Open the Graves3BB Enchantment (Rare)
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. It was a night like any other. It would soon become a night no one would ever forget.
For Standard, maybe less competitive zombie decks? I mean, Amonkhet is still around, and with the reprinting of Death Baron, there will be three zombie lords in Standard (if you count Metallic Mimic) or five if you count things like Vanquisher's Banner or Radiant Destiny.
In fact, even if you aren't playing zombies, this works well with some kind of reanimation strategy alongside Scarab God and Desecrated Tomb.
For Standard, maybe less competitive zombie decks? I mean, Amonkhet is still around, and with the reprinting of Death Baron, there will be three zombie lords in Standard (if you count Metallic Mimic) or five if you count things like Vanquisher's Banner or Radiant Destiny.
In fact, even if you aren't playing zombies, this works well with some kind of reanimation strategy alongside Scarab God and Desecrated Tomb.
There is also liliana's mastery as well. Problem is the deck doesn't have any large beats like diregraf colossus really. Maybe ammit eternal or plague belcher. Deck feels a little too slow though? Zombies do survive chainwhirler pretty well, however.
Maybe T1-2 is discard removal into lord of the accrused, death baron, ammit or belcher, into contempt or something into lili, this or her mastery. Feels way too slow.
Primarily because that card was rare in its original printing, secondarily because this isn't a Masters set, and tertiarily because making multiple 1/1 tokens and making multiple 2/2 token are wildly different in terms of board impact.
Between this and Desecrated Tomb, we could see a fun Golgari token deck depending on their mechanics in the upcoming Ravnica block. Even with just things like scavenge (not even counting dredge, which is no longer a mechanic they wish to support).
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Enchantment (Rare)
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
It was a night like any other. It would soon become a night no one would ever forget.
Many thanks to DNC at Heroes of the Plane Studios
UW Azorius Control
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UW Azorius Control
For Standard, maybe less competitive zombie decks? I mean, Amonkhet is still around, and with the reprinting of Death Baron, there will be three zombie lords in Standard (if you count Metallic Mimic) or five if you count things like Vanquisher's Banner or Radiant Destiny.
In fact, even if you aren't playing zombies, this works well with some kind of reanimation strategy alongside Scarab God and Desecrated Tomb.
There is also liliana's mastery as well. Problem is the deck doesn't have any large beats like diregraf colossus really. Maybe ammit eternal or plague belcher. Deck feels a little too slow though? Zombies do survive chainwhirler pretty well, however.
Maybe T1-2 is discard removal into lord of the accrused, death baron, ammit or belcher, into contempt or something into lili, this or her mastery. Feels way too slow.
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
Primarily because that card was rare in its original printing, secondarily because this isn't a Masters set, and tertiarily because making multiple 1/1 tokens and making multiple 2/2 token are wildly different in terms of board impact.
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Right there with ya. Think it would pushed mono black up a notch at 4cmc.
Same reason Suntail Hawk is common and Isamaru, Hound of Konda is rare.
On phasing: