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Quote from Singe »

Sacrifice, sac a creature and gain B equal to its manacost.

I forgot about Sacrifice specifically but I was looking at cards like Burnt Offering, obviously not playable with red mana symbols on the card, Soldevi Adnate and Culling the Weak and wasn't sure if they are playable when most of the creatures I will be playing except for a few will be low CMC. Sure, Culling the Weak turns a low CMC creature into a lot of mana but the rest only generate mana equal to the CMC which will not be a lot with most of the creatures.

Quote from KissMyAssassin »

One set of cards none of you mentioned that would be great are the small ones that can sacrifice themselves to add mana, like Blood Pet or Basal Thrull. Not only can they enable earlier Massacres if you need them, they can also help set off the chains themselves .

Not a bad idea. I like both of them and will test them out. I completely forgot about them until you mentioned them.

Edit: Basal Sliver and Blood Vassal fit in this category as well but at 3 CMC I don't think it is worth it.

Update: Here is a new list of the cards that I want to play that work specifically with Massacre Girl. This list also include kill spells and other generally good cards in black that I know I want to play as well.

Quote from Singe »

Bloodcrazed Paladin cheap beater with flash.

Deathrender you can short cut a creature in from the hand.

Spoils of Blood

Scourge of Nel Toth can be played from the graveyard for cheap.

I forgot about Spoils of Blood or Bloodcrazed Paladin. Those seem great.

Quote from Forgotten One »

The best way to generate fodder for her is Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder. At a minimum, when you cast Massacre Girl with Endrek Sahr in play, the 5 Thrulls and Endrek Sahr will die along with anything else with toughness 7 or less.

I would also consider using Palace Siege as another Oversold Cemetery effect.

Another card to consider is Pitiless Plunderer.

I do want to try Pitiless Plunderer and Palace Siege I just forgot to put them on my list. I like your suggestion of Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, though I do worry about having too many enablers at 5 CMC.

Quote from SuperMJ »

How did I forget about Revel in Riches? Might as well win the game (or at least profit) if you're going to clear the board.

Revel in Riches seems great, I just don't know if it will end up being more than an alt wincon for 5 mana that gets destroyed before my upkeep. Sure, it produces a good amount of mana with its treasures but even Black Market producing mana every turn seems better to me at 5 mana.

Based on all your suggestions here is what I have come up with for a preliminary list. Not a full 100 but cards I know I want to try not including the kill spells and draw I will play.



Also, I was looking up when creatures die cards on Gatherer and came across these cards that have not been mentioned yet: Shriveling Rot, Sadistic Glee, Eternal Thirst, Dingus Staff, and Demon of Dark Schemes.

Quote from HugSeal »

Genesis Chamber seems like it could be really interesting. Fill the board with lil 1/1:s that get killed all the time and helps fuel massacre girls ability.

Hey, I like it. Funny I didn't think about it when one of my favorite commanders is Norin the Wary.

Quote from RxPhantom »

If we're playing a bunch of creatures with ETB and death triggers, Rescue from the Underworld seems fun. Also, stuff like Oversold Cemetery and Palace Siege to keep getting your creatures back in this constant chain o' death. Also, Diabolic Intent.

Great suggestions. I love the idea of Oversold Cemetery. I'm not so sure about Palace Siege since it costs 5 mana but I think it's worth testing. I need to get a copy, but Diabolic Intent is a definite include.

Thanks for all the suggestions. This is greatly helping me set what I want to do with this deck.

Quote from Hawk7915 »

I'd look to run...

- A fair number of 1-toughness creatures, especially 1-toughness creatures with useful EtB/dies effects. For instance, Dusk Legion Zealot, Burglar Rat, Pilgrim's Eye, Fleshbag Marauder, Liliana's Specter, and Nekrataal. This makes it easier to ensure you can "set off the chain reaction" with Massacre Girl. Related are creatures that can sacrifice themselves or others - good ol' reliable cards like Nantuko Husk, Yahenni, Undying Partisan, Fume Spitter, and Viscera Seer.

This is great. I din't think about the idea of playing my own 1-toughness creatures to start the death chain myself.

I want to make a Massacre Girl deck when [WAR] cards come out on April 25. I know I want to make it a mono black control deck based around having the board be kept clear with her ability. I already have ideas for what kill spells and other pieces of control I want to play in this deck.

My question that I am seeking help with is what creatures are worth playing in this deck and what cards are really good that will take advantage of Massacre Girl always killing things or being wincons when she is the only creature staying in play?