Thing is you cant rely 100% on killing via combat damage. Blockers and wipes can hold you back. Thats why you need extra reach and being aggro and pinging complement esch other.
This reach is provided by cars such as Zulaport, Vraan, Bastion, Purphoros, Tremors, Braids, etc.
so regarding the cards mentioned:
I am not running creeping or mishra (but one cant say mishra is "too slow" cause it does literally the same as sanctum seeker, a staple imo)
I am not running crypt for the reason already explained.
Im not running Landing either cause for 1 mana I prefer 2 vamps instead of one. I dont want ramp with extra steps and were basically never gonna use the "create a token mode".
I am running Yaheeni cause I convinced myself again how good it is.
on the other hand, cards such as corrupted conviction and village rites go according to my gameplan but havent included them yet cause I cant find room for them. They seem "meh"
Also Serras Ascendant is a staple imo, cant believe so many people are not running it.
I consider my version to be turbo aggro with an aristocrats subtheme, not a lifegain or pure aristocrats build.
now dusk legion duelist sounds VERY Bad Cause its so conditional
I was finally able to log in to my account and comment about the deck. I've been lurking for quite awhile now since Twitch seems not to be trusting Chrome to log in to my account so I finally decided to use this Edge browser..anyways...
I've been running 33 lands + a DFC and even when my avg mana cost is around 2.3 sometimes I get chocked on mana so I'm going up to 34. I'm having issues making a cut from my list. The suspects are: Drana, Liberator of Malakir I actually like this card but might be too slow for some Yaheeni, Undying Partisan survives wraths, goes tall fast. But IDK if 3 mana is worth it. We wanna prioritize going wide after all...not a bad card tho.
Among the lands I am considering adding are the following: Reflecting Pool I'm not sold on depending on your other colours to produce mana, specially in such a colour intensive deck as this Exotic Orchard This might be the one I have higher on my priority list. My playgroup won't fail to play one of the colours I need AFAIK, the only thing that could wreck me is the timing when they play each colour vs my fixing needs... Graven Cairns (17% of my mana symbols are red) > Fetid Heath (13% of my mana symbols are white)
One card I'm no longer running is Legions Landing. Additional one drop with life link? Yes please...however, it doesn't trigger eminence, so it's out and an additional 1 drop came in.
I've also cut Mana Crypt from my list. Not sure if this is the right move but the deck is very colour intensive and having 2 colorless mana wasnt as useful as some may think. What usually happened is that only one colorless mana came in handy for me and IDK if thats worth a resource from our hand.
EDIT: been running one more land (so 34 lands + a 1 MDFC) and it's felt better. I'm considering more drain/aristocrat effects since sometimes the board doesn't allow me to attack and slows down my gameplan.
23/02 EDIT 2: added reflecting pool, orchard and cairns as lands, I cut the 4th basic swamp the Rakdos DFC and sth else for them. I also decided to keep Yahenni and I'm no longer including Bloodsucker: hes too slow.
18/04 EDIT 3: Can't believe how dead this board is.
I haven't been playing Markov much lately 'cause I've been having so much fun with my reanimator deck.
A while ago I added Vraan, Executioner Thane and Braids, Arisen Nightmare and they've been good. The more sac outlets I have to proc Vraan consistently the better. Remember it also procs when you declare blockers and your vamps die so that's nice.
At the same time I added Roar of Resistance and Bastion of Remembrance. I've drawn the first a couple of times and it'ts been ok. It's one of the first cards I'd replace tho so I'm still testing it. I've only drawn Bastion once and wasn't useful at that time. However, I'm going kinda heavy on this drain subtheme 'cause it feels like a must to have the extra reach needed to close out games.
I've JUST added Mercadia's Downfall to my list and will give it its first try this Friday. I had also added Serra Ascendant, reason being: it's an aggro deck and it's arguable the best 1 drop for this type of deck. IDC about not getting my free token, the upside of playing this t1 or t2 is SO HIGH it's worth it. I have played some games with this on the 99 but haven't drawn it yet.
This reach is provided by cars such as Zulaport, Vraan, Bastion, Purphoros, Tremors, Braids, etc.
so regarding the cards mentioned:
I am not running creeping or mishra (but one cant say mishra is "too slow" cause it does literally the same as sanctum seeker, a staple imo)
I am not running crypt for the reason already explained.
Im not running Landing either cause for 1 mana I prefer 2 vamps instead of one. I dont want ramp with extra steps and were basically never gonna use the "create a token mode".
I am running Yaheeni cause I convinced myself again how good it is.
on the other hand, cards such as corrupted conviction and village rites go according to my gameplan but havent included them yet cause I cant find room for them. They seem "meh"
Also Serras Ascendant is a staple imo, cant believe so many people are not running it.
I consider my version to be turbo aggro with an aristocrats subtheme, not a lifegain or pure aristocrats build.
now dusk legion duelist sounds VERY Bad Cause its so conditional
Roar of Resistance caughts my attention from the upcoming Phyrexia set
Creeping Bloodsucker seems worth trying from Jumpstart 2022
Mishra, Claimed by Gix from The Brothers' War. Its a second Sanctum Seeker
I've been running 33 lands + a DFC and even when my avg mana cost is around 2.3 sometimes I get chocked on mana so I'm going up to 34. I'm having issues making a cut from my list. The suspects are:
Drana, Liberator of Malakir I actually like this card but might be too slow for some
Yaheeni, Undying Partisan survives wraths, goes tall fast. But IDK if 3 mana is worth it. We wanna prioritize going wide after all...not a bad card tho.
Among the lands I am considering adding are the following:
Reflecting Pool I'm not sold on depending on your other colours to produce mana, specially in such a colour intensive deck as this
Exotic Orchard This might be the one I have higher on my priority list. My playgroup won't fail to play one of the colours I need AFAIK, the only thing that could wreck me is the timing when they play each colour vs my fixing needs...
Graven Cairns (17% of my mana symbols are red) > Fetid Heath (13% of my mana symbols are white)
One card I'm no longer running is Legions Landing. Additional one drop with life link? Yes please...however, it doesn't trigger eminence, so it's out and an additional 1 drop came in.
I've also cut Mana Crypt from my list. Not sure if this is the right move but the deck is very colour intensive and having 2 colorless mana wasnt as useful as some may think. What usually happened is that only one colorless mana came in handy for me and IDK if thats worth a resource from our hand.
My list for reference: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/wt7U6GDaS0iW6XtpMYLQQQ
Any opinions about it regarding cards we've gotten during the latest sets are welcome.
EDIT: been running one more land (so 34 lands + a 1 MDFC) and it's felt better. I'm considering more drain/aristocrat effects since sometimes the board doesn't allow me to attack and slows down my gameplan.
23/02 EDIT 2: added reflecting pool, orchard and cairns as lands, I cut the 4th basic swamp the Rakdos DFC and sth else for them. I also decided to keep Yahenni and I'm no longer including Bloodsucker: hes too slow.
18/04 EDIT 3: Can't believe how dead this board is.
I haven't been playing Markov much lately 'cause I've been having so much fun with my reanimator deck.
A while ago I added Vraan, Executioner Thane and Braids, Arisen Nightmare and they've been good. The more sac outlets I have to proc Vraan consistently the better. Remember it also procs when you declare blockers and your vamps die so that's nice.
At the same time I added Roar of Resistance and Bastion of Remembrance. I've drawn the first a couple of times and it'ts been ok. It's one of the first cards I'd replace tho so I'm still testing it. I've only drawn Bastion once and wasn't useful at that time. However, I'm going kinda heavy on this drain subtheme 'cause it feels like a must to have the extra reach needed to close out games.
I've JUST added Mercadia's Downfall to my list and will give it its first try this Friday. I had also added Serra Ascendant, reason being: it's an aggro deck and it's arguable the best 1 drop for this type of deck. IDC about not getting my free token, the upside of playing this t1 or t2 is SO HIGH it's worth it. I have played some games with this on the 99 but haven't drawn it yet.
Cards I'm considering adding after I finish testing the previous ones mentioned are Elesh Norn and some type of recursion like Athreos, God of Passage or Phyrexian Reclamation