Rather than go with the Abzan infinite combo, I realized that the inclusion of Flayer Drone and Impact Tremors makes this deck exceptionally consistent.
The core of the deck is as follows:
Utility creatures: Blisterpod, Carrier Thrall and Hangarback Walker: Makes one or more creature tokens upon death. Catacomb Sifter: Makes a token, and allows consistency with the aid of the numerous sac outlets. Sifter of Skulls: Staples a Blisterpod effect on all of your non-token creatures. Effectively a win con with 2 or more of the ping pieces on board. Smothering Abomination: Sac outlet, draw engine. Lack of other synergy makes me consider cutting him to round off two of the 3-ofs to 4-ofs. Nantuko Husk: Best Sac outlet, win condition with most board states.
Other: Grasp of Darkness: Kills Anafenza, the Foremost. Possibly biggest threat to the deck. Altar's Reap: Sac outlet and instant speed card draw. Was previously Painful Truths, but that was found to be too slow or life intensive.
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That's the deck in a nutshell, I still need to work out what my worst matchups are and set up my sideboard accordingly. Off the top of my head, Virulent Plague is really hard to contend with unless I have a Cutthroat on board. Eldrazi Displacer also allows negation of my Hangarbacks, not to mention flickering my other ping effects.
What are your thoughts on the deck? Does the concept have merit, and if so, how can I improve it?
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4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Smoldering Marsh
3 Cinder Glade
2 Forest
2 Mountain
5 Swamp
4 Hangarback Walker
4 Zulaport Cutthroat
3 Blisterpod
3 Carrier Thrall
3 Catacomb Sifter
3 Flayer Drone
3 Nantuko Husk
3 Sifter of Skulls
2 Smothering Abomination
3 Grasp of Darkness
3 Impact Tremors
2 Altar's Reap
Sideboard: To Be Determined.
Rather than go with the Abzan infinite combo, I realized that the inclusion of Flayer Drone and Impact Tremors makes this deck exceptionally consistent.
The core of the deck is as follows:
Ping outlets:
Zulaport Cutthroat: Siphons whenever something dies. Synerizes with Nantuko Husk, Smothering Abomination and Altar's Reap.
Impact Tremors: Pings whenever something hits the board, and harder to remove than the creature-based pieces. Synergizes with Catacomb Sifter, Hangarback Walker, Carrier Thrall, Blisterpod and Sifter of Skulls.
Flayer Drone: Pings with colorless creatures and allows stonewalling in multiples. (6 first strike damage is hard to get through.) Synergizes with the above as well, though only with half of Carrier Thrall.
Utility creatures:
Blisterpod, Carrier Thrall and Hangarback Walker: Makes one or more creature tokens upon death.
Catacomb Sifter: Makes a token, and allows consistency with the aid of the numerous sac outlets.
Sifter of Skulls: Staples a Blisterpod effect on all of your non-token creatures. Effectively a win con with 2 or more of the ping pieces on board.
Smothering Abomination: Sac outlet, draw engine. Lack of other synergy makes me consider cutting him to round off two of the 3-ofs to 4-ofs.
Nantuko Husk: Best Sac outlet, win condition with most board states.
Other:
Grasp of Darkness: Kills Anafenza, the Foremost. Possibly biggest threat to the deck.
Altar's Reap: Sac outlet and instant speed card draw. Was previously Painful Truths, but that was found to be too slow or life intensive.
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That's the deck in a nutshell, I still need to work out what my worst matchups are and set up my sideboard accordingly. Off the top of my head, Virulent Plague is really hard to contend with unless I have a Cutthroat on board. Eldrazi Displacer also allows negation of my Hangarbacks, not to mention flickering my other ping effects.
What are your thoughts on the deck? Does the concept have merit, and if so, how can I improve it?
I stepped out of a supernova...and so did you.