My problem is against aggro decks. Naturally against aggro I side in Mind Rot, and Duress and it's hit or miss from there. If I run into Mind Rot and Dimir Charm I can usually keep them top decking land while tearing their hand apart but if I don't I'm literally caught with my pants down (figuartively speaking).
Is there a sideboard suggestion that might make the deck work more robustly against aggro decks?
-NW
"Behold blessed perfection!" --Sheoldred, Whispering One
You're not trying to curve out or anything, so you could afford to drop some of those Island s for Dimir Guildgate s. And as it is now, you probably don't have enough instants and sorceries to support Runechanter's Pike as a win condition. That said, sticking one of those on a Vampire Nighthawk with even just a few instants or sorceries in the graveyard can be deadly, so I dunno.
You're not trying to curve out or anything, so you could afford to drop some of those Island s for Dimir Guildgate s. And as it is now, you probably don't have enough instants and sorceries to support Runechanter's Pike as a win condition. That said, sticking one of those on a Vampire Nighthawk with even just a few instants or sorceries in the graveyard can be deadly, so I dunno.
The real think with Vampire Nighthawk and Runechanter's pike is first strike.
Flying, firstrike, deathtouch, and lifelink in a creature is pretty damn good.
Not to mention after first strike damage resolves I can follow up with a tragic slip.
The fact that he gets power bonuses from the pike is a side bonus more than anything.
The win con here is believe it or not Lazav more than anything. A first-strike nighthawk facilitates that big time.
-NW
"Behold blessed perfection!" --Sheoldred, Whispering One
You have nothing you want to pitch to her, and there are other sac effects you can use. replace with 2 devour flesh, and a liliana of the dark realms (fixes mana, powers mutilate, and kills things).
-3 lazav, dimir mastermind
3/3 hexproof until something hits an opponent's graveyard. Problem is, there isn't much that can hit their graveyard that will make this amazing. Which means you have a quadruple color specific 3/3 hewproof most of the time. Not nearly good enough. Replace with 5 mana planeswalkers ( jace or tamiyo).
-2 sever the bloodline
You are running 3 of these. Many too many. Try 2 victim of night instead.
-3 curse of death's hold
put it in the sideboard where it belongs. replace with 2 barter in blood and a copy of ultimate price
- 1 runechanter's pike
replace with think twice to up the draw and the instant/sorcery ratio.
try havengul lich , he could prove useful with something like gilded lotus or chromatic lantern to give you access to every color so you can start reviving creatures from your enemies graveyard; that could prove as a another win condition, or just allows you to revive your own guys to help finish him off.
