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Started by grizzledmage, 15-08-2011, 07:52:25 PM

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grizzledmage

And here's another kitchen table brew, but I have a feeling it could be more...

// Lands
   1 Mishra's Factory
   1 Bayou
   5 Island
   7 Forest
   6 Swamp
   1 Terramorphic Expanse
   1 Overgrown Tomb
   1 Wasteland
   1 Tropical Island
   1 Watery Grave
   1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
   1 Twilight Mire
   1 Sunken Ruins
   1 Volrath's Stronghold
   1 Misty Rainforest
   1 Drowned Catacomb
   1 Inkmoth Nexus
   1 Flooded Grove
   1 Underground River
   1 Llanowar Wastes
   1 Yavimaya Coast

// Creatures
   1 Blight Mamba
   1 Glistener Elf
   1 Plague Myr
   1 Phyrexian Vatmother
   1 Phyrexian Swarmlord
   1 Phyrexian Juggernaut
   1 Phyrexian Hydra
   1 Necropede
   1 Ichorclaw Myr
   1 Ichor Rats
   1 Hand of the Praetors
   1 Plague Stinger
   1 Flesh-Eater Imp
   1 Flensermite
   1 Cystbearer
   1 Corpse Cur
   1 Contagious Nim
   1 Chained Throatseeker
   1 Blightwidow
   1 Blighted Agent
   1 Viridian Corrupter
   1 Thrummingbird
   1 Core Prowler
   1 Whispering Specter
   1 Putrefax
   1 Viral Drake
   1 Spinebiter
   1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
   1 Septic Rats
   1 Rot Wolf
   1 Reaper of Sheoldred
   1 Tangle Angler

// Spells
   1 Fact or Fiction
   1 Putrefy
   1 Ferocious Charge
   1 Giant Growth
   1 Demonic Tutor
   1 Diabolic Edict
   1 Decree of Pain
   1 Doom Blade
   1 Oblivion Stone
   1 Black Sun's Zenith
   1 Damnation
   1 Sensei's Divining Top
   1 Loxodon Warhammer
   1 Sword of Light and Shadow
   1 Sword of Fire and Ice
   1 Garruk Wildspeaker
   1 Rancor
   1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
   1 Carrion Call
   1 Grafted Wargear
   1 Corrupted Conscience
   1 Tezzeret's Gambit
   1 Steady Progress
   1 Contagion Engine
   1 Contagion Clasp
   1 Trigon of Infestation
   1 Swiftfoot Boots
   1 Worldly Tutor
   1 Beast Within
   1 Sword of Vengeance
   1 Krosan Grip
   1 Go for the Throat

(edit) - Phyrexian Crusader is an obvious inclusion; will swap it in for one of the less efficient creatures as soon as I get my hands on one.

Any thoughts?

cedzoh

#1
+berserk and invigorate
+maybe white for stoneforge mystic, lost leonin, priest of norn,tine shrike
+lightning greaves
+cheap pump (like bonesplitter)
+tainted strike
+vector asp

-the wrath effects (Decree of Pain,Black Sun's Zenith, Damnation, Oblivion Stone)
-trigon
-Ferocious Charge
-swiftfoot boots

i think you have to ask yourself how your deck wants to win. is it with fast creatures or by controlling the game and than win with your big creatures? i would suggest fast creatures. therefore you will need to cut some of the expensive ones to lower your manacurve and remove some lands. 36 is too much in an aggro deck.

grizzledmage

Good suggestions!

I was considering white but opted not to, in light of the relatively few number of infect creatures in that color, plus none of them is insanely good.

Berserk... if only I had one...
Invigorate/Bonesplitter... excellent calls.

Play thus far has suggested that it's difficult to flood the board too quickly with these obnoxious critters, and board clearing has been important. But I may cut 1 or 2 of these sweepers.

I actually like the Swiftfoot Boots better than Greaves in this deck, so I can still target my own creatures with pump effects or equipment.

I am on the fence on Vector Asp; cheap is good BUT having to invest B every time I want to infect can be problemmatic.

Your call re: lands is also good, as there have been times when I've been drawing lands instead of useful spells... but there have been just as many times when I've gotten stuck at 1-2 lands short of what I needed to get going, so it's still unclear to me what the correct balance is; more playtesting should reveal that.


grizzledmage

Recent tweaks to this...

+Phyrexian Crusader -Core Prowler
+Trailblazer's Boots(!!) -Swiftboot Boots
+Bonesplitter -Forest

Playtesting so far has suggested that the sweepers continue to be useful so I am hesitant to remove any. Dynamics also suggest that the deck often wins by sudden big pumps of a single creature that has evasion of some kind, so keeping the board, not necessarily clear but at least relatively uncluttered, seems to be the best approach.

I still really like Invigorate but I haven't added it yet; the Scry 2 on Ferocious Charge is very useful. Also, still considering Chainer's Edict over Diabolic Edict (even thought Vhati's demise still brings a smile to my lips) since it can be used a 2nd time if need be.

The tweaking continues...