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Adachi Tohru
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Adachi Tohru asked in Games & RecreationCard Games · 8 years ago

What do you think about my casual MTG monoblack deck?

Lands:

22 Swamps

1 Bojoka Bog

Artifacts:

1 Elixir of Immortality

1 Mimic Vat

2 Loxodon Warhammer

1 Nightmare Lash

1 Sword of Vengeance

Creatures:

4 Nip Gwillion

2 Phyrexian Rager

3 Fleshbag Maurader

1 Phyrexian Obliterator

Enchantments:

1 Animate Dead

1 Phyrexian Arena

1 Spiteful Visions

1 Sanguine Bond

Instants:

4 Dark Ritual

4 Rend Flesh

Sorceries:

3 Night's Whisper

3 Sign in Blood

1 Stitch Together

1 Rise from the Dead

1 Life's Finale

Now when I get my taxes I hope to remove the Rise and Stick and get two more Animate Deads jhust because it's such a good card. Also I hope to pick up some Murders since those cards are actually better in a monoblack deck over the Flesh. Probably more Lash and Sword since those are both better than the Warhammer but I only have one of the Sword and the Lash.

Update:

Yeah, I meant Rise from the Dead and I mean Stitch Together in the comments below. But you're wrong, I do have four one drops, the Nip Gwilions. Also I do need the lands since I play online and I won't tell you how many times I get land-screwed on there.

I can tell you an idea starting hand: A swamp, a Nip, and one of the draw spells plus a Dark Ritual or a swamp, a Dark Ritual and a Rager. I'm pretty sure I have more than two Ragers in there but I can't access my account on MTGO right now. If I get a Nip and a draw spell then I can make up some of the life loss with the lifelink or in the case of the Rager I will have the body to make up for the fewer card draw.

Update 2:

Also I need the Warhammers since they grant lifelink and it becomes very easy to burn through life with all the draw and I don't have the money to buy replacements.

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  • Lloyd
    8 years ago
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    Generally, if a card's worth putting in the deck, it's worth putting in 4. Your deck could use some streamlining. Too many onesies and twosies.

    I'd drop down to 20 swamps and pitch the bojuka bog, especially since you're running dark rits.

    You should even out your mana curve at the same time. You have no one-drop creatures. In fact, you're running way too few creatures. 10 is not enough. Make it at least 16, and ideally 20 or more. I'd drop the Loxodon Warhammers.

    By rise from the dead, I assume you mean rise from the grave. Pitch it.

    4 Night's Whisper, drop sign in blood.

    It's a good idea. I like that you're not scared to draw cards at the expense of life. Night's Whisper is a really good value.

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