MTG Salvation

Quote from rantipole

I've thought about Disciple for my Savra deck, but I've no experience running it. You do need sac outlets in this deck and gaining life is nice. I run Makeshift Mannequin because of the instant speed (and usually I want to reuse an ETB ability, so it doesn't matter too much if the critter gets killed quickly).

Any reason you don't run Volrath's Stronghold?

Cheers,
rant

• 1 Death Cloud
  
• 1 Awakening Zone

• 1 Bitterblossom
  
• 1 Oracle of Mul Daya

• 1 Bone Shredder
  
• 1 Shriekmaw

Quote from rantipole

I'm pretty sure I like almost all those planned changes, but I'm not sold on Awakening Zone or Verdant Force. They are good, but I find black tokens to be much more necessary than green or colorless ones. That said, I don't run Braids or Smokestack in my build. With those two cards, nonblack token producers might be more valuable.

I still like Shriekmaw and Bone Shredder quite a bit. They sac themselves to trigger Savra and you can sac Bone Shredder to 'stack or Braids in response to the echo trigger. Seems pretty good.

Cheers,
rant

• -1 Disciple of Griselbrand
  
• -1 Lord of Extinction
  
• +1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  
• +1 Recollect
  

Quote from rantipole

I don't have any issues with your cuts. I will add that I have found Svogthos to be a good beatstick after someone Wraths the board. All too often people forget you've got a manland sitting there waiting to smack someone around (or maybe I just play with bad players). Still, it's certainly not a vital card.

My cut for the new land would probably one of the cycling lands. I'm not a big fan of them in EDH because I almost never want to cycle them so they are just ETBT lands for me. If you like them a lot, I'd cut Gilt-Leaf Palace.

For Barter in Blood, I'd think about cutting Beseech the Queen because it's the weakest tutor. Avatar of Woe would be another option.

Cheers,
rant

Quote from Flyingdutchman

Ello!
I've been running a very similar Savra deck myself with plenty of sac outlets and token-spawners. I'm a bit new to this website(I registered so i could reply on your bump^^) so I don't really know how everything works yet. Anyway, I hope you're still playing Savra cause she is that good. Here's my list, I hope it can give you some idea's!

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29 Creatures 1 Viscera Seer 1 Blood Artist 1 Skirsdag High Priest 1 Viridian Zealot 1 Nether Traitor 1 Bloodghast 1 Reassembling Skeleton 1 Fleshbag Marauder 1 Shambling Shell 1 Krovikan Horror 1 Hell's Caretaker 1 Creakwood Liege 1 Braids, Cabal Minion 1 Marsh Flitter 1 Nath of the Gilt-Leaf 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder 1 Shriekmaw 1 Mitotic Slime 1 Sadistic Hypnotist 1 Geth, Lord of the Vault 1 Skeletal Vampire 1 Primeval Titan 1 Grave Titan 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One 1 Butcher of Malakir 1 Avenger of Zendikar 1 Verdant Force 1 Terastodon	2 Instants 1 Beast Within 1 Relic Crush 15 Sorcery 1 Buried Alive 1 Diabolic Tutor 1 Primal Command 1 Cultivate 1 Explosive Vegetation 1 Beacon of Unrest 1 Kodama's Reach 1 Syphon Flesh 1 Rise from the Grave 1 Praetor's Grasp 1 Primal Growth 1 Beseech the Queen 1 Praetor's Counsel 1 Green Sun's Zenith 1 Beacon of Creation 10 Artifacts 1 Sol Ring 1 Helm of Possession 1 Mimic Vat 1 Skullclamp 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Ashnod's Altar 1 Birthing Pod 1 Sensei's Divining Top 1 Orochi Hatchery 1 Phyrexian Altar	7 Enchantment's 1 Attrition 1 Perilous Forays 1 Grave Pact 1 Mind Slash 1 Infernal Tribute 1 Squirrel Nest 1 Awakening Zone 37 Lands 1 Grim Backwoods 1 Tectonic Edge 1 Temple of the False God 1 Buried Ruin 1 Command Tower 1 Phyrexian Tower 1 High Market 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Tranquil Thicket 1 Barren Moor 9 Forest 11 Swamp 1 Golgari Rot Farm 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Vivid Marsh 1 Vivid Grove 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Springjack Pasture 1 Miren, the Moaning Well

As you can see, plenty of sac-outlets in addition to a lot of saccable tokens or recurring creature's. The idea is to only use savra when you need to lock or wipe the board, or sac green tokens to gain health. Unless you can assure her survival of course. If you have a lot of mana(which the ramp in this deck can easily ensure you of) you can just cast her without worrying about it. In a lot of games though, she doesn't need to come out at all..

Attrition, grave pact, butcher of malakir, just as in your deck, are the bread and butter. But Sadistic Hypnotist, Mind Slash and Perilous Forays are extremely good sac outlets as well. And then you still have skullclamp, viscera seer, Helm of Possesion and Skirsdag High priest, to make you gain benefit from sacrificing your tokens in other ways.

Of course there are still a lot of cards that could increase the epicness of this deck, Deranged Hermit, tutors, Genesis etc. But I just don't have those cards and it works fine as it is. I don't really want to increase it's power anymore either since my playgroup allready tends to target me when I play this deck(It will also happen to you, this deck locks every other deck out of the game if left unchecked). It should be noted though that we don't play combo decks, no one enjoys playing 2 spells and saying they won after that.. That may not be the same in your playgroup and that could be a very good reason why you have trouble winning your games.

There are some obvious cards I'm missing though, Eternal Witness for instance. I don't run it in this deck simply because I'm lazy and run it in another deck. I don't really like switching cards, but for maximum power it should be there. Also, some swords should be good! On another note, I would advise you not to play or invest in a Bitterblossom. The 1 life you lose every round can set you back pretty fast. Especially when combined with the 2 life you lose from Savra's ability when needed. There is simply enough sac-fodder in this deck.

Anyway, I hope that this gives you some ideas for your Savra deck. As I said, this deck has incredible sinergy and I can assure you it should work just fine.

Any questions, let me know.

Cheers!