I'm trying to build a competitive, budget-friendly standard deck for Friday Night Magic at my shop. It surprised me how much synergy there was in Sultai colors! The deck is mostly black, but splashes blue for targeted effects to benefit my Agent of the Fates and green for card draw. The deck is slow (too slow I worry), but I think it can grind to a win. What do you folks think? Any sideboard suggestions? Negate is a given, but I'm clueless on what else to include at the moment.
murderous cut is a good sb card. also if you have U, disdainful stroke, etc. also I would -2 gray to the sb. Just coz gray is not very strong except as a lifegain mech.
Otherwise seems nice. Perhaps more 1 drops like ruthless ripper...?
Blue looks more than unnecessary here to me. It hurts your mana base when you'd rather it not. Whip of erebos says hello. Tbh, I think the list would be better as a constellation one.
The entire point of this deck is the merchant. You play 4 or 0. You balance too much between a controllish play and an aggressive one. Cards like spiteful returned only belong in aggro, not a deck that's trying to grind a slow win out. You look more control so just focus on staying alive and being consistent. Then kill them at your leisure.
4 Spiteful Returned
4 Agent of the Fates
4 Herald of Torment
4 Eidolon of Blossoms
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
2 Grim Guardian
4 Triton Tactics
4 Sultai Charm
2 Silence the Believers
Otherwise seems nice. Perhaps more 1 drops like ruthless ripper...?
The entire point of this deck is the merchant. You play 4 or 0. You balance too much between a controllish play and an aggressive one. Cards like spiteful returned only belong in aggro, not a deck that's trying to grind a slow win out. You look more control so just focus on staying alive and being consistent. Then kill them at your leisure.
4 Brain Maggot
4 Agent of the Fates
4 Herald of Torment
4 Hornet Nest
4 Eidolon of Blossoms
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
4 Despise
4 Setessan Tactics
2 Whip of Erebos
3 Ulcerate
2 Murderous Cut
2 Erebos, God of the Dead
2 Silence the Believers
2 Naturalize