At the worst she is a more flexible 3CC indestructible necrogenesis.
"Oh, you're gonna reanimate that {insert broken card here}? Nah, I think you can have a 1/1 snake w/deathtouch instead." and "Supreme Verdict? Ok."Taps BBGG on control players turn, gets two dudes.
I like that she is so aggressively costed. I live in Magical Christmas land, where I will have her and Athreos, God of Passage out. "So will you take 3? Or am I getting back my creature?... You take 3? Sweet.I'll make a 1/1 as well."
Surprisingly in Standard the dredge deck is doing well and I think this card will be the mirror breaker like Erebos, God of the Dead is for the mono B decks.
Impressions on Standard: I really think she has a place somewhere in Standard as a 2 of. Maybe in the sideboard of the Reid Duke Junk deck. Although, IDK. But I think all the comments are misplaced about exiling an opponents creature from the graveyard and giving them a snake. I'm sure if you're playing a Rock deck you could care less about the token.
I'm just excited to have a strong monoblack general... I'm SO sick of blue decks! Besides nobody in my meta abuses Griselbrand or makes him crazy fast. I'm against the preemptive banning... Plenty of other stupid stuff to ban out there
Arcbound Ravager is primarily to use with Geth + infinite mana. If You have an artifact in Your graveyard You're milled
It seems like a weak slot, because isn't it more likely to Geth a creature? And in that case you have A LOT of sac outlets for creatures. I say AR out, removal in;)
I have literally been thinking abou this deck all day and how sick it is!
So here's my analysis:
-Griselbrand scares the poop out of everyone (plus u have so many sack outlets he is fine)
-Cabal coffers/Crypt of Agadeem+ deserted temple + rings of brighthearth= infinite mana
-Urborg, tomb of yawgmoth just cause? Simple higher swamp count I guess
-volrath's stronghold + deserted temple + rob= infinite recursion
- unholy grotto? Only 4 zombies... Even if all 4 are awesome
-cavern of souls= griselbrand's best friend
-mikaeus, the unhollowed= 2x the sacs ( I wish that arcbound ravaged+ undying + sac outlet= infinite +1/+1 counters...)... Other interactions? I guess infinite damage with triskelion :}
-fetch, lord of the vault= mana outlet for mill and stealing, good for necrotic ooze
- skirge familiar = discard outlet & mana ramp, good for necrotic ooze
-magus of the coffers + umbral mantle = infinite mana,
-pila-pala+MOTC in gy = infinite mana on a necrotic ooze
-palladium myr + pila-pala in gy = infinite mana on a necrotic ooze
-triskelion+ phyrexian devourer in gy = lots of damage from necrotic ooze
-puppeteer clique, I know it can be broken but It needs ashod's altar + nim deathmantle
-arcbound ravager? Maybe to sac an undying triskelion? Don't know... Something w/ooze
-grave crawler + blood artist + 2nd zombie + phyrexian altar = infinite damage/lifegain , sac for mana ramp, recurring body
-graveborn muse = card draw
-Rune scarred demon= beater/tutor
-Phyrexian Plaguelord= sac outlet, good ooze ability
-sadistic hypnotist= sac outlet, good ooze ability
-blood artist/falkenrath aristocrat = bleed combo
-Harvester of souls= card draw with all the sac outlets
-Dimir house guard/Netherborn phalanx = tutors
-phyrexian arena/necropotence= card draw
-heartless summoning= ramp
-leyline of the void + helm of Obedience + ROB= exile opponent's library
-Sorin Markov= ha ha opponent's life total is 10
-Liliana Vess = tutor/recursion
-vampiric tutor
-entomb= go grab an ooze target or something to top with VS... Anything else?
-shred memory= gy hate or tutor
-insidious dreams... What is the best set up?
.... It's late and typing this on an iPad ...
The rest of the cards are self explanatory I guess.... Mana doublers, tutors, and sac outlets for infinite mana combos, ROB + monolith = infinite mana, buried alive for ooze targets
I play skullbriar as well. Can I just say that one of the best cards in the deck is Vigor? It's ridiculous how much work vigor does in GB. Yes I know somebody is gonna spit out a retort on how a stp kills it dead, but he's awesome and I've never had a game where I've been sad to see him on the field with skullbriar.
Oh and I wouldn't play Griselbrand unless he is my general or I have counter spells myself... My meta has so much blue.... Yuck... = sad pandas when they cast bribery, get Griselbrand and get all the gas in the world, drawing into 7 counter spells...
Could you explain what makes the deck work? Main interactions that are hard to deal with/ win conditions? It looks awesome but I'm new to the monoblack concept; usually play 3 color good stuff not necessarily synergistic.
Why no nightshade peddler or silver heart wolfir? ...IMO DEATHTOUCH/FIGHT is nuts... I was play testing this at my local store for GP Anneheim before Barcelona (block constructed) undying is super nuts too with fight
"Oh, you're gonna reanimate that {insert broken card here}? Nah, I think you can have a 1/1 snake w/deathtouch instead." and "Supreme Verdict? Ok."Taps BBGG on control players turn, gets two dudes.
I like that she is so aggressively costed. I live in Magical Christmas land, where I will have her and Athreos, God of Passage out. "So will you take 3? Or am I getting back my creature?... You take 3? Sweet.I'll make a 1/1 as well."
Surprisingly in Standard the dredge deck is doing well and I think this card will be the mirror breaker like Erebos, God of the Dead is for the mono B decks.
At least I now have a reason to pick up my GB EDH again and switch Skullbriar, The Walking Grave to Pharika, God of Affliction because her foil will look damn sexy.
Impressions on Standard: I really think she has a place somewhere in Standard as a 2 of. Maybe in the sideboard of the Reid Duke Junk deck. Although, IDK. But I think all the comments are misplaced about exiling an opponents creature from the graveyard and giving them a snake. I'm sure if you're playing a Rock deck you could care less about the token.
Thousand-year elixir ?
It seems like a weak slot, because isn't it more likely to Geth a creature? And in that case you have A LOT of sac outlets for creatures. I say AR out, removal in;)
So here's my analysis:
-Griselbrand scares the poop out of everyone (plus u have so many sack outlets he is fine)
-Cabal coffers/Crypt of Agadeem+ deserted temple + rings of brighthearth= infinite mana
-Urborg, tomb of yawgmoth just cause? Simple higher swamp count I guess
-volrath's stronghold + deserted temple + rob= infinite recursion
- unholy grotto? Only 4 zombies... Even if all 4 are awesome
-cavern of souls= griselbrand's best friend
-mikaeus, the unhollowed= 2x the sacs ( I wish that arcbound ravaged+ undying + sac outlet= infinite +1/+1 counters...)... Other interactions? I guess infinite damage with triskelion :}
-fetch, lord of the vault= mana outlet for mill and stealing, good for necrotic ooze
- skirge familiar = discard outlet & mana ramp, good for necrotic ooze
-magus of the coffers + umbral mantle = infinite mana,
-pila-pala+MOTC in gy = infinite mana on a necrotic ooze
-palladium myr + pila-pala in gy = infinite mana on a necrotic ooze
-triskelion+ phyrexian devourer in gy = lots of damage from necrotic ooze
-puppeteer clique, I know it can be broken but It needs ashod's altar + nim deathmantle
-arcbound ravager? Maybe to sac an undying triskelion? Don't know... Something w/ooze
-grave crawler + blood artist + 2nd zombie + phyrexian altar = infinite damage/lifegain , sac for mana ramp, recurring body
-graveborn muse = card draw
-Rune scarred demon= beater/tutor
-Phyrexian Plaguelord= sac outlet, good ooze ability
-sadistic hypnotist= sac outlet, good ooze ability
-blood artist/falkenrath aristocrat = bleed combo
-Harvester of souls= card draw with all the sac outlets
-Dimir house guard/Netherborn phalanx = tutors
-phyrexian arena/necropotence= card draw
-heartless summoning= ramp
-leyline of the void + helm of Obedience + ROB= exile opponent's library
-Sorin Markov= ha ha opponent's life total is 10
-Liliana Vess = tutor/recursion
-vampiric tutor
-entomb= go grab an ooze target or something to top with VS... Anything else?
-shred memory= gy hate or tutor
-insidious dreams... What is the best set up?
.... It's late and typing this on an iPad ...
The rest of the cards are self explanatory I guess.... Mana doublers, tutors, and sac outlets for infinite mana combos, ROB + monolith = infinite mana, buried alive for ooze targets
Oh and I wouldn't play Griselbrand unless he is my general or I have counter spells myself... My meta has so much blue.... Yuck... = sad pandas when they cast bribery, get Griselbrand and get all the gas in the world, drawing into 7 counter spells...