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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 6:12AM
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Date Joined:
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I took this deck idea from Atma, I think, or FR2 (always get those guys mixed up); the list looks a lot like his. // Lands
3 [10E] Swamp (4)
2 [INN] Isolated Chapel
1 [M11] Sunpetal Grove
4 [RAV] Overgrown Tomb
4 [INN] Woodland Cemetery
4 [RTR] Temple Garden
3 [M13] Forest (4)
1 [IN] Plains (4)
2 [INN] Gavony Township // Creatures
1 [AVR] Craterhoof Behemoth
2 [AVR] Griselbrand
2 [RTR] Angel of Serenity
4 [RTR] Lotleth Troll
2 [M13] Thragtusk
4 [WWK] Arbor Elf
4 [INN] Avacyn's Pilgrim // Spells
4 [INN] Unburial Rites
4 [RTR] Grisly Salvage
2 [RTR] Jarad's Orders
2 [RTR] Abrupt Decay
2 [RTR] Chromatic Lantern
3 [INN] Liliana of the Veil // Sideboard
SB: 2 [M13] Thragtusk
SB: 4 [ZEN] Vampire Nighthawk
SB: 4 [RTR] Centaur Healer
SB: 2 [AVR] Restoration Angel
SB: 2 [INN] Garruk Relentless Pretty basic. Angel has actually been a pretty mediocre reanimation target; noone ever has any targets for her ability when you reanimate her on Turn 3. I'm not sure what else is out there to replace her; maybe Gisela is worth running in her place (or at least over 1 of her), even though splashing for red stretches the manabase a little further. Craterhoof Behemoth as a 1-of is a real nice gamebreaker; I'm tempted to squeeze in Somberwald Sage to hardcast it a bit easier, but even going Turn 1 Arbor Elf, Turn 2 Troll and Avacyn's Pilgrim, Turn 4 discard Craterhoof Behemoth, cast Unburial Rites, attack with a 9/9 and a 7/6 Lotleth Troll is pretty funny; especially because if they sweep you, you reanimate and beat for 6 the following turn. The sideboard plan was just a random thing I thought up. Many people have been saying that there's a lot of really powerful graveyard hate expected (because of Zombies, etc.), so my plan was that you just transform sideboard into some kind of bizarre Junk deck, which happens to have a ton of lifegain to beat the other midrange and aggro decks once you do. Tweaking is to be expected. Other than those two things, it's been pretty good, although remarkably I seem to kill people with a 5/4 Lotleth troll more often than I would have expected.
It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.
It should be about giving black cards to Niche.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 9:02AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 25, 2008
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You don't find Liliana's BB pretty hard to accomplish since you've built this so heavy base green? I could see some awkward games where someone gets ballsy and kills your Arbor Elf and you're just pushed off by a turn or two which turns into a disaster.
I also made a list like this, but used my dredgers in it. I also think the deck wants Jarad to throw Griselbrands and the like at faces. One swing for 7 in the air and 7 pt fling seems significant.
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"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." - Laurence J. Peter "It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 2:17PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 28, 2008
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defy death  as zombify 5-x? I really liked how it worked in my crappy reanimator.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 2:30PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 25, 2008
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Wouldn't you use Rise From the Grave  instead because of mana requirements and the ability to pilfer your opponent's bin? If you had room that is...
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2011 States Top 4
Designer of Top 8 States finishing MBC decks in 2011, 2010, and 2009
Standard Forum - Iron Deck Builder Season One Champ
"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." - Laurence J. Peter "It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 4:27PM
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How reliably can you cast nighthawk on the curve with 11 black sources, especially when t1 you want a non-cipt green source for a dork?
1000th post November 26, 2010. Where Islands gets his decks: Spoiler:
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It was revealed to me in a dream. All the cards were in my dream except for three slots which I plugged in as Vault Skirge.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The dream was post AVR so there was a copy of Slayer's Stronghold. I decided to keep it pre AVR in my post here.
EDIT: I just remembered. The Skirges might have been 2x Whipflare and 1x something else, probably War and Peace.
EDIT2: Currently 4-0 in my first four games with this. My opponents have been very angry. I fought off a Wurmcoil from Grixis for six turns before I found my second Dispatch. Jeez, I can do a lot of damage.
EDIT3: Streak broken. Lost to an unexpected Overrun.  Cracking a Shrine for 10 wasn't enough.
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also, I've been playtesting this deck in my sleep today
that kinda freaked me out
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Halloween is a conspiracy by crossdressers and furries.
 Thanks to Kipz for the sig. Make a contract with me to become a magical girl!
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 4:45PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 28, 2008
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Wouldn't you use Rise From the Grave instead because of mana requirements and the ability to pilfer your opponent's bin? If you had room that is...
Oh hey they printed that, I completely forgot.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 4:54PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 17, 2010
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How reliably can you cast nighthawk on the curve with 11 black sources, especially when t1 you want a non-cipt green source for a dork?
I believe there are 13 black sources in the deck. 3 Swamp, 2 Chapel, 4 Tomb, 4 Cemetery.
Is Pack Rat an acceptable gy enabler for these types of decks? Pretty good on defense, gives Behemoth more value, gives you more flexibility to discards than Lotleth. I don't know. That card seems to be getting a lot of love around here lately.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 5:43PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 30, 2010
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Right at the moment I am running: Spells: 4 x Faithless Looting  3 x Farseek  3 x Mulch  4 Grisly Salvage Spoiler:
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BG Instant
Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land from among them into your hand. Put the rest in your graveyard. 4 x Unburial Rites  Creatures: 4 x Avacyn's Pilgrim  2 x Fiend Hunter  4 x Huntmaster of the Fells  3 x Geist-Honored Monk  3 x Angel of Glory's Rise  1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord Spoiler:
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BBGG Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
   , Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return Jarad from your graveyard to your hand.
2/2 1 x Griselbrand  Land: 4 x Temple Garden  4 x Overgrown Tomb  3 x Blood Crypt  5 x Forest  4 x Swamp  3 x Plains  1 x Mountain  Thinking the Angel of Glory's Rise is gonna be huge for the anti-zombies. Also if you are going to play Rise from the Grave  Play 1-2 with the Unburial Rites . I love the idea of Reanimator in this format. I hope some thing good comes out of this.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 5:48PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 14, 2012
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I don't see how you could possily be effective running 4 color in Standard, seems unfocused...
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 5:52PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 14, 2012
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