I'm a newbie when it comes to magic. I've been playing since around Zendikar, and have very little experience in the constructed format.
I recently opened a Felidar Sovereign in a draft and was inspired to make a deck. From there, I mostly looked up as many cards as I could find that fit the deck's basic function, and I looked up other decks with the same general purpose. From there I narrowed it down considerably, and this is the list I have now. At this point, I have about 41 cards and I'm not sure where to take it from here. It seems that my deck's purpose has shifted to being a triballey zombie/angel deck, and I'm not sure if that's the way I want it to go. Basically, I'd love any advice to which cards to take out.
I'm also not sure about format. In theory, it'd be nice for this to be a Legacy deck, but I'm also not sure of the monetary and time requirements of making a good one, as I'm completely unfamiliar with the metagame. For now at least, I've included cards from way back, so I've put it in the Legacy forums.
I've labeled them with their mana cost, if they're flying, and if they're an angel or a zombie.
Creatures
Ajani Goldmane 4
Ajani’s Pridemate 2
Baneslayer Angel 5 F A
Battlegrace Angel 5 F A
Felidar Sovereign 6
Nip Gwillion 1
Rune-Scarred Demon 6 F
Serra Ascendant 1 F
Sorin Markov 6
Soul’s Attendant/Soul Warden 1
Vampire Nighthawk 3 F
Wall of Reverence 4 F
Wurmcoil Engine 6
Instants, Sorceries, Enchantments and the like
Celestial Mantle 6
Dark Aura 1
Doomblade 2
Invincible Hymn 8
Necromancer's Covenant- 6
Nefashu 6 Z
Zombie Master? 3 Z
Undead Warchief 4 Z
Corpse Harvester 5 Z
Pacifism 2
Path to Exile? 1
Rest for the Weary 2
Sanguine Bond- 5
Tainted Sigil 3
Tutors-
Rhystic? 3/Diabolic 4/Demonic 2
Unmake 3
Artifacts
Crystal Ball 3
Icy Manipulator 4
Oblivion Ring 3
Quicksilver Amulet 4
Equipment
Batterskull 5
Konda’s Banner- 2
Iona, Shield of Emeria 9 F A
Phage the Untouchable 7 Z
Radiant, Archangel 5 F A
Loxodon War Hammer 3
Quietus Spike 3
Sword of War and Peace 3
Part of the point of making this deck though, was to make a deck, not necessarily to have the best deck possible, so while I've definitely learned something from Soul Sisters, I don't think I'm going to make a carbon copy of it.
I do want to stay in Black/White for the Sanguine Bond and others, however, I think you're right that for my first deck, I don't want to do it in Legacy, and I could make an extended deck with much less work, time and money involved.
I'll put some serious thought into the cards and strategies you recommended and then probably post back into the Extended forums with a basically completed deck.
I recently opened a Felidar Sovereign in a draft and was inspired to make a deck. From there, I mostly looked up as many cards as I could find that fit the deck's basic function, and I looked up other decks with the same general purpose. From there I narrowed it down considerably, and this is the list I have now. At this point, I have about 41 cards and I'm not sure where to take it from here. It seems that my deck's purpose has shifted to being a triballey zombie/angel deck, and I'm not sure if that's the way I want it to go. Basically, I'd love any advice to which cards to take out.
I'm also not sure about format. In theory, it'd be nice for this to be a Legacy deck, but I'm also not sure of the monetary and time requirements of making a good one, as I'm completely unfamiliar with the metagame. For now at least, I've included cards from way back, so I've put it in the Legacy forums.
I've labeled them with their mana cost, if they're flying, and if they're an angel or a zombie.
Creatures
Ajani Goldmane 4
Ajani’s Pridemate 2
Baneslayer Angel 5 F A
Battlegrace Angel 5 F A
Felidar Sovereign 6
Nip Gwillion 1
Rune-Scarred Demon 6 F
Serra Ascendant 1 F
Sorin Markov 6
Soul’s Attendant/Soul Warden 1
Vampire Nighthawk 3 F
Wall of Reverence 4 F
Wurmcoil Engine 6
Instants, Sorceries, Enchantments and the like
Celestial Mantle 6
Dark Aura 1
Doomblade 2
Invincible Hymn 8
Necromancer's Covenant- 6
Nefashu 6 Z
Zombie Master? 3 Z
Undead Warchief 4 Z
Corpse Harvester 5 Z
Pacifism 2
Path to Exile? 1
Rest for the Weary 2
Sanguine Bond- 5
Tainted Sigil 3
Tutors-
Rhystic? 3/Diabolic 4/Demonic 2
Unmake 3
Artifacts
Crystal Ball 3
Icy Manipulator 4
Oblivion Ring 3
Quicksilver Amulet 4
Equipment
Batterskull 5
Konda’s Banner- 2
Iona, Shield of Emeria 9 F A
Phage the Untouchable 7 Z
Radiant, Archangel 5 F A
Loxodon War Hammer 3
Quietus Spike 3
Sword of War and Peace 3
If you insist on splashing black you could play things like:
Dark Confidant
Bitterblossom
Vindicate
Tidehallow Sculler
Gerrard's Verdict
Thoughtseize
Hymn to Tourach
Part of the point of making this deck though, was to make a deck, not necessarily to have the best deck possible, so while I've definitely learned something from Soul Sisters, I don't think I'm going to make a carbon copy of it.
I do want to stay in Black/White for the Sanguine Bond and others, however, I think you're right that for my first deck, I don't want to do it in Legacy, and I could make an extended deck with much less work, time and money involved.
I'll put some serious thought into the cards and strategies you recommended and then probably post back into the Extended forums with a basically completed deck.
Spells 12
2 sorins vengeance
2 angels mercy
2 pacifism
2 oblivion ring
2 diabolic tutor
2 doom blade
Big creatures 4
2 sorin markov
2 sheoldred, whispering one
Small creatures 10
4 typhoid rats
4 gideon's lawkeeper
2 pride guardian
Medium 10
4 screeching bat
1 phyrexian rager
2 Serra angel
2 spectral rider
1 gideon's avenger
Land 24
11 plains
13 swamp
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