth)
nyxathid gets 6/6+ easily here and I win games with one and a jitte.
I find the regular MBA with shades and stalkers isn't even fast and easily destroyed with removal. At least in the group I play with. Bitterblossom is a real powerhouse for me (with the people I play with). Their weenie decks are even faster and the faeries chump block all day. I put in the duress so I have a bigger change of getting first turn 1cmc + 2cmc, otherwise I've found with a ritual first turn, I burn a lot playing 2cmc spells.
I don't see why shade can't be run as a 2of. They don't complement each other or anything. And it isn't like you absolutely have to draw him turn 2 to be useful. I actually prefer less than a 4of shade. Drawing multiples is pretty useless.
Here's what I've been playing with:
Deck
Creature (16)
2 Nantuko Shade
3 Mesmeric Fiend
4 Hypnotic Specter
4 Nyxathid
3 Tombstalker
Spells (27)
1 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hymn to Tourach
2 Smother
2 Snuff Out
4 Bitterblossom
2 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Dark Ritual
4 Chrome Mox
Lands (17)
3 Mutavault
14 Swamp
Thinking about using Creakwood Lieges for fun to boost the faeries.
Turn 1: Swamp, Chrome Mox, Dark Ritual, Liege
Turn 2: Swamp, Thoughtseize, Bitterblossom, 3/3 Worm
Turn 3: Swamp, 2/2 Faerie, 3/3 Worm, 3/3 Worm, Hymn, Jitte
lol
I wouldn't run Nyxathid and Tombstalker on the same deck, too much conditional cards to play with.
I'd do:
-1 Duress (you already have Thoughtseize, no need of it)
-4 Bitterblossom (too slow)
-3 Tombstalker (dropped in favor of Nyxathid due cmc)
-2 Nantuko Shade (only aggro card out and only 2-of)
+4 Dark Confidant (insane draw engine)
+4 Ravenous Rats
+1 Mesmeric Fiend
+1 Mutavault (beating support)
I wouldn't waste mox+ritual to play Liege to put mere three 1/1 creatures out turn 3. Your opponent will have 3 turns to deal with Liege, which is not a great creature without protection and mere 2 toughness, so if he drop any real threat turn 1-2, he can just kill Liege t3 and turn the board to him.
I'd prefer, at anytime, cast Ritual + Specter or Ritual + Thoughtseize + Hymn, than casting Liege.
nyxathid gets 6/6+ easily here and I win games with one and a jitte.
I find the regular MBA with shades and stalkers isn't even fast and easily destroyed with removal. At least in the group I play with. Bitterblossom is a real powerhouse for me (with the people I play with). Their weenie decks are even faster and the faeries chump block all day. I put in the duress so I have a bigger change of getting first turn 1cmc + 2cmc, otherwise I've found with a ritual first turn, I burn a lot playing 2cmc spells.
I don't see why shade can't be run as a 2of. They don't complement each other or anything. And it isn't like you absolutely have to draw him turn 2 to be useful. I actually prefer less than a 4of shade. Drawing multiples is pretty useless.
With your suggestion, my win cons are:
4 Dark Confidant
4 Ravenous Rats
4 Mesmeric Fiend
4 Nyxathid
4 Hypnotic Specter
3 Mutavault
I don't think that's enough. At least with Bitterblossoms you actually have a legitimate threat. No?