Disturbed Burial -> Corpse Dance the dance is instant speed and it puts them into play. If you sacrifice that creature then the exile is ignored so I think you will just get better results overall from this swap.
Geth's Grimoire -> Phyrexian Reclamation the cost per use is a lot more reasonable. The burial is possibly more robust if opponents arent running counters and wheels but I think the cheaper to use is preferred.
Killing Wave -> All is Dust indestructable things, enchantments, and planeswalkers can be a pain for black and killing wave is just too unpredictable generally speaking.
Blood Seeker seems like a good answer to opposing token decks and fits the general plan of Shirei.
Coffin Queen it can rez from any graveyard and rezes from Shirei. It also can act as graveyard hate by untapping it on your turn or rezing an opposing creature and then sacing the queen to rez off of Shirei.
Disciple of Phenax it seems sort of fun as it fits well with the mentality of looping creatures over and over. It also gives you some options of what to target.
Viscera Seer its a really solid sac outlet and it fits Shirei well.
I would probably consider cutting the following:
Walking Atlas just sort of meh towards it in general. You dont have a lot of draw in the deck so I dont really see this going very far.
Workhorse it costs too much to drop and its only ok if you are looping it a lot.
Pili-Pala it doesnt do anything in here. It costs 2 colorless for 1 black.
Sentinel has been really good in our Shirei deck. Stops Blightsteel Colossus all day long if you have a sac outlet. I think it would work well alongside Silent Arbiter.
Our deck runs a lot more of a STAX theme and I don't know what your meta is like, but Guiltfeeder has been a great answer to things like Solitary Confinement.
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Current EDH Generals: WAvacyn, Angel of Hope|UAzami, Lady of Scrolls|B| Ob Nixilis, the Fallen|R Daretti, Scrap Savant|GEzuri, Renegade Leader|WUBrago, King Eternal|UBGrimgrin, Corpse-born|BR Wort, Boggart Auntie|RGUlasht, the Hate Seed|GW Captain Sisay|WBGhost Council of Orzhova|BGGlissa, the Traitor|GUExperiment Kraj|URMelek, Izzet Paragon RWJor Kadeen, the Prevailer|WBRKaalia of the Vast|GWBGhave, Guru of Spores|UBRMarchesa, the Black Rose
Retired WDarien, King of Kjeldor|RJaya Ballard, Task Mage|RNorin the Wary|GBMomir Vig, Simic Visionary|WUBRGSliver Overlord
Our meta is a lot more of Green super ramp or Blue control. We have VERY little infect and I am the only person right now with my shirei deck that forces people to lose cards/creatures/other. Having said that. I think grabbing sentinel would be a good idea. Mostly cause someone else plays a Doran in one of their decks so he can become a super blocker if Silent Arbiter is up. I am more worried stuff like hallowed burial. Everyone has some form of grave hate, but not enough to be SUPER worried about. If you have any ideas to get around stuff like that I'd be appreciative.
Adding Necropotence in place of Oversold Cemetary.
How is this deck at closing games? I love the theme and a lot of the creatures in it, but it seems like it could use some larger dudes to finish the game/generate your own threat, in place of some of the less useful smaller guys. For example, have you considered taking out Whispering Specter and Disciple of Phenax? It doesn't seem like discard effects for individual cards would be very powerful, even if recurrable.
I sort of wonder if you could get away with Death Cloud in here. You could make X the number of creatures you have not including Shirei and just eat up hands and opponents creatures. It doesn't seem like you need that much mana overall either so the loss of a little seems like it shouldn't matter much.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
Another nifty Shirei trick (and one that would work with ISBPathfinder's Death Cloud idea) is to run as many man-lands as you can fit in; Blinkmoth Nexus, Inkmoth Nexus, Spawning Pool, etc. If someone destroys them, you can animate them and they come back at the end of the turn via Shirei. If you include Dust Bowl, you have a repeatable (if somewhat mana intensive) Strip Mine.
Also, I would replace Thran Dynamo and Gilded Lotus with Blood Pet and Basal Thrull. They can ramp you into an early Shirei and while they won't make as much mana as the other two, they can be recurred more easily.
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Retired WDarien, King of Kjeldor|RJaya Ballard, Task Mage|RNorin the Wary|GBMomir Vig, Simic Visionary|WUBRGSliver Overlord
Truthfully this deck is hard to have a solid finish with. Only have a few conditions that force a win, like sorcerous queen and kokusho. Or exanguinate with a stupid amount of mana. Otherwise, it is pretty much about making it so people have nothing. I'd really be interested in cards that destroyed lands/permanents reliably and in mass. I will prolly try to drop the two cards mentioned just now and add the mana rampers another poster talked about.
I actually like those two in the deck, I might consider dropping the lotus however thran dynamo helps a lot for early game if I can get it out on time, lotus however is one turn to slow for this deck I think as well as I should always have enough Black mana, but over all mana is more of an issue. This being said, an issue I have been having with this deck is early game, and my early game mana is a huge pain in the ass at the moment. I'll miss land drops and have good cards to do shirei silliness however I won't have enough for shirei to come out.
I am going to hold off on any land-d changes for now.
1x Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
CREATURES (26)
1x Blood Pet
1x Viscera Seer
1x Basal Thrull
1x Blood Artist
1x Blood Seeker
1x Disciple of Griselbrand
1x Myr Retriever
1x Big Game Hunter
1x Bone Shredder
1x Burnished Hart
1x Cadaver Imp
1x Coffin Queen
1x Noxious Toad
1x Pawn of Ulamog
1x Pilgrim's Eye
1x Sorceress Queen
1x Disciple of Phenax
1x Falkenrath Noble
1x Hell's Caretaker
1x Mindless Automaton
1x Silent Arbiter
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
1x Butcher of Malakir
1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
1x Skullclamp
1x Sol Ring
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Ashnod's Altar
1x Darksteel Plate
1x Phyrexian Vault
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Mind's Eye
1x Venser's Journal
ENCHANTMENT (12)
1x Gate to Phyrexia
1x Attrition
1x Contamination
1x Infernal Tribute
1x Necromancy
1x Necropotence
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Screams from Within
1x Words of Waste
1x Grave Pact
1x Painful Quandary
1x Null Profusion
INSTANT (5)
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Go for the Throat
1x Hero's Downfall
1x Corpse Dance
1x Murder
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Diabolic Intent
1x Exsanguinate
1x Grim Tutor
1x Yawgmoth's Will
1x Damnation
1x Living Death
1x All is Dust
PLANESWALKER (1)
1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
LAND (38)
1x Cabal Coffers
1x Deserted Temple
1x High Market
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1x Phyrexian Tower
1x Reliquary Tower
28x Swamp
1x Temple of the False God
1x Thespian's Stage
1x Vesuva
1x Volrath's Stronghold
Maybe
Tower of the Magistrate
Expedition Map
Black Market
Sentinel
Current EDH
Akroma W | Tymna and Bruse RBW
Disturbed Burial -> Corpse Dance the dance is instant speed and it puts them into play. If you sacrifice that creature then the exile is ignored so I think you will just get better results overall from this swap.
Geth's Grimoire -> Phyrexian Reclamation the cost per use is a lot more reasonable. The burial is possibly more robust if opponents arent running counters and wheels but I think the cheaper to use is preferred.
Killing Wave -> All is Dust indestructable things, enchantments, and planeswalkers can be a pain for black and killing wave is just too unpredictable generally speaking.
Blood Seeker seems like a good answer to opposing token decks and fits the general plan of Shirei.
Coffin Queen it can rez from any graveyard and rezes from Shirei. It also can act as graveyard hate by untapping it on your turn or rezing an opposing creature and then sacing the queen to rez off of Shirei.
Disciple of Phenax it seems sort of fun as it fits well with the mentality of looping creatures over and over. It also gives you some options of what to target.
Viscera Seer its a really solid sac outlet and it fits Shirei well.
I would probably consider cutting the following:
Walking Atlas just sort of meh towards it in general. You dont have a lot of draw in the deck so I dont really see this going very far.
Workhorse it costs too much to drop and its only ok if you are looping it a lot.
Pili-Pala it doesnt do anything in here. It costs 2 colorless for 1 black.
Disciple of the Vault too situational.
Sorceress Queen too small of an effect.
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Our deck runs a lot more of a STAX theme and I don't know what your meta is like, but Guiltfeeder has been a great answer to things like Solitary Confinement.
If you like, you can check out the whole decklist here.
W Avacyn, Angel of Hope|U Azami, Lady of Scrolls|B | Ob Nixilis, the Fallen|R Daretti, Scrap Savant|G Ezuri, Renegade Leader|WUBrago, King Eternal|UB Grimgrin, Corpse-born|BR Wort, Boggart Auntie|RG Ulasht, the Hate Seed|GW Captain Sisay|WB Ghost Council of Orzhova|BG Glissa, the Traitor|GU Experiment Kraj|UR Melek, Izzet Paragon
RW Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer|WBR Kaalia of the Vast|GWB Ghave, Guru of Spores|UBR Marchesa, the Black Rose
Retired
WDarien, King of Kjeldor|R Jaya Ballard, Task Mage|R Norin the Wary|GB Momir Vig, Simic Visionary|WUBRG Sliver Overlord
Adding Necropotence in place of Oversold Cemetary.
Considering Adding Sentinel (Sir Gawin reccomendation)
Current EDH
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Also, I would replace Thran Dynamo and Gilded Lotus with Blood Pet and Basal Thrull. They can ramp you into an early Shirei and while they won't make as much mana as the other two, they can be recurred more easily.
W Avacyn, Angel of Hope|U Azami, Lady of Scrolls|B | Ob Nixilis, the Fallen|R Daretti, Scrap Savant|G Ezuri, Renegade Leader|WUBrago, King Eternal|UB Grimgrin, Corpse-born|BR Wort, Boggart Auntie|RG Ulasht, the Hate Seed|GW Captain Sisay|WB Ghost Council of Orzhova|BG Glissa, the Traitor|GU Experiment Kraj|UR Melek, Izzet Paragon
RW Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer|WBR Kaalia of the Vast|GWB Ghave, Guru of Spores|UBR Marchesa, the Black Rose
Retired
WDarien, King of Kjeldor|R Jaya Ballard, Task Mage|R Norin the Wary|GB Momir Vig, Simic Visionary|WUBRG Sliver Overlord
Current EDH
Akroma W | Tymna and Bruse RBW
I am going to hold off on any land-d changes for now.
Following changes
Gilded lotus -> Basal Thrull (Sir Gawin)
Whispering Specter (bccohen) -> Blood Pet (Sir Gawin)
I am looking for some card draw to replace Phyrexian Vault however.
Current EDH
Akroma W | Tymna and Bruse RBW