Thanks Krimson Viper for suggestions. Yes I do want to make a Monoblack Control deck, but
1) it has to be centered on Korlash
2) it has to contain just zombies
So far its being WAY difficult to build... Ill look in something like MonoBlack Control in Legacy and see what deck can I find that Korlash fits on it... I think Train wreck is fitting nicely but, I don't have those Cabal Coffers
As you can see, i've cut the Selkies because i dont see many islands in my meta, upped the count on stalker, stinkdrinker and froggtosser, and cut a couple of lands. Its proving to be wonderfull so far, but every once in a while it gets out of gas and its hard to recover. Also, it really depends on your starting hand, sometimes it just throws just 2 creatures and its hard to start.
I saw the Train Wreck deck and im considering that build. Of course, including just zombies to substitute the Volrath's Stronghold with Unholy Grottos.
Cheaper, and i got the 4's...
Hello, im a returning player, zombie fan, and now that i want to come back into Legacy , i have just a LOT (almost 90%) of every zombie printed in magic.
Since i got the cards already, i was thinking and maybe you could help me decide what are the best Zombies suited for the "beater" job in this deck. Usually this deck uses Tombstalkers, Dark COnfidants, Shriekmaws, and whatnot.
I was thinking on Korlash, Heir to Blackblade, or Graveborn Muse, even Helldozer, but i dont really know if im missing something here.
So, what zombies do you think that could do the job??
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I just had to post here. I think your articles are ultra-uber-mega awesome. Im a Legacy player for 8 years now, and i must say, this is the kind of thing that we just NEED to make friends get into the game.
Most people that wants their friends to play magic with them, just trow a bunch of cards with the same color or 2 colors with lands to them and start playing but get stomped sooner or later and its chaos everywhere. This decks help that , giving new players options to test the game with relatively powerfull decks at low cost, and giving experienced players a bit of variety to play more than the Tipical-Boring-Metagame around you.
Who doesnt like to win , and say "u know that my deck cost the same as one card in your deck?, and its not even the pricey ones..."
Also, just giving a bit of feedback, you should try to do this Budget series with Tribal decks, people just love tribal decks. For example, 3-5 Elf decks with price ranges bellow 150$, idem with Zombies, Goblins, Faeries(rogues), and whatnot. That will be even more entertaining to new players.
Parallel Lives for many many tokens and Life from the Loam for interaction with Wrangler.
You may be thinking : "WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH THIS DUDE, WHERE ARE THE 4x Earthcraft's?????" Well... simple, we HAVE those but we dont use them often because the deck leaves to be "Fun" and starts to be "Eficient"... and Winning every match against other not-competitive-casual-fun decks its not fun, gets boring when everybody sees the Earthcraft turn 2 and just waits the 3rd turn nest to win with combo... So this version DOESNT include them for that reason.
Opinions???
- What good substitute can i get for those Harrows??
- Are 4 Parallel Lives a bit too much??
- Should those Krosan Beasts be in the Maindeck??
- Is Nut Collector any good??
I've been testing around and im not sure about the 20 lands (sometimes i keep having dead draws, thinking on lowering them to 18. Also Sign in Blood its good but just in Late Game as a Killer because early game i cant use it on myself (loosing one turn to draw a couple of cards, not doing damage, and bringing myself 2LP Lower) and if i use it early on my oponent he has more chances on drawing something like Wrath of God and ****ing me up. Replacements for that???
Well hello everybody. I need sugestions on building one deck, i finally put together a G/W Sliver Aggro with armageddons, and so far its raping faces untill someone gets 3-4 Wraths on his deck, so i sideboard 3 Ghostways and stilll rape him.
But now, i need to build another sliver deck with a disctinct Strategy, this time, R/B Slivers.
So far i have this:
And i dont know if i should be focusing on more burn (like magma jets, or rift bolts/lava spikes/ whatnot) or if i should keep this Sliver Aggro strategy to quickly remove HP then sacrifice the ****ers to do 5 LP Brimstone + 2 LP from the Acidic to finish them off... Maybe add Magma, or Toxin, or Hunter sliver... dunno... Can someone give suggestions?? thanks!!!
hey Zeromd... can you help me out building a G/W Sliver deck, Aggro Based, but has the Armageddon+Gemhide synergy on it??? i just cant deal with the ammounts on each card and such. Seeing that you are an experienced deckbuilder in slivers, can you do that?
Hello everybody, i hope you can help me out with this. Im making a G/W Sliver deck, aggro based, using Gemhide Sliver and Armageddon as a Wincon.... i know this may or may not work in some cases, but, usually gives me a fair advantage and buys me time to hit with the Musces/Sinews.... Also, shines in multiplayer if i can disrupt both oponents and land some poison counters with Virulent Sliver.
Im looking primarily for sugestions. I really need this deck to be all-around, thats why i have Armagedons, StP and Harmonic Slivers, to deal with lands/creatures/Artifacts/enchants on its own, and not to be Sideboard-Dependant because many times i face , casual, no-sideboard-allowed matches between my friends. I was wondering if the Eladamri's call are too much, or if it would be better to add some Might Sliver to the creature pool... or maybe the new Triumph of the Hordes
And i think that's something like the "core" of the Deck...
i have my thoughts on the rest of the deck but i cant get to anything "solid"
for example, Black Sun's Zenit gives a solid Mass Removal aggains aggro and it can really become usefull. Korlash, Heir to Blackbalde helps me fetch swamps that are good with cabal coffers... Demigod of Revenge and Divinity of Pride are both good because Divinity can kill with the Lifelink and Demigod its a recursive way to kill when my oponent has lots of removal. Dark Ritual , Liliana Vess, Sorin Markov where other cards that i have thought about...
does anyone have any more sugestions? choices? i dont want this deck to have Hand disruption, im more concerned about the aggro... i want to recover-Gain lots of life till Sanguine bond comes out or simply kill by Corrupt or Consume my oponent to dead...
Also, question about Pox..if you make Mishra's Factory a creature and you sac it would it count towards the Land and creature count? Or just the creature?
Nah, it counts as a creature OR a land, u choose.... also, if u gonna build around Contamination, get some Bitterblossoms.
If u said u are thinking in using Syphon life to counter burn effects, i think Phyrexian totems are going to be suicidal aggainst burn and zoo, u shoukd think about other options like Chimeric Idol, Chimeric Mass or Cursed Scroll.
1) it has to be centered on Korlash
2) it has to contain just zombies
So far its being WAY difficult to build... Ill look in something like MonoBlack Control in Legacy and see what deck can I find that Korlash fits on it... I think Train wreck is fitting nicely but, I don't have those Cabal Coffers
http://mtgdeckbuilder.net/Decks/ViewDeck/452036
4 Prickly boggard
4 Nightshade stinger
4 Oona's blackguard
4 Oona's prowler
4 Stinkdrinker bandit
4 Invisible Stalker
4 Froggtosser Banneret
4 Duress
4 Mana Leak
4 Smother
20 Lands
As you can see, i've cut the Selkies because i dont see many islands in my meta, upped the count on stalker, stinkdrinker and froggtosser, and cut a couple of lands. Its proving to be wonderfull so far, but every once in a while it gets out of gas and its hard to recover. Also, it really depends on your starting hand, sometimes it just throws just 2 creatures and its hard to start.
Cheaper, and i got the 4's...
Since i want to build a Monoblack Control deck, with all the cards that make him stand a chance, like Thoughtseize, Hymn to tourach, Mutilate, Go for The Throat or Dismember, etc.
Since i got the cards already, i was thinking and maybe you could help me decide what are the best Zombies suited for the "beater" job in this deck. Usually this deck uses Tombstalkers, Dark COnfidants, Shriekmaws, and whatnot.
I was thinking on Korlash, Heir to Blackblade, or Graveborn Muse, even Helldozer, but i dont really know if im missing something here.
So, what zombies do you think that could do the job??
Please do not post deck threads or equivalent in the main legacy area. Warning issued
-Warden
Most people that wants their friends to play magic with them, just trow a bunch of cards with the same color or 2 colors with lands to them and start playing but get stomped sooner or later and its chaos everywhere. This decks help that , giving new players options to test the game with relatively powerfull decks at low cost, and giving experienced players a bit of variety to play more than the Tipical-Boring-Metagame around you.
Who doesnt like to win , and say "u know that my deck cost the same as one card in your deck?, and its not even the pricey ones..."
Also, just giving a bit of feedback, you should try to do this Budget series with Tribal decks, people just love tribal decks. For example, 3-5 Elf decks with price ranges bellow 150$, idem with Zombies, Goblins, Faeries(rogues), and whatnot. That will be even more entertaining to new players.
Keep up the good work!
20x Forest
1x Pendelhaven
1x Gaea's Craddle
//RAMP
4x Search for Tomorrow
4x Harrow
//SQUIRRELS
4x Chatter of the Squirrel
4x Squirrel Mob
4x Squirrel Nest
4x Squirrel Wrangler
4x Deranged Hermit
2x Nut Collector
4x Parallel Lives
2x Life From the Loam
4x Krosan grip
4x Krosan Beast
4x Acorn Harvest
3x Open Spots
Parallel Lives for many many tokens and Life from the Loam for interaction with Wrangler.
You may be thinking : "WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH THIS DUDE, WHERE ARE THE 4x Earthcraft's?????" Well... simple, we HAVE those but we dont use them often because the deck leaves to be "Fun" and starts to be "Eficient"... and Winning every match against other not-competitive-casual-fun decks its not fun, gets boring when everybody sees the Earthcraft turn 2 and just waits the 3rd turn nest to win with combo... So this version DOESNT include them for that reason.
Opinions???
- What good substitute can i get for those Harrows??
- Are 4 Parallel Lives a bit too much??
- Should those Krosan Beasts be in the Maindeck??
- Is Nut Collector any good??
Thanks everybody for your upcoming replies!
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Lets see:
4x Carnophage
4x Diregraf Ghoul
4x Maggot Carrier
4x Shepherd of Rot
4x Gempalm Polluter
4x Gravecrawler
4x Geralf's Messenger
4x Bump in the Night
4x Dark Ritual
4x Sign in Blood
I've been testing around and im not sure about the 20 lands (sometimes i keep having dead draws, thinking on lowering them to 18. Also Sign in Blood its good but just in Late Game as a Killer because early game i cant use it on myself (loosing one turn to draw a couple of cards, not doing damage, and bringing myself 2LP Lower) and if i use it early on my oponent he has more chances on drawing something like Wrath of God and ****ing me up. Replacements for that???
What do you guys think!?
But now, i need to build another sliver deck with a disctinct Strategy, this time, R/B Slivers.
So far i have this:
10x Swamp
4x Mindlash Sliver
4x Frenzy Sliver
4x Two-Headed Sliver
4x Heart Sliver
4x Sedge Sliver
4x Bonesplitter Sliver
4x Acidic Sliver
4x Lightning bolt
4x Brimstone Volley
2x Patriarch's Bidding
And i dont know if i should be focusing on more burn (like magma jets, or rift bolts/lava spikes/ whatnot) or if i should keep this Sliver Aggro strategy to quickly remove HP then sacrifice the ****ers to do 5 LP Brimstone + 2 LP from the Acidic to finish them off... Maybe add Magma, or Toxin, or Hunter sliver... dunno... Can someone give suggestions?? thanks!!!
So far the deck goes like:
4x Sinew Sliver
4x Plated Sliver
4x Sidewinder Sliver
4x Virulent Sliver
4x Gemhide Sliver
2x Harmonic Sliver
4x Harmonize
4x Armageddon
4x Eladamri's Call
4x Sunpetal Grove
4x Wooded Bastion
5x Plains
5x Forest
Im looking primarily for sugestions. I really need this deck to be all-around, thats why i have Armagedons, StP and Harmonic Slivers, to deal with lands/creatures/Artifacts/enchants on its own, and not to be Sideboard-Dependant because many times i face , casual, no-sideboard-allowed matches between my friends. I was wondering if the Eladamri's call are too much, or if it would be better to add some Might Sliver to the creature pool... or maybe the new Triumph of the Hordes
Anyone can help? discuss?
Thanks in advance
What i have is something like
Sanguine Bond
Tendrils of Corruption
Corrupt
Urborg, Tomb of yagwmoth
Cabal Coffers
Consume Spirit or Exsanguinate
And i think that's something like the "core" of the Deck...
i have my thoughts on the rest of the deck but i cant get to anything "solid"
for example, Black Sun's Zenit gives a solid Mass Removal aggains aggro and it can really become usefull. Korlash, Heir to Blackbalde helps me fetch swamps that are good with cabal coffers...
Demigod of Revenge and Divinity of Pride are both good because Divinity can kill with the Lifelink and Demigod its a recursive way to kill when my oponent has lots of removal.
Dark Ritual , Liliana Vess, Sorin Markov where other cards that i have thought about...
does anyone have any more sugestions? choices? i dont want this deck to have Hand disruption, im more concerned about the aggro... i want to recover-Gain lots of life till Sanguine bond comes out or simply kill by Corrupt or Consume my oponent to dead...
Nah, it counts as a creature OR a land, u choose.... also, if u gonna build around Contamination, get some Bitterblossoms.
If u said u are thinking in using Syphon life to counter burn effects, i think Phyrexian totems are going to be suicidal aggainst burn and zoo, u shoukd think about other options like Chimeric Idol, Chimeric Mass or Cursed Scroll.