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After testing for 2-3 hours, I felt that 6 1 mana discard 1s seemed too many. Against any type of aggro deck, they are almost certainly dead cards after turn 5 or 6, so i am down to a 3-2 split. Also, I want husk back in the side for control and jund when I am on the play. To ensure land drops, I went up to 24, and to make sure tectonic edge didn't interfere too much with my heavy black commitment.
I also want to try the 1 of monument, as some have been saying it is the bonkers with bloodghast and highborn. Will report soon on progress.
I'm not entirely sure about the Abyssal Persecutor or the Eldrazi Monument yet, but the Maelstrom Pulse do work wonders for me. If anyone has a suggestion that's legitimately better, offer it. Also, what do you think of the demons.
Grim Discovery is back - recurring Tectonic Edge is really good. It shuts down annoying decks like Valakut, Emeria, and it also wrecks man lands in UW Control.
Smother is in there because (1) it's easy to cast (2) has not "black" limitation like doom blade. - hits 4/5 baloths, war monks, knight of the reliquary, man lands....
Keeping 2 of disfigure in the main because it's still useful to get ride of boros-critters and RDW junk.
Anowon is around for pretty much the sole reason of forcing UW control to deal with him before being able to cast Iona. If you see a lot of UW or mono-white it feels good. Obviously weak to decks with lightning bolt.
My goal for this deck is to be aggro/discad at the same time while still being competive.
The hand disruption is to deal with Jace-Fog and American control.
Liliana is great for almost any hand manipulation fight and when the board has been cleared a couple of times with Day of Judgement her ulitimate ability can swing for the win.
Deathmarks are for dealing with Jund and hand disruption helps in this matchup.
Anowan is for dealing with Elfdarazi and is good agains almost anything except the mirror.
Sorin is for the Mirror and I find that hand disruption will help and use Grim Discovery to keep Nocturnus on the table.
I haven't played a whole lot with the aggro build yet but my main build is still solid for me. Post-Board i am a control deck's worst nightmare and mainboard I can keep up even with Jund and WW
I know I don't have fetchlands, but I don't really like them... just my personal preference. This is why I'm using Dead Reckoning though, it deals damage to a creature possibly killing them and puts a black card on top of my library for Nocturnus.
Almost have this deck done. That is, except for the fetches.
Darn it, no one has fetches.
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The matchup I lost was against some sort of Big Red, which I only lost because of really bad draws. I had to mull 3 times in the first game and I got mana flooded the other. Pithing Needle completely shut down a ramp green I was having trouble with, I got them out practically turn one and shut down the Garruk/Nissa Planeswalkers.
1) Are there too many Malakir Bloodwitch in my Main Board, or maybe even should I take one out of sideboard.
2) Should I ditch the Mind Funeral?
3) Any other issues seen in the Side Board
4) Maelstrom Pulse. I think it still might work. Does anyone disagree (this time the beauty can actually be taken out)?
Thanks!
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This thread is for competitive decks only. Your deck is not Grixis Control, as you said yourself. A serious decklist with shroud and counterspells belongs here, not a for fun/casual decklist with bad discard. Sorry, but your princess is in another castle.
Vampires running a Tectonic Edge package... I've found it to be quite helpful against Jund as keeping them stuck on 3 ~ 4 mana gives us a serious edge.
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14x Swamp
4x Marsh Flats
4x Verdent Catacombs
2x Tectonic Edge
Creatures (24)
4x Vampire Hexmage
4x Bloodghast
4x Kalastria Highborn
4x Vampire Nighthawk
4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
4x Vampire Nocturnis
3x Grim Discovery
3x Sign in Blood
2x Mire's Toll
3x Duress
1x Eldrazi Monument
4x Tendrils of Corruption
3x Smother
2x Pithing Needle
3x Sadistic Sacrament
3x Bloodhusk Ritualist
After testing for 2-3 hours, I felt that 6 1 mana discard 1s seemed too many. Against any type of aggro deck, they are almost certainly dead cards after turn 5 or 6, so i am down to a 3-2 split. Also, I want husk back in the side for control and jund when I am on the play. To ensure land drops, I went up to 24, and to make sure tectonic edge didn't interfere too much with my heavy black commitment.
I also want to try the 1 of monument, as some have been saying it is the bonkers with bloodghast and highborn. Will report soon on progress.
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4x Verdant Catacombs
4x Marsh Flats
13x Swamp
2x Forest
Creatures x25
2x Abyssal Persecutor
4x Bloodghast
4x Vampire Nocturnus
4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
2x Kalastria Highborn
3x Malakir Bloodwitch
2x Vampire Hexmage
4x Vampire Nighthawk
2x Maelstrom Pulse
2x Mind Sludge
3x Smother
4x Tendrils of Corruption
Artifacts x1
1x Eldrazi Monument
2x Black Knight
1x Malakir Bloodwitch
1x Vampire Hexmage
3x Sadistic Sacrament
1x Mind Sludge
3x Duress
3x Deathmark
1x Maelstrom Pulse
I'm not entirely sure about the Abyssal Persecutor or the Eldrazi Monument yet, but the Maelstrom Pulse do work wonders for me. If anyone has a suggestion that's legitimately better, offer it. Also, what do you think of the demons.
Standard
RWBDark Vengeant ControlBWR
Legacy
UBFaeries in My SoupBU
EDH
UBOona's Dance PartyBU
2 Vampire Hexmage
3 Kalastria Highborn
4 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Urge to Feed
3 Sign in Blood
4 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Eldrazi Monument
Land:
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
15 Swamp
1 Kalastria Highborn
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Vampire Hexmage
2 Nemesis Trap
2 Doom Blade
3 Marsh Casualties
4 Mind Sludge
Red Splash-
4 Bloodghast
3 Kalastria Highborn
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
Spells:
4 Urge to Feed
4 Terminate
4 Blightning
3 Bituminous Blast
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Lavaclaw Reachers
4 Marsh Flats
11 Swamp
1 Kalastria Highborn
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Marsh Casualties
3 Sign in Blood
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Vampire Hexmage
16 Swamp
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
Creatures: 21
3 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Kalastria Highborn
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
2 Grim Discovery
2 Mind Sludge
4 Sign in Blood
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Urge to Feed
1 Bloodghast
4 Duress
1 Grim Discovery
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
1 Mind Sludge
2 Nemesis Trap
1 Urge to Feed
4 Vampire Hexmage
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4x Vampire Nocturnus
4x Vampire Nighthawk
4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
3x Kalastria Highborn
3x Vampire Nighthawk
3x Bloodghast
2x Malakir Bloodwitch
4x Tendrils of Corruption
3x Urge to Feed
3x Sign in Blood
2x Disfigure
2x Grim Discovery
Lands:
4x Verdant Catacombs
4x Marsh Flats
15x Swamp
3x Duress
2x Mire's Toll
2x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
2x Mind Sludge
2x Sadistic Sacrament
3x Pithing Needle
1x Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Marsh Flats
4 Tectonic Edge
12 Swamp
2 Vampire Hexmage
2 Bloodghast
2 Kalastria Highborn
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nocturnus
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Smother
3 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Mind Sludge
2 Grim Discovery
3 Sign in Blood
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Anowon the Ruin Sage
2 Vampire Hexmage
4 Duress
1 Mind Sludge
3 Marsh Casualties
1 Smother
Grim Discovery is back - recurring Tectonic Edge is really good. It shuts down annoying decks like Valakut, Emeria, and it also wrecks man lands in UW Control.
Smother is in there because (1) it's easy to cast (2) has not "black" limitation like doom blade. - hits 4/5 baloths, war monks, knight of the reliquary, man lands....
Keeping 2 of disfigure in the main because it's still useful to get ride of boros-critters and RDW junk.
Anowon is around for pretty much the sole reason of forcing UW control to deal with him before being able to cast Iona. If you see a lot of UW or mono-white it feels good. Obviously weak to decks with lightning bolt.
Any comments?
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4 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Vampire Hexmage
2 Kalastria Highborn
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Tendrills of Corruption
4 Urge to Feed
3 Sign in Blood
2 Grim Discovery
2 Mind Sludge
Land 22
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
14 Swamp
4 Duress
3 Deathmark
2 Mind Rot
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Anowan, the Ruin Sage
1 Liliana Vess
1 Sorin Markov
My goal for this deck is to be aggro/discad at the same time while still being competive.
The hand disruption is to deal with Jace-Fog and American control.
Liliana is great for almost any hand manipulation fight and when the board has been cleared a couple of times with Day of Judgement her ulitimate ability can swing for the win.
Deathmarks are for dealing with Jund and hand disruption helps in this matchup.
Anowan is for dealing with Elfdarazi and is good agains almost anything except the mirror.
Sorin is for the Mirror and I find that hand disruption will help and use Grim Discovery to keep Nocturnus on the table.
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Land: 23
15 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
Creatures: 23
3 Bloodghast
2 Vampire Hexmage
3 Klastria Highborn
4 Malakir Gatekeeper
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Urge to Feed
3 Sign in Blood
2 Sorin Markov
3 Mind Sludge
2 Vampire Hexmage
1 Bloodghast
3 Doom Blade
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Underworld Dreams
3 Sadistic Sacrament
3 Duress
Creatures 23
3 Vampire Lacerator
4 Bloodghast
3 Kalastria Highborn
2 Bloodhusk Ritualist
4 Vampire Nighthawk
3 Malakir Gatekeeper
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Eldrazi Monument
3 Sign in Blood
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Grim Discovery
3 Urge to Feed
Land 22
14 Swamp
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Vampire Hexmage
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Duress
3 Doomblade
2 Sadistic Sacrament
I haven't played a whole lot with the aggro build yet but my main build is still solid for me. Post-Board i am a control deck's worst nightmare and mainboard I can keep up even with Jund and WW
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Standard:Mono-Black midrange, BW Vamp-Blade
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EDH: Jhoira, Glissa (In progress), Kaervec the Merciless.
Liliana Vess Collection count: 91 and 8 Liliana of the Veil
4 Vampire Nocturnus
4 Vampire Nighthawk
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Bloodghast
3 Kalastria Highborn
1 Vampire Hexmage
4 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Mind Sludge
4 Urge to Feed
4 Sign in Blood
Land
16 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
2 Nemesis Trap
1 Vampire Hexmage
2 Abyssal Persecutor
2 Deathmark
2 Mind Sludge
3 Duress
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Grim Discovery
Modern:
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4 Kalastria Highborn
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Vampire Hexmage
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
4 Urge to Feed
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Sign in Blood
3 Dead Reckoning
1 Sorin Markov
Lands
22 Swamp
1 Bojuka Bog
4 Doom Blade
3 Sadistic Sacrament
2 Duress
2 Mire's Toll
2 Pithing Needle
2 Underworld Dreams
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Marsh Flats
2 Tectonic Edge
9 Swamp
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
// Creatures
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Kalastria Highborn
3 Bloodghast
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Vampire Hexmage
2 Mind Rot
4 Terminate
4 Blightning
4 Bituminous Blast
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Duress
4 Nemesis Trap
2 Infest
2 Basilisk Collar
3 Thought Hemorrhage
4 Marsh Flats
15 Swamp
3 Bloodghast
3 Kalastria Highborn
3 Vampire Hexmage
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Sign in Blood
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Mind Sludge
4 Duress
4 Deathmark
3 Mind Rot
3 Marsh Casualties
1 Mind Sludge
3 Bloodghast
3 Kalastrian Highborn
4 Vampire Nocturnus
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Gatekkeper of malakir
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Hexmage Vampire
3 Urge To Feed
4 Tendrils Of Corruption
Sorcery:
2 Sign In Blood
2 Grim Discovery
2 Mind Sludge
Lands:
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdants Catacombs
15 Swamps
3 Deathmark
2 Marsh Casualities
2 Mind Sludge
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Nemesis Trap
2 Duress
2 Mire's Toll
Very solid deck..
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Sign in Blood
3 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Mind Sludge
16 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
1 Mind Sludge
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Duress
3 Smother
3 Infest
3 Deathmark
Almost have this deck done. That is, except for the fetches.
Darn it, no one has fetches.
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4x Vampire Nocturnus
4x Vampire Nighthawk
4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
3x Bloodghast
3x Kalastria Highborn
3x Vampire Hexmage
3x Malakir Bloodwitch
4x Tendrils of Corruption
3x Urge to Feed
2x Sign in Blood
2x Grim Discovery
2x Mind Sludge
Land:
15x Swamp
4x Marsh Flats
4x Verdant Catacombs
3x Deathmark
2x Mire's Toll
2x Duress
2x Pithing Needle
2x Marsh Casualties
2x Mind Sludge
1x Vampire Hexmage
1x Malakir Bloodwitch
The matchup I lost was against some sort of Big Red, which I only lost because of really bad draws. I had to mull 3 times in the first game and I got mana flooded the other. Pithing Needle completely shut down a ramp green I was having trouble with, I got them out practically turn one and shut down the Garruk/Nissa Planeswalkers.
3 Bloodghast
4 Vampire Hexmage
4 Gatekeeper of malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
1 Abyssal Persecuter
4 Terminate
2 Urge to Feed
2 Bitunimus Blast
2 Sign in Blood
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
4 Dragonskull Summit
1 Mountain
2 Marsh Flats
2 Verdant Catacomb
1 Mountain
9 Swamp
4x Drowned Catacomb
3x Marsh Flats
3x Verdant Catacombs
2x Forest
9x Swamp
2x Creeping Tar Pit
Creatures x25
4x Bloodghast
4x Vampire Nocturnus
4x Vampire Nighthawk
4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
3x Malakir Bloodwitch
2x Kalastria Highborn
2x Vampire Hexmage
2x Abyssal Persecutor
2x Countersquall
2x Soul Manipulation
2x Agony Warp
3x Smother
2x Maelstrom Pulse
Artifacts x1
1x Eldrazi Monument
2x Agony Warp
3x Deathmark
1x Vampire Hexmage
3x Duress
2x Countersquall
1x Malakir Bloodwitch
1x Soul Manipulation
2x Mind Funeral
I'm not sure about a few thing:
1) Are there too many Malakir Bloodwitch in my Main Board, or maybe even should I take one out of sideboard.
2) Should I ditch the Mind Funeral?
3) Any other issues seen in the Side Board
4) Maelstrom Pulse. I think it still might work. Does anyone disagree (this time the beauty can actually be taken out)?
Thanks!
Standard
RWBDark Vengeant ControlBWR
Legacy
UBFaeries in My SoupBU
EDH
UBOona's Dance PartyBU
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
3 Bloodghast
3 Kalastria Highborn
3 Vampire Hexmage
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Urge to Feed
2 Sign in Blood
2 Grim Discovery
2 Mind Sludge
Lands
17 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Marsh Flats
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Duress
2 Mire's Troll
2 Mind Rot
2 Marsh Casualties
2 Nemesis Trap/2 Smother(Trap for major tourneys, Smother for FNM(Shop's FNM meta is Allies)
3 Deathmark
4x Bloodghast
4x Vampire Nighthawk
3x Kalastria Highborn
4x Vampire Nocturnus
4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
4x Malakir Bloodwitch
Spells - 14
4x Tendrils of Corruption
3x Urge to Feed
1x Grim Discovery
4x Sign in Blood
2x Mind Sludge
3x Marsh Flats
3x Verdant Catacombs
17x Swamp
4x Infest
1x Kalastria Highborn
2x Grim Discovery
2x Tectonic Edge
2x Underworld Dreams
3x Vampire Hexmage
1x Mind Sludge
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4 Bloodghast
3 Kalastria Highborn
3 Vampire Hexmage
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Disfigure
2 Urge to Feed
2 Sign in Blood
2 Grim Discovery
Lands - 23
15 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
4 Duress
3 Mind Sludge
2 Marsh Casualties
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Urge to Feed
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Deathmark
15x Swamp
4x Marsh Flats
4x Verdant Catacombs
Creatures (23)
2x Vampire Hexmage
4x Bloodghast
2x Kalastria Highborn
4x Vampire Nighthawk
4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
4x Vampire Nocturnis
3x Malakir Bloodwitch
3x Grim Discovery
3x Sign in Blood
2x Mind Sludge
3x Urge to Feed
3x Tendrils of Corruption
1x Tendrils of Corruption
1x Urge to Feed
4x Deathmark
4x Duress
1x Liliana Vess
1x Mind Sludge
1x Vampire Hexmage
1x Malakir Bloodwitch
1x Sorin Markov
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4 Bloodghast
4 Vampire Hexmage
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Vampire Nighthawk
4 Vampire Nocturnus
Spells - 16
4 Sign in Blood
2 Grim Discovery
3 Smother
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 Mind Sludge
4 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
16 Swamp
4 Tectonic Edge
1 Deathmark
2 Mire's Toll
2 Grim Discovery
1 Smother
2 Marsh Casualties
3 Malakir Bloodwitch
Vampires running a Tectonic Edge package... I've found it to be quite helpful against Jund as keeping them stuck on 3 ~ 4 mana gives us a serious edge.
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4 Abyssal Persecutor
4 Bloodghast
2 Fleshbag Marauder
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Kalastria Highborn
3 Vampire Hexmage
4 Vampire Nighthawk
Spells 9
3 Urge to Feed
2 Grim Discovery
2 Mind Sludge
2 Sign in Blood
2 Basilisk Collar
2 Eldrazi Monument
Lands 23
3 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Tectonic Edge
15 Swamp
3 Deathmark
2 Duress
1 Liliana Vess
4 Malakir Bloodwitch
2 Mire's Toll
2 Smother
1 Tectonic Edge
Something I came up with. Still testing it out.