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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 9:57AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 16, 2007
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I’ve had this Shirei deck for about 4 year, maybe more, and I’ve tweaked it incessantly. I usually do really well in groups that haven’t seen the deck before, but the group I play with is becoming more and more competitive and they generally don’t let me live too long once Shirei is on the board due to the tricks that can be played. However, what I dont’ have is any “infinite” or “instant kill” combos. I’ve never really been a big user of infinite combos as they take the fun out of the deck for me, but I may have to change my thinking to keep competitive. I was thinking of adding in the Sanguine Bond  / Exquisite Blood  combo, but are there any other combos that you think would work better or fit the theme of the deck better?
Commander
1 x Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker 
Creatures
1 x Abyssal Gatekeeper 
1 x Apprentice Necromancer 
1 x Big Game Hunter 
1 x Bile Urchin 
1 x Blood Pet 
1 x Bone Shredder 
1 x Bottle Gnomes 
1 x Braids, Cabal Minion 
1 x Butcher of Malakir 
1 x Cadaver Imp 
1 x Chimney Imp 
1 x Coffin Queen 
1 x Death Cultist 
1 x Dimir House Guard 
1 x Fume Spitter 
1 x It That Betrays 
1 x Kuon, Ogre Ascendant 
1 x Mindless Automaton 
1 x Myr Retriever 
1 x Noxious Toad 
1 x Pilgrim's Eye 
1 x Scarecrone 
1 x Thoughtpicker Witch 
1 x Viscera Seer 
1 x Workhorse 
Sorceries
1 x Barter in Blood 
1 x Beacon of Unrest 
1 x Beseech the Queen 
1 x Black Sun's Zenith 
1 x Consume Spirit 
1 x Damnation 
1 x Demonic Tutor 
1 x Diabolic Tutor 
1 x Dimir Machinations 
1 x Drain Life 
1 x Exsanguinate 
1 x Profane Command 
1 x Yawgmoth's Will 
Artifacts
1 x Ashnod's Altar 
1 x Champion's Helm 
1 x Cloak and Dagger 
1 x Darksteel Ingot 
1 x Darksteel Plate 
1 x Doubling Cube 
1 x Lighting Greaves 
1 x Meekstone 
1 x Phyrexian Altar 
1 x Possessed Portal 
1 x Smokestack 
1 x Sol Ring 
1 x Thran Dynamo 
1 x Whispersilk Cloak 
Enchantments
1 x Attrition 
1 x Bitterblossom 
1 x Black Market 
1 x Contamination 
1 x Death Pits of Rath 
1 x Grave Pact 
1 x Infernal Tribute 
1 x Phyrexian Arena 
1 x Wound Reflection 
Planeswalker
1 x Liliana Vess 
Lands
1 x Bojuka Bog 
1 x Cabal Coffers 
1 x Darksteel Citadel 
1 x Inkmoth Nexus 
1 x Mystifying Maze 
1 x Phyrexian Tower 
1 x Reliquary Tower 
1 x Spawning Pool 
1 x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 
1 x Vesuva 
1 x Volrath's Stronghold 
26 x xSwamp 
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 11:38AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2011
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I don't think there are any infinite combos with shirei, since he returns stuff at the end of turn. There is always the leyline of the void helm of obedience combo which exiles target players library.
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 5:00PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 16, 2007
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Sorry, my fault, I wasn't clear. I know there are no infinite combos with Shirei, he doesn't work like that. What I meant was combos that seemed to fit the theme of the deck (sac/recursion) or comboed off of cards I already have in the deck.
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 10:19PM
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Junk Diver  brings back artifacts for you. Triskelion  seems like an auto include, his brother  can spawn an army if he goes un-challenged. Crypt Rats  and your general wearing snappy clothes  = lol. And Signal Pest  loves to rally the troops.
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 11:06PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2011
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13 months ago ::
May 27, 2012 - 12:37AM
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13 months ago ::
May 27, 2012 - 1:35AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2011
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Junk Diver brings back artifacts for you.
Triskelion seems like an auto include, his brother can spawn an army if he goes un-challenged.
Crypt Rats and your general wearing snappy clothes = lol.
And Signal Pest loves to rally the troops.
pentavus  just seems better than tetravis
And Triskelavus  is better than both.
Not with shirei you basically get a 5/5 and 5 1/1 flyers for 5 mana a turn. With triskelavus you get 2 1/1 and a 3/3 every turn for 3 mana.
so basically you get a 3 mana shock every turn yay as opposed to 5 1/1s
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13 months ago ::
May 27, 2012 - 5:25AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 16, 2007
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Hmmmm. Thanks for all the suggestions, but again, what I'm looking for is infinite combos, in black, that fit the theme of the deck. They don't (can't) combo off of shirei.
I've actually tried all of the above mentioned cards except signal pest and crypt rats. I may look into crypt rats as I tend to have a lot of mana.
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13 months ago ::
May 27, 2012 - 6:32AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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Mind Crank and Bloodchief Ascension is an infinite combo in black.
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13 months ago ::
May 27, 2012 - 9:16AM
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Add Nim Deathmantle, add Triskelavus, and use the Ashnod's Altar you already have to go infinite damage.
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