This is the deck i've been trying to put together for the past couple of months. I already have most of the cards there but i'm looking for some help to improve it further.
I wanna keep the BW Drain theme(as in i don't want to make it mono black) and cards that are too expensive im not willing to consider for now.
Any helpful suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Blind Hunter is pretty weak, especially once you consider the better flying-lifelink attackers available and the Extort mechanic. It could be replaced by something else.
Gray Merchant works really well if you can build up black devotion. Life-based card draw engines like Phyrexian Arena are synergistic. It lets you trade life for cards while building black devotion.
I'd cut down on copies of Exsanguinate. What do 4 copies do? Any mini-Exsanguinates you cast in the early game can be done better by just Extorting every time you cast a spell (and Extort stacks, you if you have 2 Extort permanents you can pay 2 mana and drain 2 life per spell). Where Exsanguinate really shines is as a finisher. You don't want it early. You want it at the end of the game when your other tools have failed and you're a bit mana flooded. 2 copies is enough.
-2 Blind Hunter - I feel that I still want to keep one as a singleton because its lifegain and evasion have already won me games a few times, I'll keep testing it and see how it goes.
-2 Exsanguinate - You are probably right on this one, 4 of them perhaps is overkill
+2 Read the Bones - Very affordable and I like this card a lot. Now that I opened up 2 slots in the deck, I feel like testing it out.
+2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury - Affordable, good blocker, helps with the devotion, and when paired with recursion can net good card advantage, still unsure about him.
I really wanted an Phyrexian Arena but it's too expensive for me right now, but its definitely on my add later list.
Cards to consider that would be consistent with your theme:
Kingpin's Pet
Soul Link
Mourning Thrull
Tithe Drinker
Castigate
Debt to the Deathless
I don't think any of them are particularly expensive because I have multiple copies and I don't buy multiple copies of expensive cards lol.
Also there are other B/W lands.
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This is the deck i've been trying to put together for the past couple of months. I already have most of the cards there but i'm looking for some help to improve it further.
I wanna keep the BW Drain theme(as in i don't want to make it mono black) and cards that are too expensive im not willing to consider for now.
Any helpful suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
You should check out the Extort mechanic on cards like Blind Obedience, Tithe Drinker, Basilica Screecher or Thrull Parasite. Built-in drain every time you cast any spell. Seems like exactly what your deck wants to do!
Vault Skirge or Sungrace Pegasus are upgrades on Mourning Thrull, although you don't really need either. They are all weak creatures without Bonehoard on them. The new Aerial Responder is a fantastic flying-lifelink attacker.
Blind Hunter is pretty weak, especially once you consider the better flying-lifelink attackers available and the Extort mechanic. It could be replaced by something else.
Gray Merchant works really well if you can build up black devotion. Life-based card draw engines like Phyrexian Arena are synergistic. It lets you trade life for cards while building black devotion.
I'd cut down on copies of Exsanguinate. What do 4 copies do? Any mini-Exsanguinates you cast in the early game can be done better by just Extorting every time you cast a spell (and Extort stacks, you if you have 2 Extort permanents you can pay 2 mana and drain 2 life per spell). Where Exsanguinate really shines is as a finisher. You don't want it early. You want it at the end of the game when your other tools have failed and you're a bit mana flooded. 2 copies is enough.
I made a few changes based on what you suggested:
-2 Blind Hunter - I feel that I still want to keep one as a singleton because its lifegain and evasion have already won me games a few times, I'll keep testing it and see how it goes.
-2 Exsanguinate - You are probably right on this one, 4 of them perhaps is overkill
+2 Read the Bones - Very affordable and I like this card a lot. Now that I opened up 2 slots in the deck, I feel like testing it out.
+2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury - Affordable, good blocker, helps with the devotion, and when paired with recursion can net good card advantage, still unsure about him.
I really wanted an Phyrexian Arena but it's too expensive for me right now, but its definitely on my add later list.
How do you feel about these changes?
Thanks again.
Kingpin's Pet
Soul Link
Mourning Thrull
Tithe Drinker
Castigate
Debt to the Deathless
I don't think any of them are particularly expensive because I have multiple copies and I don't buy multiple copies of expensive cards lol.
Also there are other B/W lands.