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1 year ago ::
May 12, 2012 - 8:30PM
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Date Joined:
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I recently started playing EDH a lot more frequently and wanted to put together a deck that I would enjoy to play, wouldn't just make everyone mad (see my Gaddock Teeg deck that was very good at doing just that), and wasn't being played in my group by somebody else (Sen Triplets, Doran, Niv Mizzet, Sliver Overlord, Mayael, and Olivia are played) so I decided on a mono-black deck with Griselbrand at the lead. Deck is as follows: General: 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen  Lands: 36 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth  Cabal Coffers  Reliquary Tower  Bojuka Bog  Shizo, Death's Storehouse  Crypt of Agadeem  Verdant Catacombs  Marsh Flats  Mystifying Maze  Bloodstained Mire  Volrath's Stronghold  Strip Mine  Swamp  x 24 Artifacts: 18 Sensei's Divining Top  Batterskull  Sol Ring  Crucible of Worlds  Caged Sun  Mindcrank  Mind's Eye  Lightning Greaves  Oblivion Stone  Gauntlet of Power  Whispersilk Cloak  Lashwrithe  Doubling Cube  Mimic Vat  Champion's Helm  Jet Medallion  Darksteel Ingot  Armillary Sphere  Instants/Sorceries: 16 Beseech the Queen  Profane Command  Damnation  Entomb  Killing Wave  All Is Dust  Demonic Tutor  Beacon of Unrest  Sadistic Sacrament  Exsanguinate  Vampiric Tutor  Black Sun's Zenith  Mutilate  Increasing Ambition  Diabolic Revelation  Sever the Bloodline  Planeswalkers: 3 Karn Liberated  Liliana of the Dark Realms  Liliana Vess  Enchantments: 9 Grave Betrayal  Leyline of the Void  Black Market  Grave Pact  Phyrexian Arena  Sanguine Bond  Exquisite Blood  Bloodchief Ascension  Necropotence  Creatures: 17 Disciple of Bolas  Steel Hellkite  Sheoldred, Whispering One  Massacre Wurm  Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief  Nirkana Revenant  Grave Titan  Filth  Wurmcoil Engine  Rune-Scarred Demon  Phyrexian Obliterator  Bloodgift Demon  It That Betrays  Geth, Lord of the Vault  Solemn Simulacrum  Dark Impostor  Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre  This deck is capable of making stupidly large amounts of mana, draw a ton of cards, and gaining a ton of life. There are a few cutesy combos in there like the Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood kill comboand Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank. They're all potent, but I'm not sure any of them are that over-powered or unfair and I'm not looking to use them as my main win-con, just a back-up plan. Any questions, comments, criticisms, or advice is appreciated. I have a significantly easier time getting cards from standard than older stuff.
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1 year ago ::
May 13, 2012 - 6:23AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2011
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You lands are way way way way to low for edh. I really didn't see any mana rocks or ways for searching for lands so you should run at least 6-9 more lands. Also extraplanar lens  is another mana doubling effect.
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1 year ago ::
May 13, 2012 - 6:52PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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The OP has been edited to reflect the current decklist after the following changes:
- Out -
Reiver Demon
Bloodghast
Blade of the Bloodchief
Sorin's Vengeance
Reaper from the Abyss
Hex Parasite
Victim of Night
- In -
Reliquary Tower
Filth
Black Market
Bojuka Bog
3 Swamp
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1 year ago ::
May 14, 2012 - 3:13PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 14, 2011
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If you run extraplanar lens switch all the swamps to snow-covered swamps
Why run Dark Depths with no hex parasite? Also vampire hexmage
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1 year ago ::
May 14, 2012 - 4:06PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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I have Hexmage in the list and Dark Depths is a swamp with Urborg out. I also generate enough mana that I can remove counters that way too. Don't think I will run the lens because I'm already being nice enough to opponents with Gauntlet and I don't have one/snow-covered lands. They would also weaken Strata Scythe for me.
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1 year ago ::
May 16, 2012 - 7:29AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 25, 2008
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You need to hit closer to 38 lands or you're gonna be tutoring for land drops at awkward times. Also, use Armillary Sphere  . It's a good one for mono black edh. Jet Medallion  Strata Scythe is kind of yuck. You're looking for Nightmare Lash  . Gravepurge -> Living Death  . I die on the inside when I see Painful Quandry. A card that has surprising weight in EDH to disrupt and stop combo -> Underworld Dreams  . Other cards that have power you might want to consider: No Mercy  Leyline of the Void  (combos well with Helm of Obedience  ) A favorite combo: Krovikan Horror  + Tortured Existence  . This lets you buy a lot of value out of the same creature over and over again. Finally consider Hecatomb  . It's a blowout. Have fun. P.S. You need a Spine of Ish Sah  and a way to eat it over and over again. Like Claws of Gix  which isn't very good but simply meant to stimulate your thought process.
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1 year ago ::
May 16, 2012 - 10:15AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 18, 2012
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Venser's Journal  seems like it would go well with Griselbrand.
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1 year ago ::
May 16, 2012 - 11:07AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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Thanks for the replies. As for Venser's Journal, I have Reliquary Tower for the no maximum hand size and my life total is usually in the 80s to 100s, even when I am paying for Griselbrand. I didn't even know Jet Medallion was a card, but I will definitely have to get one. I like Underworld Dreams, but I think it'll draw me even more hate so I'll probably wait a bit more on that. I like Gravepurge because I can also use it to refill my library if the game goes long and my Elixir gets exiled. I don't know if I have enough creatures to use Hetacomb, but I definitely like the idea of Swamp Koth. Painful Quandry has worked well for me with cards like Mindcrank, Bloodchief Ascension, and Exquisite Blood.
Changes I am making/will make once I get Jet Medallion and Infernal Tribute:
- Kormus Bell (cute, but usually worthless)
- Captivating Vampire (doesn't do enough in a non-tribal deck)
-Strata Scythe (not as good as I thought since it doesn't combo with Urborg)
-Whispersilk Cloak (Filth handles unblockable and I have enough shroud equipment)
-Howling Mine (I draw enough cards so this really just helps my opponents)
-Bad Moon (win-more I think)
+Spine of Ish Ash (screw Aura Shards)
+Traveler's Amulet
+ 2 Swamp
+ Infernal Tribute (Spine recursion and lets me get rid of other stuff I don't need to draw cards while in a pinch)
+ Jet Medallion (Awesome card. Wish I knew about it sooner)
How does that look?
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1 year ago ::
May 16, 2012 - 1:06PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 25, 2008
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That's a series of good changes.
Traveler's Amulet is weird, find the Armillary Sphere.
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1 year ago ::
May 16, 2012 - 1:16PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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Alright, I'll try to find one at FNM this week and replace the Traveler's Amulet with it.
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