Hi, I was looking for comments/suggestions on this deck I conceived for casual 1v1 or multiplayer play with friends.
I think the price of Ensnaring Bridge is a little too much but I haven't found anything quite like it so I don't have much choice.
Is there something I should change to improve this deck?
Well I would put the Damnations in the main deck no question.
But the problem is how are you going to win? You have no one to attack and Liliana's Caress wont be enough to kill people. Your planeswalkers Ult is you only way to get a creature and its not reliable since you have 1 which you may never draw or they might just kill it. Basically add a finisher in some form. If you want to stick to the discard route then add some cards like The Rack
Well I would put the Damnations in the main deck no question.
But the problem is how are you going to win? You have no one to attack and Liliana's Caress wont be enough to kill people. Your planeswalkers Ult is you only way to get a creature and its not reliable since you have 1 which you may never draw or they might just kill it. Basically add a finisher in some form. If you want to stick to the discard route then add some cards like The Rack
I'v playtested the deck against myself for now and Quest for the Nihil Stone + Liliana's Caress seemed to be doing enough damage. Unless I missed something, The Rack is basically Nihil stone, but weaker since I keep the opponent at 0 cards most of the time.
Should I add another Liliana in that case? the 5 mana cost puts me off. That's why I only put 1 just in case I get lucky.
Hymn to Tourach is a must for any discard deck, targeted discard such as Duress, IoK and Thoughtseize (from cheap to expensive) can be very good for this deck, additionally you could use something like Wrench Mind for more efficient discard.
I have to say I dislike Hymn in general. I know it is clear card advantage, but I hate the BB cost. Also, both Consult the Necrosages and Wistful Thinking will still be useful even when the opponent's hand is empty. Nevertheless, I integrated both in the deck.
How about swapping fog bank for vampire nighthawk. This has a similar effect to blank damage but can also attach helping you to win.
funeral charm is another option in this type of deck, but I would focus on some of the discard spells Panosls pointed out.
I agree fog bank is just a sitting duck, not that useful, but i'd rather have something I can use while Ensnaring bridge is out. Any offensive creature becomes useless. I'm wondering if there is a good defensive creature that has an activated ability I could use here...
I modified the deck a little. I can afford to lose some 3 mana spells in favor of duress since I got a good tutor with Perplex.
Thanks for the input, I'v never really seen a good UB discard deck in my circle of friends so I'd like to make it happen (I've seen plenty of bad ones tho).
I think the price of Ensnaring Bridge is a little too much but I haven't found anything quite like it so I don't have much choice.
Is there something I should change to improve this deck?
Any comment is greatly appreciated!
2 Ensnaring Bridge
3 The Rack
CREATURES
3 Fog Bank
ENCHANTMENTS
4 Liliana's Caress
INSTANTS
3 Diabolic Edict
3 Perplex
4 Rune Snag
PLANESWALKERS
2 Liliana Vess
3 Consult the Necrosages
4 Duress
3 Innocent Blood
3 Ponder
3 Wistful Thinking
LANDS
6 Island
6 Swamp
4 Underground river
4 Drowned Catacomb
3 Vile Consumption
4 Extirpate
4 Recoil
2 Barter in Blood
2 Damnation
But the problem is how are you going to win? You have no one to attack and Liliana's Caress wont be enough to kill people. Your planeswalkers Ult is you only way to get a creature and its not reliable since you have 1 which you may never draw or they might just kill it. Basically add a finisher in some form. If you want to stick to the discard route then add some cards like The Rack
I'v playtested the deck against myself for now and Quest for the Nihil Stone + Liliana's Caress seemed to be doing enough damage. Unless I missed something, The Rack is basically Nihil stone, but weaker since I keep the opponent at 0 cards most of the time.
Should I add another Liliana in that case? the 5 mana cost puts me off. That's why I only put 1 just in case I get lucky.
I have to say I dislike Hymn in general. I know it is clear card advantage, but I hate the BB cost. Also, both Consult the Necrosages and Wistful Thinking will still be useful even when the opponent's hand is empty. Nevertheless, I integrated both in the deck.
I agree fog bank is just a sitting duck, not that useful, but i'd rather have something I can use while Ensnaring bridge is out. Any offensive creature becomes useless. I'm wondering if there is a good defensive creature that has an activated ability I could use here...
I modified the deck a little. I can afford to lose some 3 mana spells in favor of duress since I got a good tutor with Perplex.
Thanks for the input, I'v never really seen a good UB discard deck in my circle of friends so I'd like to make it happen (I've seen plenty of bad ones tho).