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Jun 6, 2012 -- 8:00PM, DeluxeTea wrote:

Torpor Orb neuters Geralf's Messenger .

While it does i feel that its benefits outweigh the detriments in this particular deck. Your either loosing two guys to the Demonlord or exiling it. If there were 4 messengers i would lean the other way. Its a tough situation because its you loose two guys or messengers effects dont happen.

Jun 5, 2012 -- 8:16PM, EMG1000 wrote:

Deck List:

Creatures - 23 cards:

x4  Strangleroot Geist
x4  Young Wolf
x4  Butcher Ghoul - Replacement for Wandering Wolf.
x3  Blood Artist
x3 Mortarpod  
x2  Demonlord of Ashmouth - Replacement for Vorapede.*
x2 Geralf's Messenger  
x1 Bloodgift Demon  

Spells - 15 cards:

x3 Bone Splinters  
x3  Blessings of Nature
x2 Undying Evil
x2 Unhallowed Pact  
x2 Mutagenic Growth - Replacement for Wild Hunger.*
x3 Go for the Throat
x2 Doom Blade - Replacement for Unhallowed Pact.

Lands:
x11 Forest  
x11 Swamp

Sideboard:
x2 Deathmark  
x4 Natural End  
x4  Grounded
x2 Eaten by Spiders  
x1  Snare the Skies
x2  Druid's Familiar

I'd make the following changes:
- Replace Bone Splinters with Tragic Slip
-  Blessings of Nature for Bloodflow Connoisseur  or other sac outlets
- Add a fourth Blood Artist in thep lace of Undying Evil since only Bloodgift Demon doesn't have Undying.

You can also look at Carnifex Demon or Hex Parasite as a way to remove the +1/+1 counters on your creatures and allow them to "undie" again.  I prefer the Parasite, since it can eat a planeswalker's loyalty counters, debuffs Champion of the Parish and Champion of Lambholdt , remove the charges from Shrine of Burning Rage , etc.

Jun 6, 2012 -- 8:19PM, EMG1000 wrote:

Hmm, I will have to think about these changes that you have told me of, although I do want to try out the current deck-list I have built. 

Still debating wether Ashmouth Demon > Vorapede? What do you think?
I mean in order to use Ashmouth, I must sacrifice a guy, is that really worth it? for a 5/4||6/5? 

I would say so for sure. Think about this: Most of your creatures have undying, so sacraficing them will only make them stronger, not to mention that if you have a blood artist or two out, you'll be dealing damage, in this case, I'd look at sacrafice as a positive.