So this deck has been a culmination of a few years of work and play testing to get to the point that is at now. This deck is designed for setting up the board for a lock favoring me, then continually pushing the line, until the opponents snap, or I kill them with life siphon or damage.
Decklist:
General: Savra, Queen of the Golgari - She has been my general since the beginning, was replaced by Skullbriar for about a week, then was put back in. Great synergy with Grave Pact and most sacrifice effects in the deck. Rarely ever gets played however. More used as a, "I have extra mana and need something decent." May get rotated out for Jarad.
Creatures: Geth, Lord of the Vault - Great Recursion and Mill. Provides cheap fodder from other people's graveyards., while hating them. Su-Chi - Combo Genius, works well with Ashnod's Altar and has a decent body. Eternal Witness - Green staple for recursion. Avenger of Zendikar Lots of Tokens and big ones. Provides combo with Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle. Vigor Would like to call this evasion/pump. Good all around. Creakwood Liege Pump and tokens. Pentavus - Combo with Ashnod's Altar and Parallel Lives. Gives cheap flying blockers. Phyrexian Obliterator - Good attacker and blocker. Keeps people away from me. Scavenging Ooze - Massive graveyard hate and life-gain. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre - Graveyard shuffle, beater, sacrificer. Grave Titan - Creates tokens, combos with Ashnod's Altar and Nim Deathmantle. Good beater. Puppeteer Clique - Graveyard fun. Terastodon - Control. Usually tutored out to blow up some pesky lands or non-creature permanents. Mycoloth - Creates tokens like a maniac. Falkenrath Noble - Huge life siphon. Stops some of my playgroup's combos. Can let me siphon infinite amounts with certain combos. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - Good for ETB and LTB effects. And for keeping my dudes alive. Oracle of Mul Daya - Awesome ramping creature. Hex Parasite - Stops Planeswalkers and Animar. Sanguine Praetor - Stops large amounts of tokens and can nuke specific CMCs. Seedborn Muse - Just good, especially with Geth. Massacre Wurm - Stop certain playgroup combos, huge life loss for opponents. It That Betrays - Steals stuff and is big. Primeval Titan - Green ramping staple. Usually grabs Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Cabal Coffers. Skeletal Vampire - Excellent Flyer. Underestimated by a lot. Bloodghast - Good recursion card, combos well with Perilous Forays well, and even better with Earthcraft out. Braids, Cabal Minion - Hate on everyone.
Sorceries: Praetor's Counsel - Ultimate Recursion. Sylvan Tutor - Tutors Black Sun's Zenith - Hits everything. Green Sun's Zenith - Fetches many creatures... usually Prime Time. Demonic Tutor - Tutor Bitter Ordeal - After a big wrath or round of sacrificing with a lot of tokens, or infinite tokens, I can exile all opponent's libraries. Beacon of Unrest - Excellent recursion and graveyard hate. Maelstrom Pulse - Control Living Death - Recursion. Usually sac all my stuff to Greater Good or Ashnod's Altar after attacking and then use this.
That's all the combos I can really think of at the moment.
While I may have a few combos in the deck, what usually happens is that I end up controlling the board enough for me to get a soft-lock on the field, and then hold that lock while beating people down with pumped up creatures or life loss. There are several decks in my playgroup that rely on graveyards to win, and while I don't have much graveyard hate, it is all easily tutorable.
Cards that may come out:
Liliana of the Veil - not really seeming to do much unless I get a board lock, and then takes out the most threatening person who generally still doesn't have anything. Garruk Relentless - Tokens aren't too big or too little of them, takes a couple turns for the tutoring to become good. Dies to Ratchet Bomb way too often. Lurking Predators - Not really into this as much as I used to be. Fixes my draws more than anything. Awakening Zone - Tokens are nice in the fact that they have built in sacrifice and mana, but they seem a little slow to me. Bloodghast - Awesome with Perilous Forays, but otherwise sub-par. Sword of Body and Mind - Protection/pump is nice and so is the token, but this seems a little out of place. Haven't found anything to replace it though. Thran Dynamo - probably going to get replaced by a Gilded Lotus when I find one.
So while this deck may have some higher cost cards, money-wise, I am not looking for extremely expensive cards. Most of the cards came from packs or trading and the lands like Maze of Ith came from a FTV: Realms.
What I am looking for is constructive criticism, comments and questions. If you want to know how it runs against certain play styles, ask. If you have a card suggestion, please do not hesitate to comment, though try to find a card to take out for each card you suggest.
I ran Savra for a long time and loved her. She just recently transformed into Jarad, but I miss her enough that I'm going to make another GB deck for her so that the Siblings can run together. Anyway, a suggestion:
Instead of Sword of Body and Mind, how about Bonehoard? With all the creatures you kill, both your opponent's and your own, it should be fairly hefty.
You can toss it onto a little guy to make a beater, or make a beater giant. It also combos very nicely with Greater Good, allowing 1/1 tokens to draw you 10+ cards.
And in place of Bloodghast, how about Glissa the Traitor? You have some powerful artifacts that people are going to want to kill, and Glissa brings them back for you doing what you'd do anyway; kill stuff. As a bonus she has first strike and deathtouch, making her a very nice rattlesnake.
I may try Glissa in spot of Bloodghast. Definitely could use the artifact recursion. Could throw Executioner's Capsule in there for a machine gun.
Don't know about Bonehoard, but the pump may be worth sacrificing the protection...
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Decklist:
General: Savra, Queen of the Golgari - She has been my general since the beginning, was replaced by Skullbriar for about a week, then was put back in. Great synergy with Grave Pact and most sacrifice effects in the deck. Rarely ever gets played however. More used as a, "I have extra mana and need something decent." May get rotated out for Jarad.
Creatures:
Geth, Lord of the Vault - Great Recursion and Mill. Provides cheap fodder from other people's graveyards., while hating them.
Su-Chi - Combo Genius, works well with Ashnod's Altar and has a decent body.
Eternal Witness - Green staple for recursion.
Avenger of Zendikar Lots of Tokens and big ones. Provides combo with Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle.
Vigor Would like to call this evasion/pump. Good all around.
Creakwood Liege Pump and tokens.
Pentavus - Combo with Ashnod's Altar and Parallel Lives. Gives cheap flying blockers.
Phyrexian Obliterator - Good attacker and blocker. Keeps people away from me.
Scavenging Ooze - Massive graveyard hate and life-gain.
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre - Graveyard shuffle, beater, sacrificer.
Grave Titan - Creates tokens, combos with Ashnod's Altar and Nim Deathmantle. Good beater.
Puppeteer Clique - Graveyard fun.
Terastodon - Control. Usually tutored out to blow up some pesky lands or non-creature permanents.
Mycoloth - Creates tokens like a maniac.
Falkenrath Noble - Huge life siphon. Stops some of my playgroup's combos. Can let me siphon infinite amounts with certain combos.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - Good for ETB and LTB effects. And for keeping my dudes alive.
Oracle of Mul Daya - Awesome ramping creature.
Hex Parasite - Stops Planeswalkers and Animar.
Sanguine Praetor - Stops large amounts of tokens and can nuke specific CMCs.
Seedborn Muse - Just good, especially with Geth.
Massacre Wurm - Stop certain playgroup combos, huge life loss for opponents.
It That Betrays - Steals stuff and is big.
Primeval Titan - Green ramping staple. Usually grabs Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Cabal Coffers.
Skeletal Vampire - Excellent Flyer. Underestimated by a lot.
Bloodghast - Good recursion card, combos well with Perilous Forays well, and even better with Earthcraft out.
Braids, Cabal Minion - Hate on everyone.
Artifacts:
Ashnod's Altar - Combos and mana.
Sol Ring - Mana. Nothing Else
Mimic Vat - One of my favorite artifacts for EDH. Stop playgroup combos, recursion, steals creatures, gives creatures.
Skullclamp - Draw. Lots of draw.
Sword of Feast and Famine - Mainly used for protection and untapping lands.
Sword of Body and Mind - Used for Protection and the one token.
Nim Deathmantle - Combo card. Also sometimes used for anti-wrath effects.
Sensei's Divining Top - Draw, Draw fixing.
Thran Dynamo - Mana.
Blade of the Bloodchief - Pump.
Sword of Light and Shadow - Used for protection and the recursion.
Instants:
Beast Within - Control.
Imp's Mischief - Stack tricks. In black.
Sorceries:
Praetor's Counsel - Ultimate Recursion.
Sylvan Tutor - Tutors
Black Sun's Zenith - Hits everything.
Green Sun's Zenith - Fetches many creatures... usually Prime Time.
Demonic Tutor - Tutor
Bitter Ordeal - After a big wrath or round of sacrificing with a lot of tokens, or infinite tokens, I can exile all opponent's libraries.
Beacon of Unrest - Excellent recursion and graveyard hate.
Maelstrom Pulse - Control
Living Death - Recursion. Usually sac all my stuff to Greater Good or Ashnod's Altar after attacking and then use this.
Enchantments:
Squirrel Nest - Combos with Earthcraft. Works well with Ashnod's Altar.
Parallel Lives - Always need more tokens.
Perilous Forays - Good sac engine and ramp.
Grim Feast - Unexpected life gain.
Asceticism - Evasion
Grave Pact - Sacrificing even more.
Earthcraft - Good Ramp. Combos with Squirrel Nest.
Phyrexian Arena - Draw
Greater Good - Draw by sacrificing.
Lurking Predators - Getting creatures for free.
Awakening Zone - Tokens with relevant ability.
Attrition - Control
Planeswalkers:
Liliana of the Veil - Sacrifice and discard.
Garruk Wildspeaker - Mana. Hardly ever used his ultimate.
Liliana Vess - Tutor
Garruk Relentless - Tokens and sometimes tutor.
Lands:
Maze of Ith - Haven't really been able to test, but relevant to the red zone.
Cabal Coffers - Mana
Woodland Cemetery - Mana fixing
High Market - Sacrificing is always good.
Vesuva - Copying Cabal Coffers or another good utility land.
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth - See Cabal Coffers
Command Tower - Mana fixing
Golgari Rot-Farm - Mana Fixing
13x Swamp
14x Forest
Combos:
Ashnod's Altar + Grave Titan/Avenger of Zendikar + Nim Deathmantle = Infinite tokens.
+Bitter Ordeal in there for good measure if you can't get in the red zone fast enough
+Savra, Queen of the Golgari for infinite sacrifice (watch your life), or infinite life gain
+Grave Pact for keeping all opponents without creatures.
+Su-Chi for infinite colorless mana.
Squirrel Nest + Earthcraft = Infinite Squirrels.
Pentavus + Ashnod's Altar + Parallel Lives = Infinite colorless mana
Puppeteer Clique + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + sac engine = take all the creatures from opponents graveyards
Bloodghast + Perilous Forays = basic lands
+ Earthcraft for all the basic lands in the deck.
That's all the combos I can really think of at the moment.
While I may have a few combos in the deck, what usually happens is that I end up controlling the board enough for me to get a soft-lock on the field, and then hold that lock while beating people down with pumped up creatures or life loss. There are several decks in my playgroup that rely on graveyards to win, and while I don't have much graveyard hate, it is all easily tutorable.
Cards that may come out:
Liliana of the Veil - not really seeming to do much unless I get a board lock, and then takes out the most threatening person who generally still doesn't have anything.
Garruk Relentless - Tokens aren't too big or too little of them, takes a couple turns for the tutoring to become good. Dies to Ratchet Bomb way too often.
Lurking Predators - Not really into this as much as I used to be. Fixes my draws more than anything.
Awakening Zone - Tokens are nice in the fact that they have built in sacrifice and mana, but they seem a little slow to me.
Bloodghast - Awesome with Perilous Forays, but otherwise sub-par.
Sword of Body and Mind - Protection/pump is nice and so is the token, but this seems a little out of place. Haven't found anything to replace it though.
Thran Dynamo - probably going to get replaced by a Gilded Lotus when I find one.
Cards that may find a slot:
Damnation - Always good to have a board wipe.
Pernicious Deed - Another specific board wipe.
Lord of Extinction - Awesome beater
Woodfall Primus - Another Terastodon-like effect. Combos nicely with Mikaeus and a sac engine.
Garruk, Primal Hunter - Good draw and nice tokens.
So while this deck may have some higher cost cards, money-wise, I am not looking for extremely expensive cards. Most of the cards came from packs or trading and the lands like Maze of Ith came from a FTV: Realms.
What I am looking for is constructive criticism, comments and questions. If you want to know how it runs against certain play styles, ask. If you have a card suggestion, please do not hesitate to comment, though try to find a card to take out for each card you suggest.
Instead of Sword of Body and Mind, how about Bonehoard? With all the creatures you kill, both your opponent's and your own, it should be fairly hefty.
You can toss it onto a little guy to make a beater, or make a beater giant. It also combos very nicely with Greater Good, allowing 1/1 tokens to draw you 10+ cards.
And in place of Bloodghast, how about Glissa the Traitor? You have some powerful artifacts that people are going to want to kill, and Glissa brings them back for you doing what you'd do anyway; kill stuff. As a bonus she has first strike and deathtouch, making her a very nice rattlesnake.
EDH Decks
BGGlissa, the TraitorGB
URTibor and LumiaRU
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticBUW
UBSygg, River CutthroatBU
RGXenagos, God of RevelsGR
UGVorel of the Hull CladeGU
GBSavra, Queen of the GolgariBG
URGMaelstrom WandererGRU
Don't know about Bonehoard, but the pump may be worth sacrificing the protection...