So throughout this block, I've been doing different spins on predominantly black control. With banishing light and a few other nice cards, I feel it's a good time to go back to roughly playing my bw deck from pre bgn. Testing on Cockatrice has given me only one loss so far, but it's too early to tell how well it'll work, and I'd love to see what you guys think. So without further ado, here's the deck:
The two Hallowed fountains are of course there for extra white and Nightveil Spectres to be consistant. Mana confluence is there out of similar considerations.
I kind of like this. I'm not a fan of Pain Seer though. I'd rather have 2 more Underworld Connections than try to force through a 2/2 with no combat abilities.
I feel the format might speed up a bit, so 2 more underworld's feels a bit risky as does having 6 total scrylands. I may try mutavaulys, but I do need that consistant mana as turn 3 nightveils feel pretty crucial.
However I do agree that Pain Seer can be replaced with something better (and mutavault might not be bad in those two particular slots). So far cockatrice testing is making it feel like BW will be very dominant control/midrange variats, as well as BW/Esper humans. The slots Pain Seer currently holds feel like they need to be replaced by an efficient 2 or elss cmc creature, but the options are fairly limited there. I'm thiking Mutvault, Deathrite, or Packrat. As is Pain Seer generally dies prior to doing anything as people tend to kill him out of caution, and control which is where he's strongest seems like it'll mostly live as America (since they have the new Izzet God.)
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2 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
2 Brain Maggot
4 Desecration Demon
2 High Preist of Penance
4 Nightveil Spectre
2 Obzedat, Ghost Council
2 Pain Seer
Spells
4 Banishing Light
4 Devour Flesh
4 Hero's Downfall
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
4 Thoughtseize
2 Underworld Connections
4 Godless Shrine
2 Hallowed Fountain
2 Mana Confluence
10 Swamp
4 Temple of Silence
4 Aegis of the Gods
1 Duress
2 High Preist of Penance
2 Lifebane Zombie
2 Pithing Needle
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Sin Collector
The two Hallowed fountains are of course there for extra white and Nightveil Spectres to be consistant. Mana confluence is there out of similar considerations.
I didn't even catch that. I'd rather just have 2 more Mana Confluence or 2 Mutavault.
4 Godless Shrine
2 Mana Confluence
3 Mutavault
1 Plains
11 Swamp
Something like this? Most Orzhov builds pre-JOU were running 4 Mutavault.
However I do agree that Pain Seer can be replaced with something better (and mutavault might not be bad in those two particular slots). So far cockatrice testing is making it feel like BW will be very dominant control/midrange variats, as well as BW/Esper humans. The slots Pain Seer currently holds feel like they need to be replaced by an efficient 2 or elss cmc creature, but the options are fairly limited there. I'm thiking Mutvault, Deathrite, or Packrat. As is Pain Seer generally dies prior to doing anything as people tend to kill him out of caution, and control which is where he's strongest seems like it'll mostly live as America (since they have the new Izzet God.)