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Pain Is Sacrifice Without Love (Tasigur, the Golden Fang) - BDSM CONTROL

#1 Jan 16, 2015

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PAIN IS SACRIFICE

- STARRING TASIGUR, THE GOLDEN FANG -

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DISCLAIMER
This control deck is for folks who are intrigued by Tasigur and enjoy interactive games. This is not an infinite combo deck. It has one combo which it treats as a panic button. However, the deck's resources are not devoted to digging up combo pieces to win. Pain is Sacrifice is designed for the long game: only controlling when absolutely necessary, then going for the kill (usually via combat).

DECK ORIGINS

I've been playing Magic since Ice Age and EDH/Commander since the original precons, and I've never been even remotely interested in the Ana/Sultai color combination until Tasigur, the Golden Fang. I remember buying Mirror Mastery 'cos Riku was a) Asian and b) hot. The same thing attracted me to Tasigur. And those pierced nipples! Love is in the air

*swoon* Here was the BDSM general that I hadn't even known I was waiting for.

DECK CREATION

Building from Tasigur's backstory as a hedonistic tyrant, I knew I wanted the deck to be focused on the pain and sacrifice of others (and sometimes ourselves, 'cos masochism). Having a fair amount of experience with mono-B control, I elected to base the deck in Black and splash U and G. I also wanted to keep the flavor as close to my dark vision as possible. That made focusing on B an easy choice. The color also provides plenty of options for cards to force sacrifice. (This is especially helpful when facing hexproof commanders like Narset, Enlightened Master.)

DECK THEMES

Liliana of the Veil was one of the first cards to go in the deck for her sacrifice ability. However, after days of testing, it quickly became apparent that a Tasigur build would benefit immensely from more discard. Hand disruption soon became a secondary theme. Tasigur's ability, as well as that of Necropotence, allows Possessed Portal to be even more tyrannical than normal. With a token subtheme, courtesy of Empty the Pits, Army of the Damned and Bitterblossom, the deck is also able to make cards like Barter in Blood and Descent into Madness asymmetrical.

Tasigur likes a well-stocked graveyard. Rather than go for a reanimation strategy, I instead opted for cards with flashback -- and even unearth in the case of Kederekt Leviathan -- like Forbidden Alchemy and Sever the Bloodline. Buyback also becomes more interesting with Tasigur. Discarding spells to Forbid is less painful when there's a chance of returning them to the hand. Similarly, buying back Capsize isn't always necessary with Tasigur around.

Much like Dralnu and Toshiro, Tasigur wants to maximize the use of high-value cards. Whether playing politically or not, making opponents' decisions of what to return to your hand an ongoing Choice of Damnations is easier when deckbuilding with as many painful spells as feasible. While not a perfect toolbox commander, Tasigur can still ensure that a well-tuned deck will always provide more lashes for opponents' backs. Tasigur also mitigates the need for redundancy.

This is not a stax deck, but there are some stax elements. In addition to the aforementioned Possessed Portal and Descent into Madness, the deck features cards like the new Archfiend of Depravity as well as old standbys like Pox and Death Cloud. To offset the benefit to other players utilizing their graveyards, Leyline of the Void is especially relevant.

Finally, the deck wins in a variety of ways:

Recurring creature beats are an option with Sheoldred, Whispering One and Volrath's Stronghold, as are zombie token swarms;
Exsanguinate powered by Boundless Realms and Cabal Coffers/Urborg
fan-favorite, Exquisite Blood comboing with Sanguine Bond

I've built over 30 Commander decks and 23 out of the 27 color combinations. ~~I have never been as excited about a commander as I am about Tasigur, the Golden Fang.~~ (EDIT: I wrote this before Wizards proclaimed Alesha, Who Smiles at Death to be a transwoman. So, until Ashiok is released as a Commander, Alesha remains the commander I have EVER been most excited about!) The card offers much complexity to every turn of the game for me. With the graveyard as both a reusable extension of the hand and a sometimes one-time mana source, Tasigur makes every choice matter, both for myself and opponents.

On to the list!

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COMMANDER 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang TASIGUR'S DUNGEON, LLC EST. 1969 1x Bloodstained Mire 1x Breeding Pool 1x Cabal Coffers 1x Cephalid Coliseum 1x Flooded Grove 1x Flooded Strand 6x Forest 1x Ghost Quarter 1x High Market 7x Island 1x Miren, the Moaning Well 1x Overgrown Tomb 1x Polluted Delta 1x Strip Mine 1x Sunken Ruins 8x Swamp 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1x Verdant Catacombs 1x Volrath's Stronghold 1x Watery Grave 1x Windswept Heath 1x Wooded Foothills MISTRESS LILI 1x Liliana of the Veil DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A DOMINATRIX? 1x Increasing Ambition 1x Vampiric Tutor 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Deep Analysis	WHAT CAN I GET FOR THIS MUCH MONEY? 1x Boundless Realms 1x Life from the Loam PUT THAT AWAY! I'M NOT THAT KIND OF SEX WORKER 1x Unravel the Æther 1x Forbid MAKING FANTASY REALITY 1x Fact or Fiction 1x Forbidden Alchemy DO THAT AGAIN! I LIKED IT! 1x Rings of Brighthearth SACRIFICIAL PLAYTHINGS 1x Bitterblossom 1x Empty the Pits 1x Army of the Damned SADOMASOCHISM 1x Descent into Madness 1x Mist of Stagnation 1x Possessed Portal SADISM 1x Exquisite Blood 1x Sanguine Bond 1x Cyclonic Rift 1x Diabolic Edict 1x Dead Drop 1x Exsanguinate 1x Tyrant's Choice MASOCHISM 1x Greater Good 1x Necropotence 1x Reanimate WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DUNGEON... 1x Beast Within 1x Sever the Bloodline 1x All Is Dust 1x Oblivion Stone 1x Wave of Vitriol 1x Barter in Blood 1x Innocent Blood 1x Damnation 1x Death Cloud 1x Pox	...STAYS IN THE DUNGEON 1x Leyline of the Void 1x Relic of Progenitus THANK YOU, COME AGAIN 1x Capsize THINKING ABOUT YOUR NEXT TIME ALREADY? 1x Mystic Speculation PLEASURE BRUISE 1x Treasure Cruise DUNGEON SECURITY 1x Archfiend of Depravity 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One 1x Butcher of Malakir 1x Merciless Executioner 1x Reiver Demon 1x Crypt Ghast 1x Nirkana Revenant 1x Prophet of Kruphix 1x Glen Elendra Archmage 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 1x Indulgent Tormentor 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled 1x Kederekt Leviathan 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star 1x Mindslicer

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COMMANDER 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang Enchantment (8) 1x Bitterblossom 1x Descent into Madness 1x Exquisite Blood 1x Greater Good 1x Leyline of the Void 1x Mist of Stagnation 1x Necropotence 1x Sanguine Bond Instant (10) 1x Beast Within 1x Capsize 1x Cyclonic Rift 1x Diabolic Edict 1x Empty the Pits 1x Fact or Fiction 1x Forbid 1x Forbidden Alchemy 1x Unravel the Æther 1x Vampiric Tutor Sorcery (20) 1x All Is Dust 1x Army of the Damned 1x Barter in Blood 1x Boundless Realms 1x Damnation 1x Dead Drop 1x Death Cloud 1x Deep Analysis 1x Demonic Tutor 1x Exsanguinate 1x Increasing Ambition 1x Innocent Blood 1x Life from the Loam 1x Mystic Speculation 1x Pox 1x Reanimate 1x Sever the Bloodline 1x Treasure Cruise 1x Tyrant's Choice 1x Wave of Vitriol	Artifact (4) 1x Oblivion Stone 1x Possessed Portal 1x Relic of Progenitus 1x Rings of Brighthearth Planeswalker (1) 1x Liliana of the Veil Creature (16) 1x Archfiend of Depravity 1x Butcher of Malakir 1x Crypt Ghast 1x Merciless Executioner 1x Glen Elendra Archmage 1x Indulgent Tormentor 1x Kederekt Leviathan 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 1x Mindslicer 1x Nirkana Revenant 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled 1x Prophet of Kruphix 1x Reiver Demon 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One Land (40) 1x Bloodstained Mire 1x Breeding Pool 1x Cabal Coffers 1x Cephalid Coliseum 1x Flooded Grove 1x Flooded Strand 6x Forest 1x Ghost Quarter 1x High Market 7x Island 1x Miren, the Moaning Well 1x Overgrown Tomb 1x Polluted Delta 1x Strip Mine 1x Sunken Ruins 8x Swamp 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1x Verdant Catacombs 1x Volrath's Stronghold 1x Watery Grave 1x Windswept Heath 1x Wooded Foothills

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