I have decided it would be a fun idea to try to at least make her ability work, as her artwork is fantastic and she deserves at least one deck. Instead of going with a gorgon tribal theme, I've split it somewhat between voltron and death triggers.
It works better than I had expected, people have just forgotten about her board wipe, dismissing her as a less than mediocre threat. Her monstrous ability is intimidating to use at 8 mana, but a reusable board-wipe is still a reusable board-wipe.
I love it! It is a bit slow to start, but the board control is pretty good and people underestimate Hythonia's monstrous ability. It's also not hard to win with general damage.
Gray Merchant is a super good card, but it's super hard to play around his devotion trigger and Hythonia's monstrous ability. With a large amount of artifacts, he also tended to do low amounts of damage when his ETB trigger hit. I also just learned of Jet Medallion's existance, and the ramp is too good to pass up.
As for the orrery, flash is nice but due to needing at least 14 mana to cast and use Hythonia, it often didn't make much difference. Mimic Vat just gives me another way to benefit from creatures dying.
Filth's ability was cute, with Hythonia and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth both in play, but it wasn't extremely useful. As I have other ways of making Hythonia essentially unblockable, I made the switch to Harvester, who provides quite a bit of card advantage in this style of deck.
Have you considered using Conspiracy to keep your guys alive?
It could work with Patriarch's Bidding if you can put enough tutors to have the Conspiracy every game.
Have you considered using Conspiracy to keep your guys alive?
It could work with Patriarch's Bidding if you can put enough tutors to have the Conspiracy every game.
Well, that card is fantastic, and I will definitely test it.
I'm unsure of Patriarch's Bidding. It's kind of inconsistant if I don't get Conspiracy, and I don't want to give people their stuff back after a board wipe. However, Conspiracy negates my own board wipe (With Hythonia, at least).
I love Avatar, but it's probably the weakest card in the deck at the moment, especially with the amount of hexproof and shroud in my meta. And conspiracy helps me avoid wiping my own board.
Agent of Erebos is going in as another precaution against renaimator decks after I board wipe, and I prefer the potential to hit multiple permanents to the cheap cost of Go for the Throat.
I have decided it would be a fun idea to try to at least make her ability work, as her artwork is fantastic and she deserves at least one deck. Instead of going with a gorgon tribal theme, I've split it somewhat between voltron and death triggers.
It works better than I had expected, people have just forgotten about her board wipe, dismissing her as a less than mediocre threat. Her monstrous ability is intimidating to use at 8 mana, but a reusable board-wipe is still a reusable board-wipe.
Here's the list:
6 Hythonia the Cruel
Creature (15)
2 Blood Artist
2 Reassembling Skeleton
3 Burnished Hart
4 Agent of Erebos
4 Crypt Ghast
4 Solemn Simulacrum
5 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
6 Harvester of Souls
6 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
6 Massacre Wurm
6 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
6 Nirkana Revenant
7 Rune-scarred Demon
7 Sheoldred, Whispering One
11 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Sorcery (11)
1 Reanimate
2 Demonic Tutor
2 Black Sun's Zenith
2 Exsanguinate
3 Ashes to Ashes
3 Beseech the Queen
3 Toxic Deluge
3 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Damnation
4 Diabolic Tutor
9 Rise of the Dark Realms
4 Liliana of the Dark Realms
5 Liliana Vess
7 Karn Liberated
Instant (6)
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Doom Blade
3 Hero's Downfall
3 Sudden Spoiling
4 Rescue from the Underworld
4 Silence the Believers
Artifact (21)
1 Blade of the Bloodchief
1 Expedition Map
1 Mana Vault
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
2 Jet Medallion
2 Mind Stone
2 Swiftfoot Boots
3 Champion's Helm
3 Darksteel Plate
3 Helm of Kaldra
3 Mimic Vat
3 Sword of Feast and Famine
3 Sword of Fire and Ice
3 Sword of Light and Shadow
4 Shield of Kaldra
4 Sword of Kaldra
4 Thran Dynamo
5 Conjurer's Closet
5 Gauntlet of Power
6 Caged Sun
3 Necropotence
3 Phyrexian Arena
3 Underworld Connections
5 Conspiracy
7 Grave Betrayal
Land (38)
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Cathedral of War
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Deserted Temple
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Strip Mine
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Winding Canyons
28x Swamp
Feedback is appreciated. ^.^
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Sanguine Bond ---> Grave Betrayal
Sanguine Bond is a bit lackluster without Exquisite Blood, and Grave Betrayal rewards you for usin Hythonia's Monstrous ability.
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel ---> Jet Medallion
Vedalken Orrery ---> Mimic Vat
Gray Merchant is a super good card, but it's super hard to play around his devotion trigger and Hythonia's monstrous ability. With a large amount of artifacts, he also tended to do low amounts of damage when his ETB trigger hit. I also just learned of Jet Medallion's existance, and the ramp is too good to pass up.
As for the orrery, flash is nice but due to needing at least 14 mana to cast and use Hythonia, it often didn't make much difference. Mimic Vat just gives me another way to benefit from creatures dying.
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Filth ---> Harvester of Souls
Filth's ability was cute, with Hythonia and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth both in play, but it wasn't extremely useful. As I have other ways of making Hythonia essentially unblockable, I made the switch to Harvester, who provides quite a bit of card advantage in this style of deck.
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It could work with Patriarch's Bidding if you can put enough tutors to have the Conspiracy every game.
Well, that card is fantastic, and I will definitely test it.
I'm unsure of Patriarch's Bidding. It's kind of inconsistant if I don't get Conspiracy, and I don't want to give people their stuff back after a board wipe. However, Conspiracy negates my own board wipe (With Hythonia, at least).
Thank you though, I never knew that card existed.
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Avatar of Woe ---> Conspiracy
I love Avatar, but it's probably the weakest card in the deck at the moment, especially with the amount of hexproof and shroud in my meta. And conspiracy helps me avoid wiping my own board.
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Erebos, God of the Dead ---> Agent of Erebos
Go for the Throat ---> Silence the Believers
Agent of Erebos is going in as another precaution against renaimator decks after I board wipe, and I prefer the potential to hit multiple permanents to the cheap cost of Go for the Throat.
I'm also considering Dictate of Erebos, if I can find a spot for it, to help against things like Boros Charm and Avacyn, Angel of Hope.
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