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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 1:17PM
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 1:57PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 16, 2009
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How do the Dark Ritual  s do for you? Simply because your deck tops out at 3 with many 1 and 2 drops, and your 3 drops aren't all that impressive (not like a turn 1 Hypnotic Specter  or anything). Basically, it seems a little unnecessary here. In terms of other cards you could include, if you want to continue topping out at 3 you probably can't include too many 3 drops, but Cemetery Reaper  and Undead Warchief  would give you a bigger lord suit. Zombie Master  offers no buff, but the regeneration is cheap, and if you decide to run Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth  then the swampwalk it gives becomes incredibly relevant (its won me many a game). Also, if you decide to go for a slightly fatter deck, Korlash, Heir to Blackblade  can get pretty fat, has its own regen, and its Grandeur synergises well with Lord of the Undead  . Plaguebearer  is a zombie that combos well with more mana, and if you were keen to include enough mana to support a fatter zombie deck, then you could always go with an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Cabal Coffers  engine, supported by Expedition Map  and Beseech the Queen  to set it up. Finally, if you keep it as is with a low curve and more potential power, Gravecrawler  and Geralf's Messenger  are quite potent.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 2:07PM
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Shockingly enough, I'm gonna agree with that outlook on Dark Rit. As big a fan as I am of them, I think they're a little underwhelming here. Just not enough shock and awe to justify them. I like the way Gravecrawler and Fleshbag Marauder  work together too.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 2:40PM
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Orgionally I had korlash and undead warchief, but the deck just seemed kinda slow. I could put them back, I have 3 tomb of Urbogs I could add to try the cabal coffers.
The issue I'm having now is the deck is fast, but it just doesn't really have a ko punch cept for the hammer, which only seems to really work with highborn ghoul.
I'd rather not go swampwalk though I do have zombie masters, mainly because I have a merfolk deck that rely's on islandwalk.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 2:58PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 28, 2011
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i probably wouldnt play hammer here and certainly not 4. the deck isnt fast and if it was KO cards wouldnt be an issue. you need much more 1 drops to be fast black doesnt have much in the form of overrun or mirror entity, the only cards that come to mind are hatred  and sorin's vengeance 
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 4:01PM
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Let's put it this way, it's not fast like a gobbo deck, but compared to a eariler version I had it runs fast. What I ment by it running fast is that it runs like how I wanted it to.
My issue is aside from the one combo I mentioned, it has no win mechanic.
It's like this deck can't win without the hammer.
It's orgional incarnation used to win with polluter receycled by lord of undead.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 8:43PM
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Eldrazi Monument  and Damnation  can be quite effective. Hatred  and trample gets it done. Gempalm Polluter and Endless Ranks of the Dead  can do big chunks of damage. Lots of ways to put this over the top. Just keep thinking outside the box. Think Simple.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 04, 2013 - 11:28PM
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Damnation is out of my price range. Always regretted not buying them when they were much cheaper back in the day.
I'll try to rework it.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 05, 2013 - 12:18AM
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With the Cabal Coffers thing going on, Plague Wind  may not be out of the question, and then you don't have to worry about Eldrazi's M. I know Plague Wind is crazy expensive, and everyone says it's useless because if it, but if you can make lots of mana, it's a pretty darn effective card, and has it's uses.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 08, 2013 - 5:52PM
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So I reworked it. I play against alot of creature heavy decks, so this might work. Did I make it worse? Feel free to tear it up. lands 15 x swamp  4 x cabal coffers  3 x urborg, tomb of yawgmoth  4 x terror  3 x grimoire of the dead  3 x life's finale  4 x sudden spoiling  4 x ghoulcaller's chant  4 x festering goblin  4 x highborn ghoul  4 x diregraf ghoul  4 x Death Baron  4 x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
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