I play this deck a lot since I just love, love, love MBC in all formats. The bling factor of having a 3-D General doesn't hurt either.
Most of these cards have been in the deck awhile and I'm very happy with how it runs. I'm now looking for a spot to get Black Market back in here. I am also running 25 sorceries so I'm thinking it may be time to try a Mirari.
Vesuva is always worthwhile, especially when you run Coffers. Drana has the potential to 1-shot people with enough mana (19 to be exact). Rings of Brighthearth and Expedition Map come to mind as well. Rings gives you double Drana activations, and Expedition Map is an extra way to draw coffers.
How has choice of damnations been for you? What amount of life/permanents do you usually gain from it? It looks very interesting. Also has tainted strike been working well for you?
The 2 draw cards are just to mana costly, I usually have answer but not enough mana to play them.
I'm running more than enough sorcery speed removal so the Dup and Command came out, since for their high mana cost I could just sweep the board with another card.
As for the Rings they are usually good when you get them out but I purposely don't run infinite combos, and when that option is out they are average. I may put them back in since they work with Drana so well. Although I have to go against a lot of shroud so targeted removal isn't that great.
I'm trying to go easy on the creatures since I sweep the board so much.
This is definitely a big mana Deck. I know most EDH decks are but this one especially needs massive amounts of mana.
I don't need many threats since I have Drana available as soon as I have control of the game.
Tainted Strike almost always gets used when an opponent is attacking someone besides me. Its great for a surprise kill.
No Mercy can't come out since I play against Uril and Rafiq decks regularly. It keeps me from being the first target.
Choice of Damnations isn't great but its fun. People will count their permanents and choose a number a few less than they have usually like 10-15. They then just lose that life. If Wound Reflection is out though!!!!
I really don't understand why you would want to run so much spot removal when your general can kill anything if you build the deck right. Were I to play drana, I'd go build the deck to be tutors, mana, and ways to abuse drana with the occasional utility card (sudden spoiling and Xiahou Dun for example).
I really don't understand why you would want to run so much spot removal when your general can kill anything if you build the deck right. Were I to play drana, I'd go build the deck to be tutors, mana, and ways to abuse drana with the occasional utility card (sudden spoiling and Xiahou Dun for example).
Thats a cute idea but in reality she gets killed and Hindered too much to really count on her as the only answer to creatures and use her as the only threat.
Its been a looooong time since I've updated this. I added 2 new cards from Avacyn and decided to update my EDH MBC list. I was surprised at how different the deck is nowadays. This deck has seen a lot of play and a lot of changes.
Most of these cards have been in the deck awhile and I'm very happy with how it runs.
I'm really excited to play with Exquisite Blood and Griselbrand. Both cards seem wickedly overpowered in this type of deck. I'm now looking for a spot to get Black Market back in here. I am also running 20 sorceries and I'm thinking it may be time to try a Mirari.
I play this deck a lot since I just love, love, love MBC in all formats. The bling factor of having a 3-D General doesn't hurt either.
Most of these cards have been in the deck awhile and I'm very happy with how it runs. I'm now looking for a spot to get Black Market back in here. I am also running 25 sorceries so I'm thinking it may be time to try a Mirari.
1 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Creatures: 8
1 Burnished Hart
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Myojin of Night's Reach
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Planeswalkers: 3
1 Liliana of the Dark Realm
1 Sorin Markov
1 Karn Liberated
Instants: 4
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Go for the Throat
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Consume the Meek
Sorceries: 24
1 Shrouded Lore
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Sign in Blood
1 Cruel Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Read the Bones
1 Praetor's Grasp
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Mutilate
1 Barter in Blood
1 Damnation
1 Temporal Extortion
1 Mind Sludge
1 Increasing Ambition
1 Life's Finale
1 All is Dust
1 Decree of Pain
1 In Garruk's Wake
1 Mind Twist
1 Exsanguinate
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Oubliette
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Necropotence
1 Infernal Darkness
1 Lethal Vapors
1 Spreading Plague
1 Wound Reflection
Artifacts: 15
1 Sol Ring
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Expedition Map
1 Mind Stone
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Extraplanar Lens
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Vedalken Orrery
1 Mind's Eye
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Batterskull
1 Caged Sun
Lands: 38
28 Swamp
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Deserted Temple
1 Petrified Field
1 Strip Mine
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Polluted Delta
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR
Vesuva is always worthwhile, especially when you run Coffers. Drana has the potential to 1-shot people with enough mana (19 to be exact). Rings of Brighthearth and Expedition Map come to mind as well. Rings gives you double Drana activations, and Expedition Map is an extra way to draw coffers.
My list is more of a big-mana deck with Nirkana Revenant, Extraplanar Lens, Coffers/Vesuva, Gauntlet of Power, etc. It likes to either cast Eldrazi, Myojin of Night's Reach, Cabal Conditioning, or just get Drana up to one-shot status.
BBB Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief BBB
GBW Ghave, Guru of Spores WBG
BUG Damia, Sage of Stone GUB
WBR Kaalia of the Vast RBW
UBU Sexy Wrexy BUB
RUG Riku of Two Reflections GUR
GGG Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant GGG
Also, Bojuka Bog and Phyrexian Tower, despite being non-swamps are pretty useful as Gravehate and Theft Protection respectively.
Rend Flesh is another good spot removal.
You might consider Promise of Power for card draw, Steel Hellkite for additional pump/beating and enchant/artifact kill, and Geth, Lord of the Vault.
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EDH Math
EDH Decks:
Ghost Council: The Magic Mafia of Orzhova
BB Drana: Down with the Sickness
Rasputin: Reality is Broken
Vish Kal Bleeder: Bloody Kisses
Teysa, Orzhov Dominatrix
Stonebrow: Breaking Things
BWR Kaalia Punisher: Heaven's on Fire
Grimgrin: Dead Reckoning
Steel Sabotage'ng Orbs of Mellowness since 2011.
The 2 draw cards are just to mana costly, I usually have answer but not enough mana to play them.
I'm running more than enough sorcery speed removal so the Dup and Command came out, since for their high mana cost I could just sweep the board with another card.
As for the Rings they are usually good when you get them out but I purposely don't run infinite combos, and when that option is out they are average. I may put them back in since they work with Drana so well. Although I have to go against a lot of shroud so targeted removal isn't that great.
I'm trying to go easy on the creatures since I sweep the board so much.
This is definitely a big mana Deck. I know most EDH decks are but this one especially needs massive amounts of mana.
I don't need many threats since I have Drana available as soon as I have control of the game.
Tainted Strike almost always gets used when an opponent is attacking someone besides me. Its great for a surprise kill.
No Mercy can't come out since I play against Uril and Rafiq decks regularly. It keeps me from being the first target.
Choice of Damnations isn't great but its fun. People will count their permanents and choose a number a few less than they have usually like 10-15. They then just lose that life. If Wound Reflection is out though!!!!
I definitely want to add Myojin of Night's Reach, Black Sun's Zenith, Cabal Conditioning, Ashes to Ashes, Armillary Sphere and Vesuva.
Now I need to figure out what to remove. Heres my list:
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR
maybe run dread instead of no mercy so you get an evasive beater out of it as well?
Thats a cute idea but in reality she gets killed and Hindered too much to really count on her as the only answer to creatures and use her as the only threat.
Right now I don't have any instant speed removal. I'd like something in the deck. Just a few cards I can tutor up if needed.
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR
OUT: 18
1 Seal of Doom
1 Sign in Blood
1 Ashes to Ashes
1 Barter in Blood
1 Cabal Conditioning
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Phyrexian Obliterator
1 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
1 Tainted Strike
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Darksteel Plate
1 Nightmare Lash
1 Lashwrithe
1 Vedalken Orrery
All of these cards just didn't live up to expectations. One by one I replaced these when I wasn't happy to draw them over and over.
IN: 18
1 Vesuva
1 Exquisite Blood
1 Cruel Tutor
1 Praetor's Grasp
1 Increasing Ambition
1 Forced March
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Spine of Ish Sah
1 Batterskull
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Rune-Scarred Demon
1 Phage the Untouchable
1 Griselbrand
Most of these cards have been in the deck awhile and I'm very happy with how it runs.
I'm really excited to play with Exquisite Blood and Griselbrand. Both cards seem wickedly overpowered in this type of deck. I'm now looking for a spot to get Black Market back in here. I am also running 20 sorceries and I'm thinking it may be time to try a Mirari.
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR