So here is the deal, I would like to put together a monoblack ffa based deck.
I have a deck list in mind, but do not want to spend the money on the deck without some feedback from the MTG community first.
All suggestions are welcome.
The basic Win Condition here is to (hope no one else is playing mono black) and lock the entire game down with a Contamination + Bitterblossom and/or Reassembling skeleton combo followed up by a board clear with damnation or Mutilate. Then I proceed to drain with exsanguinate and pick away at them with the faerie tokens from BB to win. Basically I toolbox whatever fits the situation with my 10 "tutors" and try to keep rattlesnakes on the board to deter people from attacking me while gaining life from ivory towers just in case they atk me anyway.
What cards do I not include that I should.
What cards can I afford to take out/replace?
Do I need more board clearers?
ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED!
Thanks -Brandon
My budget is basically to not any cards that are like 25+ dollars (other than another damnationmaybe)
we dont use proxies at the place i play friday night magic
btw, as u can all see i am very new. How do you get the chart/table thing that helps u separate into instants sorceries enchantments creatures lands etc etc
Ok, a good start for this kind of deck, although it seems better suited for the casual forums than Vintage. Also, you get the chart by using [DECK] tags instead of tags. As for the deck, Diabolic Tutor is pretty bad. Dark Ritual also does not do much in a drawn out multiplayer game. Spellbook is redundant when you can use Reliquary Tower, and your creature base could be better.
I would make these changes:
+4 Hunted Horror for some much needed friend making
+4 Abyssal Persecutor because he is awesome, and the drawback is irrelevant
+3 Innocent Blood as a mini sweeper and sac outlet for the persecutor
+2 Mutilate as a great big sweeper that is very hard to protect from
+1 Reliquary Tower instead of Spellbook
+2 Swamp because you really should have at least 25 lands in a deck like this
thank u blue meanie! and yes I just realized that this forum says that these decks are meant for tournament play... I thought tournaments meant like friday night magic at your local store but I'm taking a wild guess that I'm wrong judging by the other decklists in the forum... Thank you for your input but I don't see why I should take out the Ivory towers. They're so cheap for a lot of life with spellbook/reliquary tower. And should I replace the dark rituals with more ramp based artifacts? Like Sol RingEverflowing Chalice, Worn Powerstone or Thran Dynamo ?
I have a deck list in mind, but do not want to spend the money on the deck without some feedback from the MTG community first.
All suggestions are welcome.
The basic Win Condition here is to (hope no one else is playing mono black) and lock the entire game down with a Contamination + Bitterblossom and/or Reassembling skeleton combo followed up by a board clear with damnation or Mutilate. Then I proceed to drain with exsanguinate and pick away at them with the faerie tokens from BB to win. Basically I toolbox whatever fits the situation with my 10 "tutors" and try to keep rattlesnakes on the board to deter people from attacking me while gaining life from ivory towers just in case they atk me anyway.
Decklist
Lands:
16 swamps
2 urborg, yawgmoth's will
4 cabal coffers (owned)
Creatures:
1 Ascendant Evincar (owned)
1 Mortivore
Spells:
1 Vampiric Tutor (owned)
1 Demonic Tutor (owned)
4 Diabolic Tutor
4 Beseech the Queen (I own ONLY ONE of these)
1 Necropotence (owned)
1 Yawgmoth's Will (owned)
4 Dark Ritual (owned)
1 Contamination (owned)
1 Gravepact
1 Bitterblossom
4 Ivory Tower
1 Damnation (owned)
2 Mutilate (I own ONE of these)
1 No Mercy
1 Spellbook
1 Innocent Blood
1 Reassembling Skeleton
4 Exsanguinate
What cards do I not include that I should.
What cards can I afford to take out/replace?
Do I need more board clearers?
ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED!
Thanks -Brandon
My budget is basically to not any cards that are like 25+ dollars (other than another damnationmaybe)
we dont use proxies at the place i play friday night magic
I would make these changes:
+4 Hunted Horror for some much needed friend making
+4 Abyssal Persecutor because he is awesome, and the drawback is irrelevant
+3 Innocent Blood as a mini sweeper and sac outlet for the persecutor
+2 Mutilate as a great big sweeper that is very hard to protect from
+1 Reliquary Tower instead of Spellbook
+2 Swamp because you really should have at least 25 lands in a deck like this
-4 Diabolic Tutor 4 mana is too slow for 1 card
-4 Dark Ritual fast mana is not what you want in multiplayer, you want to stall
-4 Ivory Tower too slow, Exsanguinate is better for life
-1 Spellbook just not as good as Reliquary Tower
-1 Ascendant Evincar doesn't really do much, and 6 mana is quite a price
-1 Mortivore same as above
-1 No Mercy a fun card, but not so good when nobody is attacking you