The main attraction that I have for Graf Harvest is it's casting cost and it just gives you menace, I generally wouldn't want to use the second ability of Graf Harvest. Lord of the Accursed can give menace but at a cost (albeit a minor one). I will be testing both to see how things go.
I have looked at Liliana's Mastery but it is not something that I will be adding considering for 1 more mana I can cast Grave Titan which to me is so much better.
Traded in some cards to my LGS for most of the cards (well cheaper cards), I hope to be testing sooner than I expected.
I know I said that "I am wanting some feedback before I get them" but I realized that I they would be of use in the long run as I play a few other formats where most if not all cards can be of use if they don't make it here.
Just as Anger was when it was in the deck, Genesis has become relentlessly targeted, therefore I don't get much if any benefit off from it. While I haven't done any testing with Vizier of the Menagerie as of yet, but I have done some research and it seems like a really great card for this deck (plus I managed to get one in a draft :D).
Sidisi: While good, it doesn't fit the direction I want the deck to go.
Eldrazi Monument: It is kinda useless as I will most likely be sacrificing all my tokens/creatures anyways.
Path to Exile: Great card but believe I have sufficient removal for the time being and I needed the recursion more.
I have been wanting to build this style of deck for a while now but I couldn't figure out what colours/commander I wanted to use. However while I didn't have any time to play during my travels, I still had time write out some ideas here and there and here is what I have come up.
Have taken the last almost year off from playing as i have been traveling throughout Canada and USA. Just enjoying the sights and such. Anyways I am back home and decided to give an update and make a change to the deck.
Siren of the Silent Song has been on my to cut list since last year but there hasn't been a suitable replacement until now.
Plague Belcher acts as a second Vengeful Dead.
I put in a lot of work since my last post. Reading articles and decklists, watching videos, and looking into Aether Revolt. Also been playing/testing a lot on my brother's MTGO account.
I have totally strip the deck to its core parts and rebuilt for a more competitive vibe. Lost all of the slow clunky parts and added faster manafacts, more counter spells, and some needed recursion all while retaining a few pet cards.
I always run basics in all my decks its just my thing I guess. I suppose could could cut them to back to three each but that would be as low as I would like to go.
I think I will go with the following for now at least.
While testing with the cards I currently own (I found some more in a few random boxes), I noticed that I have sometimes been forced to discard key creatures. Also I found that I leave myself open to attacks far to often than I like.
I will be testing the new cards as soon as i can get a hold of them.
I have looked at Liliana's Mastery but it is not something that I will be adding considering for 1 more mana I can cast Grave Titan which to me is so much better.
-1 Liliana, Heretical Healer +1 Lord of the Accursed
-1 Eldrai Monument +1 Leyline of the Void
-1 Sensei's Divining Top +1 Counterspell
-1 Frozen Aether +1 Living Death
Just adding a few more control elements while removing some of the cards that haven't worked as well as I have been hoped.
Also Lord of the Accursed may become Graf Harvest depending how things go.
I know I said that "I am wanting some feedback before I get them" but I realized that I they would be of use in the long run as I play a few other formats where most if not all cards can be of use if they don't make it here.
-1 Genesis +1 Vizier of the Menagerie
Just as Anger was when it was in the deck, Genesis has become relentlessly targeted, therefore I don't get much if any benefit off from it. While I haven't done any testing with Vizier of the Menagerie as of yet, but I have done some research and it seems like a really great card for this deck (plus I managed to get one in a draft :D).
-1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier +1 Marsh Flitter
-1 Eldrazi Monument +1 Meekstone
-1 Path to Exile +1 Return to the Ranks
Sidisi: While good, it doesn't fit the direction I want the deck to go.
Eldrazi Monument: It is kinda useless as I will most likely be sacrificing all my tokens/creatures anyways.
Path to Exile: Great card but believe I have sufficient removal for the time being and I needed the recursion more.
May 11th, 2017
-1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier +1 Marsh Flitter
-1 Eldrazi Monument +1 Meekstone
-1 Path to Exile +1 Return to the Ranks
1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
//Creatures: (27)
1 Athreos, God of Passage
1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
1 Blood Artist
1 Bloodghast
1 Bontu the Glorified
1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
1 Erebos, God of the Dead
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Grim Haruspex
1 Heliod, God of the Sun
1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
1 Marsh Flitter
1 Mentor of the Meek
1 Merciless Executioner
1 Nether Traitor
1 Ophiomancer
1 Pawn of Ulamog
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Sadistic Hypnotist
1 Sengir Autocrat
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Soul Warden
1 Suture Priest
1 Viscera Seer
1 Vizkopa Guildmage
1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Blasting Station
1 Meekstone
1 Nim Deathmantle
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
//Enchantments: (10)
1 Anointed Procession
1 Bitterblossom
1 Darkest Hour
1 Dictate of Erebos
1 Exquisite Blood
1 Grave Pact
1 Hidden Stockpile
1 Martyr's Bond
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Sanguine Bond
//Planeswalkers: (2)
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
//Spells: (15)
1 Anguished Unmaking
1 Council's Judgment
1 Damnation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Exsanguinate
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Retribution of the Meek
1 Return to Dust
1 Return to the Ranks
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Utter End
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vindicate
1 Wrath of God
11 Swamp
9 Plains
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Command Tower
1 Fetid Heath
1 Godless Shrine
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Marsh Flats
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Strip Mine
1 Tainted Field
1 Temple of Silence
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vault of the Archangel
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wasteland
1 Westvale Abbey
I don't have most of the cards in the decklist as of yet as I am wanting some feedback before I get them.
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
Karmic Guide
Reveillark
Sidisi, Undead Vizier
So here you go.
-1 Siren of the Silent Song +1 Plague Belcher.
Siren of the Silent Song has been on my to cut list since last year but there hasn't been a suitable replacement until now.
Plague Belcher acts as a second Vengeful Dead.
I have totally strip the deck to its core parts and rebuilt for a more competitive vibe. Lost all of the slow clunky parts and added faster manafacts, more counter spells, and some needed recursion all while retaining a few pet cards.
New Deck List in OP.
Just a small update.
I think I will go with the following for now at least.
-1 Dragon Mage +1 Lotus Petal
-1 Burgeoning +1 Mox Diamond
-1 Leyline of Anticipation +1 Exploration
I won't be purchasing any cards i need until the new year as Christmas shopping has bled me dry, but please keep the suggestions coming.
Ergo...
-1 Bloodchief Ascension +1 Collective Restraint
-1 Reflecting Pool +1 Volrath's Stronghold
A link to the MTGGoldfish video is in my OP.
1 Chrome Mox
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Reliquary Tower
December 18th, 2016
-1 Bloodchief Ascension +1 Collective Restraint
-1 Reflecting Pool +1 Volrath's Stronghold
December 21st, 2016
-1 Dragon Mage +1 Lotus Petal
-1 Burgeoning +1 Mox Diamond
-1 Leyline of Anticipation +1 Exploration
December 24th, 2016
-1 Guiltfeeder +1 Deathrite Shaman
January 20th, 2017
SWITCHED TO NEW DECK LIST
August 14th, 2017
-1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest +1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang