Disappointed at your lack of Megrim, Liliana's Caress, Painful Quandry.
I think Arena of the Ancients should be something different. Ensnaring Bridge after the recent reprint almost reaches your budget criteria. I also don't see how you're going to pay for Possessed Portal's 8 CMC.
I also think Torment of Hailfire might be a good card for you, as well as Cryptolith Rite. Ramunap Excavator seems vital for your deck, seeing that you run multiple Strip Mine effects, and that your permanents may cause you to sac lands.
32 lands is a critically low land count, seeing as your lands might end up all tapped and you rely on land drops and mana elves for access to mana.
Disappointed at your lack of Megrim, Liliana's Caress, Painful Quandry.
I think Arena of the Ancients should be something different. Ensnaring Bridge after the recent reprint almost reaches your budget criteria. I also don't see how you're going to pay for Possessed Portal's 8 CMC.
I also think Torment of Hailfire might be a good card for you, as well as Cryptolith Rite. Ramunap Excavator seems vital for your deck, seeing that you run multiple Strip Mine effects, and that your permanents may cause you to sac lands.
32 lands is a critically low land count, seeing as your lands might end up all tapped and you rely on land drops and mana elves for access to mana.
The discard dmg cards don't really do enough in 4 man pods and the deck is fairly light on discard unless i can get an engine going early. Bridge, excavator. Added some "power", crucible, etc.
As for my mana base, ive got a cradle now, and some more artifact manas.
Updated quite a bit. the deck is no longer a budget build. Fetches and bayou will replace some basics. What else am I missing?
List looks pretty solid, can't see any glaring omissions.
Two more mana dorks you can add are Boreal Druid and Joraga Treespeaker. Not the best but both help set up early stax pieces and consistently get a turn 1 dork.
I would consider adding Dark Confidant if you have the budget. You have a low curve to take advantage and many ways to remove it if you get too low. Generally better than Dark Tutelage as it won't be affected by most tax effects.
Finally a couple of stax/hate pieces that you may want to consider.
Torpor Orb is nearly one sided in your deck and is very powerful against other creature based decks.
Root Maze can slow down opponents long enough to get the bigger stax pieces online.
Lodestone Golem bit expensive for a tax effect but comes attached to a decent body.
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1x Chrome Mox
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Cursed Totem
1x Ensnaring Bridge
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Meekstone
1x Mox Diamond
1x Null Rod
1x Skullclamp
1x Smokestack
1x Sol Ring
1x Sphere of Resistance
1x Static Orb
1x Tangle Wire
1x Thorn of Amethyst
1x Trinisphere
1x Winter Orb
Creature: 12
1x Arbor Elf
1x Birds of Paradise
1x Deathrite Shaman
1x Elves of Deep Shadow
1x Elvish Mystic
1x Eternal Witness
1x Fyndhorn Elves
1x Llanowar Elves
1x Ramunap Excavator
1x Reclamation Sage
1x Sadistic Hypnotist
1x Wall of Roots
1x Damnation
1x Death Cloud
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Diabolic Intent
1x Farseek
1x Grim Tutor
1x Imperial Seal
1x Maelstrom Pulse
1x Nature's Lore
1x Night's Whisper
1x Pox
1x Rampant Growth
1x Read the Bones
1x Sign in Blood
1x Smallpox
1x Sylvan Scrying
1x Toxic Deluge
Enchantment: 13
1x Bitterblossom
1x Bottomless Pit
1x Chains of Mephistopheles
1x Contamination
1x Dark Tutelage
1x Necrogen Mists
1x Necropotence
1x Nether Void
1x Oppression
1x Pernicious Deed
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Sylvan Library
1x The Abyss
1x Nath of the Gilt-leaf
Land: 32
1x Ancient Tomb
1x Blooming Marsh
1x Command Tower
1x Evolving Wilds
7x Forest
1x Gaea's Cradle
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Llanowar Wastes
1x Overgrown Tomb
1x Phyrexian Tower
1x Strip Mine
9x Swamp
1x Tectonic Edge
1x Terramorphic Expanse
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Volrath's Stronghold
1x Wasteland
1x Woodland Cemetery
Instant: 7
1x Abrupt Decay
1x Crop Rotation
1x Murderous Cut
1x Nature's Claim
1x Noxious Revival
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Worldly Tutor
Any ideas appreciated. Updated quite a bit. Budget restrictions are gone.
I think Arena of the Ancients should be something different. Ensnaring Bridge after the recent reprint almost reaches your budget criteria. I also don't see how you're going to pay for Possessed Portal's 8 CMC.
I also think Torment of Hailfire might be a good card for you, as well as Cryptolith Rite. Ramunap Excavator seems vital for your deck, seeing that you run multiple Strip Mine effects, and that your permanents may cause you to sac lands.
32 lands is a critically low land count, seeing as your lands might end up all tapped and you rely on land drops and mana elves for access to mana.
The discard dmg cards don't really do enough in 4 man pods and the deck is fairly light on discard unless i can get an engine going early. Bridge, excavator. Added some "power", crucible, etc.
As for my mana base, ive got a cradle now, and some more artifact manas.
Updated quite a bit. the deck is no longer a budget build. Fetches and bayou will replace some basics. What else am I missing?
Two more mana dorks you can add are Boreal Druid and Joraga Treespeaker. Not the best but both help set up early stax pieces and consistently get a turn 1 dork.
I would consider adding Dark Confidant if you have the budget. You have a low curve to take advantage and many ways to remove it if you get too low. Generally better than Dark Tutelage as it won't be affected by most tax effects.
Finally a couple of stax/hate pieces that you may want to consider.
Torpor Orb is nearly one sided in your deck and is very powerful against other creature based decks.
Root Maze can slow down opponents long enough to get the bigger stax pieces online.
Lodestone Golem bit expensive for a tax effect but comes attached to a decent body.