This list is ripped straight from a StarCityGames Article that came out just after Innistrad released. I believe the attempt was to make a deck that abused Ad Nauseam so much that they would have to ban it. My modus operandi is get revenge on Wizards for banning Griselbrand by playing a deck that functions similarly. Anyways, the purpose is to find Ad Nauseam, cast Ad Nauseam, and draw your deck. You have to keep track of the convereted mana cost of the cards left in your deck (The total, minus Maralen and Ad Nauseam is currently 57,) so you can make sure that when you go off you don't have to worry about accidentally killing yourself.
I'm posting here to get some feedback as I'd like to try and change up the deck a little bit. My local game shop allows 30 proxies, so I can pretty much get whatever without worrying about the price. So, without further ado, here is "The Worst Thing You Can Still Do To People." All credit goes to Sean McKeown at StarCityGames.com.
The list look ok the general is bad though it would work 1 time then it would just get auto killed / combo countered. You tutor last seems pretty silly.
If I'm correct, she's the general because she has the ability to be a tutor if needed. As far as I know, the deck doesn't actually care about sticking her ever. I'm thinking about taking out some of the stuff for more tutors, personally. Just not sure what to take out and what tutors to run. Can't be too expensive so it doesn't mess up Ad Nauseam.
This deck is not very good; it's a gimick/one time party trick.
Anyone with a modicum of intelligence will tutor for a plow/path/removal of your choice and Maralen is back in the command zone, or worse, tucked. Or if a red player is your opponent, they tutor for Strangehold and then proceed to LOL at you.
You're not supposed to use Maralen. 95% of the time, I'm sure she doesn't see play. You just have to get a hold of a tutor or Ad Nauseam itself, then you can go off. I need to get some playtests in, though . . .
I like the deck and think it will work pretty well, though be careful, when they see maralen they will be afraid of the tutor potential and might drop a stranglehold, which kills all your tutors, maybe use the one eyed as the gen?
If you really want to play competitive / consistent storm in EDH you should play either the very consistent UBW storm lists which use Zur as a backup via fetching Necropotence or UBR which has the highest density of powerful combo cards. Mono-black (since the departure of Griselbrand) doesn't have the raw speed or consistency of multicolor storm decks. And playing a deck that has 50% lands is a recipe for getting blown out by a single counterspell as your threat density is just so low.
If you want to keep it in monoblack the list looks good. Is Krark-Clan Ironworks worth it? Since it costs 4 mana and only produces colorless I could see it being cut for another land or inquisition of kozilkek which would decrease the total manacost to 53/54 which makes it easier to draw your entire deck.
@Xbinox: Perhaps, as that would be a very bad situation for me. Once I get it up on Cockatrice and test a bit to see how often that or somethings similar happens I'll decide.
@Capitacom: I think I'm going to stick with mono black, as I enjoy the idea of mono black combo for some reason. If I get bored with it, I'll probably swap to UBR storm, as I was considering what to do with some of my older storm cards the other day.
As to the Ironworks, I believe it's for the artifact ramp in the deck. You drop everything, Exsanguinate for a lot, get it back somehow, then sac everything to the Ironworks to finish them off. I will agree that it's a little expensive and clunky looking, though.
I'm posting here to get some feedback as I'd like to try and change up the deck a little bit. My local game shop allows 30 proxies, so I can pretty much get whatever without worrying about the price. So, without further ado, here is "The Worst Thing You Can Still Do To People." All credit goes to Sean McKeown at StarCityGames.com.
1x Maralen of the Mornsong
The "Combo"
1x Ad Nauseam
1x Skirge Familiar
1x Exsanguinate
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Elixir of Immortality
1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
1x Yawgmoth's Will
Tutors
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Diabolic Tutor
1x Grim Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Infernal Tutor
1x Vampiric Tutor
Disruption
1x Black Sun's Zenith
1x Defense Grid
1x Duress
1x Mind Twist
1x Oblivion Stone
1x Pithing Needle
1x Slaughter Pact
Storm Enablers
1x Cabal Ritual
1x Culling the Weak
1x Dark Ritual
1x Lion's Eye Diamond
1x Lodestone Bauble
1x Lotus Bloom
1x Lotus Petal
1x Memnite
1x Mishra's Bauble
1x Ornithopter
1x Phyrexian Walker
1x Scroll Rack
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Shield Sphere
1x Urza's Bauble
1x Chrome Mox
1x Everflowing Chalice
1x Grim Monolith
1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Mox Diamond
1x Mox Opal
1x Sol Ring
Utility Lands
1x Blinkmoth Nexus
1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1x Cabal Pit
1x Dust Bowl
1x Inkmoth Nexus
1x Mishra's Factory
1x Mouth of Ronom
1x Mystifying Maze
1x Rishadan Port
1x Scrying Sheets
1x Spawning Pool
1x Strip Mine
1x Thawing Glaciers
1x Wasteland
1x Winding Canyons
1x Wintermoon Mesa
1x Barren Moor
1x Blasted Landscape
1x City of Traitors
1x Crystal Vein
1x Darksteel Citadel
1x Ebon Stronghold
1x Lake of the Dead
1x Peat Bog
1x Phyrexian Tower
1x Polluted Mire
1x Reliquary Tower
26 x Snow-Covered Swamp
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Vault of Whispers
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Anyone with a modicum of intelligence will tutor for a plow/path/removal of your choice and Maralen is back in the command zone, or worse, tucked. Or if a red player is your opponent, they tutor for Strangehold and then proceed to LOL at you.
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If you want to keep it in monoblack the list looks good. Is Krark-Clan Ironworks worth it? Since it costs 4 mana and only produces colorless I could see it being cut for another land or inquisition of kozilkek which would decrease the total manacost to 53/54 which makes it easier to draw your entire deck.
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@Capitacom: I think I'm going to stick with mono black, as I enjoy the idea of mono black combo for some reason. If I get bored with it, I'll probably swap to UBR storm, as I was considering what to do with some of my older storm cards the other day.
As to the Ironworks, I believe it's for the artifact ramp in the deck. You drop everything, Exsanguinate for a lot, get it back somehow, then sac everything to the Ironworks to finish them off. I will agree that it's a little expensive and clunky looking, though.