As soon as Atheros was spoiled i knew i had to build a deck around him, i love punisher effects sac abilities and hate bears as such i created the deck below, its a work in progress and would certainly appreciate some help
So the deck is designed to drain your opponents your out slowly so as not cause to make yourself a threat, all the while keeping you in the game and giving you time to assemble the sanguine bond, Exquisite Blood combo. Or the Leyline of the Void, Helm of Obedience combo. Haven't totally decided on if i really want to use these cards and there mainly fillers for now, and i don't find it altogether satisfying to kill everyone like that, but will have to do for now.
Was thinking of using boots and other protective gear to protect Athreos from tuck effects and so on, but i think i could just sac him to one of the many sac outlets in response.
The deck has many fun interactions, like having contamination out, with Pyrexian Altar and still allowing you to create white mana, casting living death or living end with Atheros out will be all kinds of fun.
I have considered cards like Kokusho, Angel of despair and Ashen Rider but am going to focus more on the little guys for now. If i find i need more destroy effects may switch them out with some of the hate bears if they under perform.
This is my first CMDR list i have created, so any advice is truly welcome.
1 Viscera Seer
1 Blood Artist
1 Suture Priest
1 Bloodghast
1 Dark Confidant
1 Eight-and-a-half-tails
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Imposing Sovereign
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Nether Shadow
1 Nether Traitor
1 Underworld Coinsmith
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Vizkopa Guildmage
1 Athreos, God of Passage
1 Aven Mindscensor
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Necrotic Silver
1 Pawn of Ulamog
1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
1 Xathrid Necromancer
1 Academy Rector
1 Agent of Erebos
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Disciple of Bolas
1 Erebos, God of the Dead
1 Falkenrath Noble
1 Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
1 Reveillark
1 Shirei, Shinzo's Caretaker
1 Sun Titan
1 Living End
1 Exlixir of Immortaility
1 Feldon's Cane
1 Skullclamp
1 Bitterblossom
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Exsanguinate
1 Luminarch Ascension
1 Oversold Cemetery
1 Attrition
1 Bitter Ordeal
1 Contamination
1 Dark Prophecy
1 Immortal Servitude
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Retribution of the Meek
1 Faith's Reward
1 Debt to the Deathless
1 Field of Souls
1 Grave Pact
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 No Mercy
1 Return to Dust
1 Smokestack
1 Exquisite Blood
1 Living Death
1 Sanguine Bond
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Cave of Koilos
1 Command Tower
1 Crypt of Agadeem
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fetid Heath
1 Godless Shrine
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Marsh Flats
1 Nykthos, Shine to Nyx
1 Orzhov Bascilica
1 Orzhov Guildgate
8 Plains
10 Swamp
1 Tainted Field
1 Temple of Silence
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vault of the Archangel
1 Volrath's Stronghold
So the deck is designed to drain your opponents your out slowly so as not cause to make yourself a threat, all the while keeping you in the game and giving you time to assemble the sanguine bond, Exquisite Blood combo. Or the Leyline of the Void, Helm of Obedience combo. Haven't totally decided on if i really want to use these cards and there mainly fillers for now, and i don't find it altogether satisfying to kill everyone like that, but will have to do for now.
Was thinking of using boots and other protective gear to protect Athreos from tuck effects and so on, but i think i could just sac him to one of the many sac outlets in response.
The deck has many fun interactions, like having contamination out, with Pyrexian Altar and still allowing you to create white mana, casting living death or living end with Atheros out will be all kinds of fun.
I have considered cards like Kokusho, Angel of despair and Ashen Rider but am going to focus more on the little guys for now. If i find i need more destroy effects may switch them out with some of the hate bears if they under perform.
This is my first CMDR list i have created, so any advice is truly welcome.
Update 4/28/2014
Removed blood seeker in place of suture priest as a complete upgrade. (Cheers Elvish Sniper)
Removed Orzhov Guildmage for Solemn Simulacrum for more card advantage
Removed Leyline of the Void and Helm of Obedience for Sorin, Lord of Innistrad and Ashnod's Altar. Sorin for more tokens to sac and the Altar to help power out bigger Exsanguinate or Debt to the Deathless