My girlfriend expressed some interest in magic so I built her a Skullbriar EDH deck to get started with! I wanted the deck to be pretty resilient and have a lot of cool interactions, and be pretty easy to play. So far she has gotten a good idea of how to win ( card advantage ) and to be choosy on what cards to use and when. I thought I'd share the deck with you guys to see what your thoughts on it were, how it could be improved in any way, and so forth. Right now the budget is kind of tight, but I'd be willing to plop some cash down on some necessary cards if need be ( after Christmas!! already spent too much lol )
1 Skullbriar, the walking grave
EQUIPMENTS
2 loxodon warhammer
3 nim deathmantle
4 sword of war and peace
5 sword of body and mind
6 trailblazer's boots
7 whispersilk cloak
8 darksteel plate
DRAW
9 skullclamp
10 sign in blood
11 promise of power
12 phyrexian arena
13 harmonize
UNDYING MINIONS
14 bloodghast
15 reassembling skeleton
16 nether traitor
BOARD CONTROL
17 plague wind
18 nevinyrral's disk
19 ratchet bomb
20 go for the throat
21 rend flesh
22 innocent blood
23 brittle effigy
24 nature's claim
25 naturalize
26 beast within
27 relic crush
28 acidic slime
29 mold shambler
30 terastodon
31 birds of paradise
32 golgari signet
33 explore
34 rampant growth
35 cultivate
36 rites of flourishing
37 darksteel ingot
38 reap and sow
39 oracle of mul daya
40 primeval titan
SACRIFICE OUTLETS
41 phyrexian altar
42 perilous forays
43 viscera seer
GOODSTUFF
44 life/death
45 grave pact
46 nature's will
RECURSION
47 mimic vat
48 nature's spiral
49 restock
TUTORS
50 expedition map
51 worldly tutor
52 green sun's zenith
53 diabolic tutor
54 fauna shaman
55 sorin markov
56 garruk wildspeaker
CREATURES
57 brawn
58 hex parasite
59 massacre wurm
60 grave titan
61 vigor
62 steel hellkite
63 rampaging baloths
64 sheoldred, whispering one
I know one card the deck desperately needs is cabal coffers. what other suggestions could be made? Thanks for the input and criticism.
Prime time's best friend, avenger of zendikar. Nirkana revenant works like a second cabal coffers which you can dump excess black mana into as well.
Dosan the falling leaf offers some protection for skullbriar and friends. Jugan, the rising star works well with skullbriar if you opt for abusing his unique abilities. Blade of the bloodchief is also good for piling on the counters.
Some more sac outlets to keep skullbriar safe might be good. I can think of the following:
greater good
high market
phyrexian tower
As for things you might want to cut, maybe some of the weaker ramp like explore or some of the targeted artifact/enchantment removal.