I saw that new black tutor, so I decided to try and build a deck around it in anticipation. But its' not a control deck with slaughter pact, surgical, etc.
Instead its built around crypt of agadeem.
It's not a dredge deck, though it runs similarly. Dredge makes you lose a draw, this actually builds value while filling the yard. More on that later.
The aim of the deck is to plant creatures in your graveyard, and lots of them so that agadeem can make indignation worthwhile.
We'll start with the bad:
It pretty much folds to graveyard hate. There is a mediocre beatdown plan. But it's only going to take you so far.
The good:
-You don't care if they kill your creatures. You can block and attack AT WILL without a care in the world. Every creature they kill just ramps agadeem. Maybe you're attacking, maybe you're blocking, doesn't matter. That's good value.
-There are some recursive creatures like Gravecrawler, Relentless, and Ewit. Ewit was chosen because while you're dumping cards into your yard, you want to grab a land(agadeem) OR a sorcery(indignation). Also, Ewit is a CREATURE. It's basically just extra copies of either.
-There are 16 creatures that dump cards into the yard, NOT including Stinkweed or even Indignation. Only 2 cause you need combo pieces, so you don't necessarily wanna dredge from turn 1. It's just an oh, an Imp got dumped into my yard, lets ramp up agadeem some instead of whatever draw. Imp also fills in decently as a flyer.
-If you do have 2 Indignations in hand, one builds the next.
It's just an average deck, it could never be competitive, but its a lot of fun to play and can be surprisingly both powerful, consistent, and even resilient.
So I just won on turn 3 against vengevine with this:
Stitcher'd a Stinkweed with Agadeem, Indignation, and Secrets in hand and it got ugly quick. He did get me down to 9 life in game 2 before he took 40 life loss to the face on a double agadeem. Took a while to loam up two agadeems and chump block.
Instead its built around crypt of agadeem.
It's not a dredge deck, though it runs similarly. Dredge makes you lose a draw, this actually builds value while filling the yard. More on that later.
Here's the deck:
4 Cryptbreaker
4 Gravecrawler
4 Diregraf Ghoul
4 Stitcher's Supplier
4 Wailing Ghoul
4 Returned Reveler
4 Relentless Dead
4 Necromancer's Assistant
2 Stinkweed Imp
3 Eternal Witness
4 Liliana's Indignation
Land(19)
4 Crypt of Agadeem
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Overgrown Tomb
2 Woodland Cemetery
4 Swamp
1 Forest
The aim of the deck is to plant creatures in your graveyard, and lots of them so that agadeem can make indignation worthwhile.
We'll start with the bad:
It pretty much folds to graveyard hate. There is a mediocre beatdown plan. But it's only going to take you so far.
The good:
-You don't care if they kill your creatures. You can block and attack AT WILL without a care in the world. Every creature they kill just ramps agadeem. Maybe you're attacking, maybe you're blocking, doesn't matter. That's good value.
-There are some recursive creatures like Gravecrawler, Relentless, and Ewit. Ewit was chosen because while you're dumping cards into your yard, you want to grab a land(agadeem) OR a sorcery(indignation). Also, Ewit is a CREATURE. It's basically just extra copies of either.
-There are 16 creatures that dump cards into the yard, NOT including Stinkweed or even Indignation. Only 2 cause you need combo pieces, so you don't necessarily wanna dredge from turn 1. It's just an oh, an Imp got dumped into my yard, lets ramp up agadeem some instead of whatever draw. Imp also fills in decently as a flyer.
-If you do have 2 Indignations in hand, one builds the next.
It's just an average deck, it could never be competitive, but its a lot of fun to play and can be surprisingly both powerful, consistent, and even resilient.
Stitcher'd a Stinkweed with Agadeem, Indignation, and Secrets in hand and it got ugly quick. He did get me down to 9 life in game 2 before he took 40 life loss to the face on a double agadeem. Took a while to loam up two agadeems and chump block.
4 Cryptbreaker
4 Gravecrawler
4 Diregraf Ghoul
4 Stitcher's Supplier
3 Wailing Ghoul
3 Returned Reveler
4 Relentless Dead
4 Necromancer's Assistant
3 Stinkweed Imp
4 Liliana's Indignation
2 Life from the Loam
Instant(2)
2 Mausoleum Secrets
Land(19)
4 Crypt of Agadeem
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Overgrown Tomb
2 Woodland Cemetery
4 Swamp
1 Forest
Sure it folds to gyard hate, but hey, turn 3 is turn 3. Unlike other decks, this doesn't care whether you kill its beaters.