I don't think kiora will be above 20 for long and nothing has really stood out to me. The uncommons are pretty deece and I am looking forward to dimirgod. so far, I can get everything I would like from this set for under 10 bucks, which is great for me!
It's an aggressive mono black. He also plays desecration demon nightveil specter and Grey merchant. between main and side, I have 4 dark betrayal and 4 abrupt decay. might start siding essence scatter as well. getting 2 for 1ed by lifebane REALLY hurts (rips a critter from my hand and I have to burn a removal spell)
Anyone else finding mono black devotion to be almost unwinnable? its by far my worst matchup. I bashed through 4 rounds only to be 2 0ed in the 5th. turn 1 cackler into turn 2 cackler thoughtseize into turn 3 lifebane zombie is hell
Bestow just doesn't fit this deck's goals. What exactly does bestow do that helps this deck win? Nothing as far as I can tell.
THE most powerful play i've seen from this deck is a lotleth troll bestowed with a nighthowler. flinging with jarad would be cool at this point but i've never had enough mana.
the sideboard with probably be a mishmash of removal (doom blade/edicts), removal for planeswalkers (hero's downfall) and utility (golgari charm, more abrupt decay). any suggestions would be awesome!
ive been finding this deck incredibly infuriating. alot of the time it does nothing, some of the time it runs out of gas just short of winning. only a small percentage of the time is it explosive. when it goes off, it GOES OFF. unfortunately, at least for me, it doesn't happen that often. we need evasion of some sort. most of our massive dudes (jarad, nemesis, howler) have no evasion. only the demon flies and it's hard to make stick. i love the idea, just not convinced the tools are there to make it successful
put this together on MODO this morning and have been playing it all day. what a blast!! i have been running 4 shadowborn demons and only 3 nemesis of mortals: the demon is a HOUSE in this deck! i have also been only running 19 lands and 1 jarad. will post up my decklist when i get a bit of time. i also run 3 abrupt decay/2 hero's downfall main. don't like the lack of removal in some of the lists ive seen but it's just my personal preference
I've thought of making a deck that pitches fatties with cool etb effects to pack rat/Troll and reanimate them for a turn with haste/Lifelink with whip of erebos. Doubt it would be competitive but It would probably be pretty fun (sylvan primordial quickly comes to mind)
Edit: commune with the gods would be great if this deck as it would let me dig for dudes/whip. Might have to throw something together on MTGO...
For
Watery grave gatecrash
Mana confluence
Counterflux
Foil hallowed fountain RTR
pile B
Foil nykthos, shrine of nix
Russian nykthos, shrine of nix
if it's somehow a creature on your turn. Unfortunately, it's not an instant.
THE most powerful play i've seen from this deck is a lotleth troll bestowed with a nighthowler. flinging with jarad would be cool at this point but i've never had enough mana.
4 overgrown tomb
10 forest
6 swamp
dudes(29)
4 elvish mystic
3 deathrite shaman
4 sylvan caryatid
4 lotleth troll
4 nighthowler
1 rot farm skeleton
3 jarad, golgari lich lord
2 shadowborn demon
4 nemesis of mortals
4 grisly salvage
3 commune with the gods
removal (3)
3 abrupt decay
the sideboard with probably be a mishmash of removal (doom blade/edicts), removal for planeswalkers (hero's downfall) and utility (golgari charm, more abrupt decay). any suggestions would be awesome!
Edit: commune with the gods would be great if this deck as it would let me dig for dudes/whip. Might have to throw something together on MTGO...