Played with Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa in the deck this weekend and it did so much work in tandem with Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor. I kept giving my opponent's tokens that they need to hit each other with, and since the tokens can't block, they would go basically unimpeded. Then they finally decided that Varchild had to go, I got all the tokens, GSZ'd for Sidar, and was able to swing with the tokens with impunity.
I didn't play Marisi this weekend since I had been going so hard with him the past two, but did make a few tweaks.
I'm starting to dislike the "All creatures must attack" effects; they just seem lackluster when we are goading our opponent's anyway.
One thing I added to give my creatures a little more evasion is Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa. I've always loved him and this is probably the best home for him. The upside is since his ability affects all all creatures with 2 or less power, not just yours, your opponents' little weenie creatures will be getting in for damage as well.
A couple of observations from my hatebears-y games:
Hatebears are a fun way to build the deck, but it lacks some reach; I had trouble closing out games. Skyline Despot seems like a perfect one to include.
I had some "attacks each turn if able"effects that seemed kind of lackluster; If I needed my opponents to attack not me, I never really had a problem Goading them
Always remember the read Master Warcraft very carefully; it doesn't do quite what you think it does.
Sunforger is possibly the best equipment for the deck as it grabs all of our white protection spells.
I had Skyline Despot for a while in my list because I LOVE the Monarch as a mechanic, but for tomorrow Im trying a lower land count/lower CMC, more hatebears-y version.
My biggest love of the Swords is that a single sword turns Marisi into a 3 turn clock with the right sword. Played against a mono-black deck on Saturday and after 2 swings with Marisi and Sword of Light and Shadow, they essentially worked for me for the rest of the game.
Total war doesn’t really do anything if you’ve hit them with marisi from what I can tell. They already have to attack with everything anyway?
It'll keep them from flashing out creatures at the end of turn to have blockers and their mana still open when they pass the turn. Kind of a niche scenario, but more common than one would think.
I actually proxied up a Marisi list this weekend and played a few games with it. Two games it got locked out because, naturally, this was the week a buddy decided to try out Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor. It was a lot of fun to play though. My deck tries to give evasion with Swords of XandY, so it's a little different than yours, but one thing I think both our lists would enjoy is giving our opponents tokens. Things like the Hunted creatures and Forbidden Orchard, go along with Generous Gift and Beast Within.
I'm starting to dislike the "All creatures must attack" effects; they just seem lackluster when we are goading our opponent's anyway.
One thing I added to give my creatures a little more evasion is Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa. I've always loved him and this is probably the best home for him. The upside is since his ability affects all all creatures with 2 or less power, not just yours, your opponents' little weenie creatures will be getting in for damage as well.
It'll keep them from flashing out creatures at the end of turn to have blockers and their mana still open when they pass the turn. Kind of a niche scenario, but more common than one would think.
I actually proxied up a Marisi list this weekend and played a few games with it. Two games it got locked out because, naturally, this was the week a buddy decided to try out Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor. It was a lot of fun to play though. My deck tries to give evasion with Swords of XandY, so it's a little different than yours, but one thing I think both our lists would enjoy is giving our opponents tokens. Things like the Hunted creatures and Forbidden Orchard, go along with Generous Gift and Beast Within.