Wrong Melira combo; you want the combo that wins the game. Infinite life doesn't save you from RiP/Helm, Sulfuric Vortex, Maniac, or other things that block/win around it. RiP is a notable problem for your game plan as you have no way to get rid of it. DRS/Scooze (with your very small array of kill spells) is also a big problem since they can stop you mid combo if they have mana open (and they will if they see obnoxious recurring critters or Melira.)
Wrong Melira combo; you want the combo that wins the game. Infinite life doesn't save you from RiP/Helm, Sulfuric Vortex, Maniac, or other things that block/win around it. RiP is a notable problem for your game plan as you have no way to get rid of it. DRS/Scooze (with your very small array of kill spells) is also a big problem since they can stop you mid combo if they have mana open (and they will if they see obnoxious recurring critters or Melira.)
So what would you recommend to improve upon the deck?
Base around Murderous Redcap combo (3x) (instant win and by himself, can be a 3-for-1 when you're lucky and not comboing) and leave in 1 Finks since it's fetchable with GSZ.
You're in the colors for Decay, so swapping a Hymn, Tragic Slips, and maybe dismember(s) for Decays is good. Helps a lot with Delver, Miracles, and gets rid of RiP if you're ready to "go off."
I'd go up to 61 cards (if you're not) and add a Volrath's Stronghold. The reason is because you can get combo pieces back.
I'd drop Young Wolf for Veteran Explorer and make this a version of Nic Fit (since you already support most of the cards MD.) Doing that means you could consider going for Melira-Pod.
To me this feels ok. It's very explosive, very redundant, lots of outs to various problems. It mixes nic fit with Melira Pod and has a mix of regular "punch you with dudes" outs and "you die instantly" outs. The rotation is there to help either Bog combo or grab Phyrexian Tower/Stronghold depending on the stage of the game you draw it.
You might be able to shave the Carrion Feeders off for some other combo enablers, such as keeping Varolz, adding Geists or Finks, etc.. Basically you're going to look like Nic Fit but have a reasonable chance of comboing out the opponent instead of grinding.
2x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
4x Kitchen Finks
4x Carrion Feeder
1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
4x Young Wolf
3x Skirsdag High Priest
4x Deathrite Shaman
2x Diabolic Intent
2x Dismember
2x Tragic Slip
4x Cabal Therapy
4x Hymn to Tourach
4x Green Sun's Zenith
1x Dryad Arbor
1x Phyrexian Tower
4x Verdant Catacombs
2x Bloodstained Mire
2x Bayou
4x Forest
6x Swamp
Plan A is the Melira combo, plan B is Skirsdag High Priest engine for the beatdowns. Any comments?
Look, Fetch, Draw, Look
Draw
Fetch
Look
So what would you recommend to improve upon the deck?
You're in the colors for Decay, so swapping a Hymn, Tragic Slips, and maybe dismember(s) for Decays is good. Helps a lot with Delver, Miracles, and gets rid of RiP if you're ready to "go off."
I'd go up to 61 cards (if you're not) and add a Volrath's Stronghold. The reason is because you can get combo pieces back.
I'd drop Young Wolf for Veteran Explorer and make this a version of Nic Fit (since you already support most of the cards MD.) Doing that means you could consider going for Melira-Pod.
2x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1x Kitchen Finks
3x Murderous Redcap
3x Carrion Feeder
1x Varolz, the scar striped
2x Strangleroot Geist
3x Veteran Explorer
3x Deathrite Shaman
1x Primeval Titan
1x Thrun, The Last Troll
2x Diabolic Intent
1x Crop Rotation
4x Cabal Therapy
4x Abrupt Decay
2x Birthing Pod
3x Hymn to Tourach
4x Green Sun's Zenith
Lands
1x Volrath's Stronghold
1x Dryad Arbor
1x Phyrexian Tower
4x Verdant Catacombs
4x Bloodstained Mire
2x Bayou
5x Forest
2x Swamp
1x Bojuka Bog
To me this feels ok. It's very explosive, very redundant, lots of outs to various problems. It mixes nic fit with Melira Pod and has a mix of regular "punch you with dudes" outs and "you die instantly" outs. The rotation is there to help either Bog combo or grab Phyrexian Tower/Stronghold depending on the stage of the game you draw it.
You might be able to shave the Carrion Feeders off for some other combo enablers, such as keeping Varolz, adding Geists or Finks, etc.. Basically you're going to look like Nic Fit but have a reasonable chance of comboing out the opponent instead of grinding.
Look, Fetch, Draw, Look
Draw
Fetch
Look