Looking for help/suggestions for my Sheoldred deck. Here are some basic facts about me and the deck:
I have been playing Magic since before Legends, but I didn't play from between Homelands and Innistrad. I have played EDH less than a year. I understand the game well but there is a lot I don't know about this format.
I play with a competitive group, but we draw a nebulous line somewhere below instant-win/infinite combo.
I have played this deck 6-8 times and it functions pretty well. I am looking to fine-tune it and any suggestions are happily accepted.
I have some cards designed to complement Sheoldred herself, but the deck is not intended to be built around her. In general, it's a "monoblack is awesome" deck and I want to exploit that in a variety of ways rather than employing a single strategy.
I have a secondary theme of big mana, using doublers and special lands.
Barrage of Expendables
A second, more expensive to activate, copy of Goblin Bombardment.
Goblin Diplomats
This one doesn't seem too exceptional, but there could be board states where this taps all potential blockers and lets you win without trample.
Ogre Battledriver
A second, more vulnerable, copy of In the Web of War.
7 Sheoldred, Whispering One
SHEOLDRED SYNERGY/SUPPORT
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Nezumi Graverobber
3 Necromancy
5 Beacon of Unrest
5 Corpse Connoisseur
7 Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
9 Rise of the Dark Realms
BOARD CONTROL
3 Fleshbag Marauder
4 Braids, Cabal Minion
4 Grave Pact
7 Butcher of Malakir
SAC OUTLETS
0 High Market
0 Phyrexian Tower
3 Infernal Tribute
SWEEPERS
2 Black Sun's Zenith
4 Mutilate
6 Life's Finale
REMOVAL
5 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
6 Visara the Dreadful
6 Xathrid Gorgon
7 Karn Liberated
7 Spine of Ish Sah
8 Avatar of Woe
0 Leechridden Swamp
2 Consume Spirit
2 Exsanguinate
2 Profane Command
6 Pontiff of Blight
LIFE FOR CARDS
3 Necropotence
3 Phyrexian Arena
4 Ancient Craving
5 Bloodgift Demon
5 Promise of Power
MONOBLACK VALUE
0 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Liliana of the Dark Realms
6 Ascendant Evincar
6 Helldozer
8 Reiver Demon
MANA DOUBLERS
4 Crypt Ghast
6 Caged Sun
6 Nirkana Revenant
CABAL COFFERS
0 Cabal Coffers
0 Deserted Temple
0 Petrified Field
0 Swamp
0 Thespian's Stage
0 Vesuva
1 Expedition Map
2 Grim Discovery
2 Nantuko Shade
2 Nether Traitor
3 Strata Scythe
4 Lashwrithe
4 Nightmare Lash
GOOD STUFF
0 Maze of Ith
0 Strip Mine
1 Dark Ritual
1 Sol Ring
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Demonic Tutor
2 Nim Deathmantle
2 Reassembling Skeleton
2 Withering Boon
3 Basalt Monolith
4 Necrotic Ooze
4 Phyrexian Obliterator
5 Treacherous Urge
6 Enslave
6 Geth, Lord of the Vault
6 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
6 Sorin Markov
6 Staff of Nin
6 Wurmcoil Engine
Cards I am actively considering are:
0 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
2 Bad Moon
2 Bloodghast
2 Charcoal Diamond
2 Gate to Phyrexia
3 Dark Prophecy
3 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
3 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Damnation
4 Erebos, God of the Dead
4 No Mercy
5 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
6 Kokusho, the Evening Star
7 Rune-Scarred Demon
Are you winning? Destroy lands.
Are you losing? Destroy creatures.
Very strong card.
Barrage of Expendables
A second, more expensive to activate, copy of Goblin Bombardment.
Goblin Diplomats
This one doesn't seem too exceptional, but there could be board states where this taps all potential blockers and lets you win without trample.
Ogre Battledriver
A second, more vulnerable, copy of In the Web of War.
So insane it could get banned from EDH, honestly.