Blazing Archon, Capital Punishment and Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts are all too expensive. I didn't get them out reliably enough to have an impact. Also, in case of Archon and Teysa, they could be removed too easily for such a mana investment. The Vow cycle didn't impress me at all. Usually, when I pumped a creature with one of them, another player would just remove it which they would have done anyway. Magister of Worth was also a little too expensive while also being quite dangerous if there are enough graveyard decks at the table. It got substituted by better wraths. Grand Melee just wasn't made for this deck and I never wanted to actually play it if I had it in hand. Finally, Goblin Spymaster, Rite of the Raging Storm and Tombstone Stairwell, although they are some of my favorite cards, gave too much advantage to opponents who could sacrifice the tokens for some sort of benefit (especially Tombstone Stairwell).
I added a proven all-star wipe in Blasphemous Act (which was too expensive when I originally built the deck, now that I acquired it, it had to go in) and an experimental one in Phyrexian Purge. Selecting which creatures get hit by paying a bit of life seems good in some situations, but detrimental in others. I also added a land in Mistveil Plains, which has amazing synergy with Sunforger and hasn't got terrible downsides. Speaking of Sunforger, I strengthened the package with Crush Contraband, Deflecting PalmUnmake, Wild Ricochet and Wrecking Ball which are all good on their own, but amazing if you can tutor them out. Also searchable is Debt of Loyalty, which is really good even with the oracle text. I like these largely unknown, old, unique effects and I'm looking forward to "saving" someones creature with that. Duelist's Heritage is another one that I first rejected due to budget issues, but that could be really good. Last but not least, Xantcha, Sleeper Agent was printed for this deck, giving one player a disadvantage, but still leaving him with the option of attacking with Xantcha and dealing some damage (since nobody else will want to remove her).
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1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
Instants: 21
1x Anguished Unmaking
1x Chaos Warp
1x Crackling Doom
1x Crush Contraband
1x Debt of Loyalty
1x Deflecting Palm
1x Fight to the Death
1x Go for the Throat
1x Mortify
1x Murderous Cut
1x Rakdos Charm
1x Return to Dust
1x Sudden Spoiling
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Teferi's Protection
1x Terminate
1x Unmake
1x Utter End
1x Volcanic Offering
1x Wild Ricochet
1x Wrecking Ball
Sorceries: 10
1x Blasphemous Act
1x Day of Judgment
1x Death by Dragons
1x Disrupt Decorum
1x Hour of Revelation
1x Merciless Eviction
1x New Blood
1x Phyrexian Purge
1x Rout
1x Sublime Exhalation
1x Arcane Lighthouse
1x Battlefield Forge
1x Bojuka Bog
1x Boros Garrison
1x Caves of Koilos
1x Command Tower
1x Evolving Wilds
1x Exotic Orchard
1x Foreboding Ruins
1x Mistveil Plains
7x Mountain
1x Nomad Outpost
1x Orzhov Basilica
1x Path of Ancestry
7x Plains
1x Rakdos Carnarium
1x Shadowblood Ridge
1x Smoldering Marsh
7x Swamp
1x Tainted Field
1x Terramorphic Expanse
Creatures: 9
1x Bounty Hunter
1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
1x Humble Defector
1x Hunter of Eyeblights
1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
1x Orzhov Advokist
1x Royal Assassin
1x Windborn Muse
1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
1x Assemble the Legion
1x Axis of Mortality
1x Bitter Feud
1x Black Market
1x Blind Obedience
1x Curse of Bloodletting
1x Curse of Disturbance
1x Curse of Opulence
1x Darksteel Mutation
1x Duelist's Heritage
1x Marchesa's Decree
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Revel in Riches
1x Sphere of Safety
1x Underworld Connections
Artifacts: 4
1x Assault Suit
1x Crown of Doom
1x Sol Ring
1x Sunforger
Planeswalkers: 1
1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
- Blazing Archon
- Capital Punishment
- Goblin Spymaster
- Grand Melee
- Magister of Worth
- Rite of the Raging Storm
- Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
- Tombstone Stairwell
- Vow of Duty
- Vow of Lightning
- Vow of Malice
+ Blasphemous Act
+ Crush Contraband
+ Debt of Loyalty
+ Deflecting Palm
+ Duelist's Heritage
+ Mistveil Plains
+ Phyrexian Purge
+ Unmake
+ Wild Ricochet
+ Wrecking Ball
+ Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
Blazing Archon, Capital Punishment and Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts are all too expensive. I didn't get them out reliably enough to have an impact. Also, in case of Archon and Teysa, they could be removed too easily for such a mana investment. The Vow cycle didn't impress me at all. Usually, when I pumped a creature with one of them, another player would just remove it which they would have done anyway. Magister of Worth was also a little too expensive while also being quite dangerous if there are enough graveyard decks at the table. It got substituted by better wraths. Grand Melee just wasn't made for this deck and I never wanted to actually play it if I had it in hand. Finally, Goblin Spymaster, Rite of the Raging Storm and Tombstone Stairwell, although they are some of my favorite cards, gave too much advantage to opponents who could sacrifice the tokens for some sort of benefit (especially Tombstone Stairwell).
I added a proven all-star wipe in Blasphemous Act (which was too expensive when I originally built the deck, now that I acquired it, it had to go in) and an experimental one in Phyrexian Purge. Selecting which creatures get hit by paying a bit of life seems good in some situations, but detrimental in others. I also added a land in Mistveil Plains, which has amazing synergy with Sunforger and hasn't got terrible downsides. Speaking of Sunforger, I strengthened the package with Crush Contraband, Deflecting Palm Unmake, Wild Ricochet and Wrecking Ball which are all good on their own, but amazing if you can tutor them out. Also searchable is Debt of Loyalty, which is really good even with the oracle text. I like these largely unknown, old, unique effects and I'm looking forward to "saving" someones creature with that. Duelist's Heritage is another one that I first rejected due to budget issues, but that could be really good. Last but not least, Xantcha, Sleeper Agent was printed for this deck, giving one player a disadvantage, but still leaving him with the option of attacking with Xantcha and dealing some damage (since nobody else will want to remove her).
More content will be added in the future.