After a quick search, it looks like a few people have tried their hand at the Nightstalker tribal angle before, but I think it might be time for an update - the threads I saw were from 2006-2008. Some of the previous decks I saw didn't include Return of the Nightstalkers, which I thought was a big mistake - that card is one of the best reasons to try to make this tribe work, along with the obvious synergy with Spirit of the Night. However, it's got the obvious downside of destroying all your Swamps, so I'm trying the tack of including lands that tap for black but aren't actually Swamps. Here's my current build, but it's still being tweaked:
To some extent this is just a black goodstuff deck, though I'd specifically been looking for a fit for Death Pit Offering and Unearth, and I think this sort of archetype will work very well. I fit in a couple of the typical tribal weapons, though there's still other possibilities. Thanks for any thoughts!
I would lose Cover of Darkness and throw in Darkest Hour This way your Spirit of the Night is unblockable everywhere, and can't be targeted by any creature effects.
4 Lurking Nightstalker
4 Breathstealer
4 Feral Shadow
4 Urborg Panther
3 Nightstalker Engine
3 Spirit of the Night
Sorcery (6)
3 Unearth
3 Return of the Nightstalkers
1 Door of Destinies
1 Whip of Erebos
Enchantment (7)
1 Cover of Darkness
2 Oversold Cemetery
1 Recurring Nightmare
2 Death Pit Offering
1 Dictate of Erebos
Land (23)
4 Crypt of Agadeem
4 River of Tears
4 Vault of Whispers
3 Barren Moor
2 Darkslick Shores
2 Darkwater Catacombs
2 Underground River
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Volrath's Stronghold
Other cards considered:
- Bad Moon
- Pack's Disdain
- Attrition
- Dark Prophecy
- Infernal Tribute
- Underworld Connections
- Urza's Incubator
- Dread Return
- Kaervek's Hex
- Riptide Replicator
- Cryptic Gateway
Other lands:
- Bojuka Bog
- Bottomless Vault
- Cabal Pit
- Dakmor Salvage
- Ebon Stronghold
- Piranha Marsh
- Polluted Mire
- Shadowblood Ridge
- Spawning Pool
To some extent this is just a black goodstuff deck, though I'd specifically been looking for a fit for Death Pit Offering and Unearth, and I think this sort of archetype will work very well. I fit in a couple of the typical tribal weapons, though there's still other possibilities. Thanks for any thoughts!
Current EDH decks:
WBG Doran, the Siege Tower (I Like Big Butts)
URG Surrak Dragonclaw (Guttural Response)
UG Ezuri, Claw of Progress (Phyrexia's Claw)
BR Kaervek the Merciless (Keep Kaervek Alive)
BG Ishkanah, Grafwidow (Descend into Delirium)
W Eight-and-a-Half-Tails (Mark 8.5)
U Thassa, God of the Sea (Here There Be Monsters)
If you have any comments, or notice any mistakes, please let me know.