The approach is simple. Ramp on turn 2, cast Commander on turn 3, from there on you sac/destroy for value and feed off of opponents' graveyards and libraries. Corpse Dance is easily the scariest card in the deck, especially combined with Ashnod's Altar - i might go as far as call it one of the best B cards overall.
Let me know what you think of the deck! I'm always happy to get input.
Have you ever considered using Lifeline? Yes, it works for your opponent as well, but if you have an exile effect, such as Faceless Butcher/Duplicant, you can get rid of creatures permanently, so your Lifeline becomes so much better. You can also save your entire board from board wipes with it as well.
Have you ever considered using Lifeline? Yes, it works for your opponent as well, but if you have an exile effect, such as Faceless Butcher/Duplicant, you can get rid of creatures permanently, so your Lifeline becomes so much better. You can also save your entire board from board wipes with it as well.
Lifeline is a really cool card, my major problem with it is my meta though. There are just way too many creature based graveyard centric decks, that would benefit a lot from it.
Another card i've been thinking about is Minion Reflector, but i feel like 5+2+ a creature/reanimation spell is a lot of mana. Have you tried it and can you advise me (not) to run it?
Have you ever considered using Lifeline? Yes, it works for your opponent as well, but if you have an exile effect, such as Faceless Butcher/Duplicant, you can get rid of creatures permanently, so your Lifeline becomes so much better. You can also save your entire board from board wipes with it as well.
Lifeline is a really cool card, my major problem with it is my meta though. There are just way too many creature based graveyard centric decks, that would benefit a lot from it.
Another card i've been thinking about is Minion Reflector, but i feel like 5+2+ a creature/reanimation spell is a lot of mana. Have you tried it and can you advise me (not) to run it?
I do agree that it isn't the best when facing other graveyard-focused decks, but it is definitely one of my favorite cards to play. One of the coolest things to do is cast a boardwipe, hold priority and sac all of your creatures one by one, and then let the wipe resolve. Since your creatures died while there was another on the field, they will still return and everyone else's wont since they died at the same time.
I have not played Minion Reflector myself, but I have seen it played in other Gonti decks. I am very hesitant to play it because of just what you said: it costs 5 to play it when it first comes out, which is a fairly significant investment in the first place. Then, if you don't have the mana to play anything else, it becomes susceptible to removal before you may even get the chance to get any use out of it. If you do have the mana available, it costs 2 + whatever creature you are casting, so either way, it's going to cost quite a bit.
Lifeline, however, costs the same as Reflector, requires no additional mana investment, and if you have a sac outlet readily available, you can get use out of it the first turn it is played, and every turn after, including opponent's.
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4 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Creatures (14)
4 Crypt Ghast
6 Demon of Dark Schemes
4 Entomber Exarch
3 Fleshbag Marauder
5 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
6 Massacre Wurm
3 Merciless Executioner
6 Noxious Gearhulk
3 Plaguecrafter
4 Ravenous Chupacabra
7 Sepulchral Primordial
5 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Vindictive Lich
Enchantments (11)
2 Animate Dead
3 Attrition
5 Black Market
2 Dance of the Dead
1 Kaya's Ghostform
3 Necromancy
3 Necropotence
4 Pestilence
1 Phyrexian Reclamation
3 Shade's Form
1 Vampiric Rites
3 Ashnod's Altar
5 Conjurer's Closet
0x Everflowing Chalice
2 Fellwar Stone
2 Jet Medallion
3 Mimic Vat
2 Mind Stone
4 Panharmonicon
2 Prismatic Lens
1 Skullclamp
2 Thought Vessel
3 Unstable Obelisk
Instants (12)
2 Abnormal Endurance
2 Bile Blight
3 Corpse Dance
1 Defile
3 Hero's Downfall
5 Necrologia
3 Sudden Death
3 Sudden Spoiling
1 Supernatural Stamina
5 Thrilling Encore
1 Undying Evil
2x Wake the Dead
Sorceries (15)
5 Beacon of Unrest
2x Black Sun's Zenith
1 Bubbling Muck
2 Diabolic Intent
2x Exsanguinate
3 Fortuitous Find
2 Grim Discovery
3 Morbid Curiosity
4 Mutilate
2x Profane Command
1 Reanimate
4 Ritual of the Machine
2x Torment of Hailfire
3 Toxic Deluge
3 Virtus's Maneuver
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Cabal Stronghold
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Ghost Quarter
1 High Market
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Strip Mine
26 Swamp
Have you ever considered using Lifeline? Yes, it works for your opponent as well, but if you have an exile effect, such as Faceless Butcher/Duplicant, you can get rid of creatures permanently, so your Lifeline becomes so much better. You can also save your entire board from board wipes with it as well.
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
Another card i've been thinking about is Minion Reflector, but i feel like 5+2+ a creature/reanimation spell is a lot of mana. Have you tried it and can you advise me (not) to run it?
I do agree that it isn't the best when facing other graveyard-focused decks, but it is definitely one of my favorite cards to play. One of the coolest things to do is cast a boardwipe, hold priority and sac all of your creatures one by one, and then let the wipe resolve. Since your creatures died while there was another on the field, they will still return and everyone else's wont since they died at the same time.
I have not played Minion Reflector myself, but I have seen it played in other Gonti decks. I am very hesitant to play it because of just what you said: it costs 5 to play it when it first comes out, which is a fairly significant investment in the first place. Then, if you don't have the mana to play anything else, it becomes susceptible to removal before you may even get the chance to get any use out of it. If you do have the mana available, it costs 2 + whatever creature you are casting, so either way, it's going to cost quite a bit.
Lifeline, however, costs the same as Reflector, requires no additional mana investment, and if you have a sac outlet readily available, you can get use out of it the first turn it is played, and every turn after, including opponent's.
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya