So far a couple cards have been kind of weak. Exsanguinate (This was savage back when my general was Maga and I ran Wound Reflection, but now, not so much) and Artisan of Kozilek. Not sure what to replace them with.
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I don't like Plague Wind's cost for what it does. I have enough wraths that I don't think I need another. Reiver Demon does basically the same thing , costs one less, and gives me a 5/5 flyer.
Grave Titan is fine, but my only copy is in Karrthus. I just use Graveborn Muse as another Phyrexian Arena.
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Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon can be a total beating as a Commander. First it only takes ten poison counters to kill someone, and black has access to some of the best tools in Magic. Just imagine using your tutor to fetch up Nightmare Lash while you have an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth out. Give Skittles some shroud with say Lightning Greaves then is ggs, barring some very specific cards.
I haven't had the chance to look at the OPs specific build but I will later and give some suggestions.
Have you considered running Hatred? In my Skittles deck, it's won me numerous games, usually by them blocking Skith, and me sac'ing life to buff my unblocked Avatar of Woe or other weenie creature, but either way it's amazing! Howl From Beyond is very helpful too.
I love Skith, he's my second EDH deck I've built and and my favorite to play. Mine is here, but I need to update it later today if I get a chance, it's a bit behind. Mine's heavy recursion, too heavy right now, but it's a fun take.
If you're going for a contamination lock, I highly recommend Reassembling Skeleton and Bloodghast. Both are also ridiculous with Skullclamp.
I do run the skeleton, and Bitterblossom.
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Needs Swamp Mosquito Ive killed someone with it before, because he couldnt deal with it when I played it turn 2
Also Snake cult initiation makes your non poisons hit for 3 posion
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every bad infect card even vector asp they count as general damage so why not? and most esential is serpent generator
you should also run every black pump badmoon and death pit offerings ,all of em you can get your grubby paws on, as long as your at it endless scream is better than howl when your general has regeneration, (even if it doesnt have a cute little baby being eaten on it)
also i think cards like exsenguinate are amazing as long as you dont run so many crap land, cabal coffers , urborg, thawing glaciers, vesuva, thats it
Diabolic intent might work well with your sac fodder. How has sudden spoiling worked out for you?
I've been wondering if Diabolic intent was worth running, and it probably is.
Sudden Spoiling is an amazing card, and I would run it in any EDH deck that can run black cards. It's saved me so many times, and it's a great political card.
Needs Swamp Mosquito Ive killed someone with it before, because he couldnt deal with it when I played it turn 2
Also Snake cult initiation makes your non poisons hit for 3 posion
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every bad infect card even vector asp they count as general damage so why not? and most esential is serpent generator
you should also run every black pump badmoon and death pit offerings ,all of em you can get your grubby paws on, as long as your at it endless scream is better than howl when your general has regeneration, (even if it doesnt have a cute little baby being eaten on it)
also i think cards like exsenguinate are amazing as long as you dont run so many crap land, cabal coffers , urborg, thawing glaciers, vesuva, thats it
Diluting your deck with bad cards just because they have infect is an awful strategy. I use my general and proliferate as win cons in a basically mono black control deck; there's no reason to run worthless cards like Swamp Mosquito, Snake Cult Initiation, or Serpent Generator. The mosquito does nothing and doesn't even work with pump spells like the good infect creatures, and enchantments like snake cult initiation just open you up to being 2-for-1'd by any removal.
I used to run Bad Moon, and it did almost nothing. Any piece of equipment is better, and never helps your opponents (at least not by just being out, they could obviously steal it). And Death Pit Offering is garbage.
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As someone who's run this deck (and stopped running it bc, well yeah... it's too good), you need Hatred. Other than your general, it's the best card in the deck.
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As someone who's run this deck (and stopped running it bc, well yeah... it's too good), you need Hatred. Other than your general, it's the best card in the deck.
I planned on adding it when I could find one, since I can't order anything currently. Although now I might gut this deck to make Glissa.
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I'm building a similar deck inspired by your list. Thanks for posting it.
You have a lot of awesome combos I've used in nonEDH decks and. I'm wondering do you ever have problems getting the combos together? Also what are the biggest obstacles or bad matchups you've encountered with this deck?
I'm building a similar deck inspired by your list. Thanks for posting it.
You have a lot of awesome combos I've used in nonEDH decks and. I'm wondering do you ever have problems getting the combos together? Also what are the biggest obstacles or bad matchups you've encountered with this deck?
With the high volume of tutors and card draw, the deck is generally consistent enough. It has problems with decks that can tuck Skithiryx and then counter everything you try to do. Combo decks like Arcum or Zur can also stop you before you get your general out to kill them, but most other decks get slaughtered.
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I've since gutted this list and the remains of my Karrthus deck (as well as several new cards) to build Glissa, but I'll definitely keep commenting and help others with decks like this.
I don't know how to feel about Blightsteel Colossus. On one hand, the creature just klls someone in one hit most of the time. On the other, it's a lot like Emrakul, Kokusho, and other not-fun cards that just cause people to fight over one card an entire game. Also, if I got hit wth [c]Bribery[c] and died to Blightsteel Colossus, I'd immediately cut the card in anger.
I hate Decimator Web. It's definitely worse than the clasp and engine because you should be running planeswalkers. There are also a lot of decks you really don't want to mill.
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Diabolic intent might work well with your sac fodder. How has sudden spoiling worked out for you?
I've been wondering if Diabolic intent was worth running, and it probably is.
Sudden Spoiling is an amazing card, and I would run it in any EDH deck that can run black cards. It's saved me so many times, and it's a great political card.
Needs Swamp Mosquito Ive killed someone with it before, because he couldnt deal with it when I played it turn 2
Also Snake cult initiation makes your non poisons hit for 3 posion
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every bad infect card even vector asp they count as general damage so why not? and most esential is serpent generator
you should also run every black pump badmoon and death pit offerings ,all of em you can get your grubby paws on, as long as your at it endless scream is better than howl when your general has regeneration, (even if it doesnt have a cute little baby being eaten on it)
also i think cards like exsenguinate are amazing as long as you dont run so many crap land, cabal coffers , urborg, thawing glaciers, vesuva, thats it
Diluting your deck with bad cards just because they have infect is an awful strategy. I use my general and proliferate as win cons in a basically mono black control deck; there's no reason to run worthless cards like Swamp Mosquito, Snake Cult Initiation, or Serpent Generator. The mosquito does nothing and doesn't even work with pump spells like the good infect creatures, and enchantments like snake cult initiation just open you up to being 2-for-1'd by any removal.
I used to run Bad Moon, and it did almost nothing. Any piece of equipment is better, and never helps your opponents (at least not by just being out, they could obviously steal it). And Death Pit Offering is garbage.
Snake Cult Initiation is not bad in any way shape or form. You can put it on Skithiryx, and he now deals 7 poison per swing. At the very, very least it's a way to make a non-infect creature an infection threat, but most of the time it's too much for your opponent to deal with. The only way it could be better is if it were an instant or an equipment.
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Creatures:
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Bane of the Living
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Hand of the Praetors (Foil)
1 Ichor Rats (Foil)
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Kagemaro, First to Suffer
1 Necrotic Ooze (Foil)
1 Nezumi Graverobber (Foil)
1 Nirkana Revenant
1 Puppeteer Clique
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Reiver Demon
1 Shriekmaw (Foil)
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Vampire Hexmage (Foil)
Artifacts:
1 Contagion Clasp (Foil)
1 Contagion Engine (Foil)
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Expedition Map (Foil)
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Mimic Vat (Foil)
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Vedalken Orrery (Foil)
1 Grafted Exoskeleton (Foil)
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Loxodon Warhammer (Foil)
1 Nightmare Lash
1 Skullclamp (FTV: Exiled Foil)
1 Strata Scythe (Foil)
1 Sword of Vengeance (Foil)
Mana Artifacts:
1 Coalition Relic
1 Darksteel Ingot (Arena Foil)
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Mana Vault
1 Skull of Ramos
1 Sol Ring
Enchantments:
1 Bitterblossom
1 Contamination
1 Grave Pact
1 Leyline of the Void (Foil)
1 Necropotence (FTV: Exiled Foil)
1 Phyrexian Arena (Foil)
Planeswalkers:
1 Liliana Vess
Spells:
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Damnation
1 Decree of Pain (Foil)
1 Demonic Tutor (DD: DvD)
1 Diabolic Tutor (Foil)
1 Exsanguinate (Foil)
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Living Death
1 Mutilate (Foil)
1 Sudden Spoiling
1 Tainted Strike (Foil)
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Bojuka Bog (Foil)
1 Cabal Coffers (Foil)
1 Dark Depths
1 Miren, the Moaning Well
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Strip Mine (FTV: Exiled Foil)
1 Thawing Glaciers (Judge Foil)
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vesuva
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wasteland
25 Swamp (Unhinged)
So far a couple cards have been kind of weak. Exsanguinate (This was savage back when my general was Maga and I ran Wound Reflection, but now, not so much) and Artisan of Kozilek. Not sure what to replace them with.
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Grave Titan is fine, but my only copy is in Karrthus. I just use Graveborn Muse as another Phyrexian Arena.
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I'm looking to get in to EDH.
Mono black is my favorite type of deck to play. How does this deck do usually? Does it win a lot?
I don't know very much about EDH so I'm curious.
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I haven't had the chance to look at the OPs specific build but I will later and give some suggestions.
I love Skith, he's my second EDH deck I've built and and my favorite to play. Mine is here, but I need to update it later today if I get a chance, it's a bit behind. Mine's heavy recursion, too heavy right now, but it's a fun take.
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I'd say I've won the majority of games I've played with it. It's nuts in 1v1, but I play mostly 4 player FFA games.
I do run the skeleton, and Bitterblossom.
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Diabolic intent might work well with your sac fodder. How has sudden spoiling worked out for you?
Also Snake cult initiation makes your non poisons hit for 3 posion
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every bad infect card even vector asp they count as general damage so why not? and most esential is serpent generator
you should also run every black pump badmoon and death pit offerings ,all of em you can get your grubby paws on, as long as your at it endless scream is better than howl when your general has regeneration, (even if it doesnt have a cute little baby being eaten on it)
also i think cards like exsenguinate are amazing as long as you dont run so many crap land, cabal coffers , urborg, thawing glaciers, vesuva, thats it
I've been wondering if Diabolic intent was worth running, and it probably is.
Sudden Spoiling is an amazing card, and I would run it in any EDH deck that can run black cards. It's saved me so many times, and it's a great political card.
Diluting your deck with bad cards just because they have infect is an awful strategy. I use my general and proliferate as win cons in a basically mono black control deck; there's no reason to run worthless cards like Swamp Mosquito, Snake Cult Initiation, or Serpent Generator. The mosquito does nothing and doesn't even work with pump spells like the good infect creatures, and enchantments like snake cult initiation just open you up to being 2-for-1'd by any removal.
I used to run Bad Moon, and it did almost nothing. Any piece of equipment is better, and never helps your opponents (at least not by just being out, they could obviously steal it). And Death Pit Offering is garbage.
Are you saying Cabal Coffers, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth etc are crap lands? If so, you have literally no idea what you're talking about.
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mirrodin besieged? Out of all of them I think inkmoth nexus would fit well in here.
The land is great, for sure. I'm more excited about it for standard, but it'll definitely come in here too.
I planned on adding it when I could find one, since I can't order anything currently. Although now I might gut this deck to make Glissa.
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You have a lot of awesome combos I've used in nonEDH decks and. I'm wondering do you ever have problems getting the combos together? Also what are the biggest obstacles or bad matchups you've encountered with this deck?
With the high volume of tutors and card draw, the deck is generally consistent enough. It has problems with decks that can tuck Skithiryx and then counter everything you try to do. Combo decks like Arcum or Zur can also stop you before you get your general out to kill them, but most other decks get slaughtered.
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Also what do you think about decimator web as a replacement for contagion clasp or engine?
I don't know how to feel about Blightsteel Colossus. On one hand, the creature just klls someone in one hit most of the time. On the other, it's a lot like Emrakul, Kokusho, and other not-fun cards that just cause people to fight over one card an entire game. Also, if I got hit wth [c]Bribery[c] and died to Blightsteel Colossus, I'd immediately cut the card in anger.
I hate Decimator Web. It's definitely worse than the clasp and engine because you should be running planeswalkers. There are also a lot of decks you really don't want to mill.
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Snake Cult Initiation is not bad in any way shape or form. You can put it on Skithiryx, and he now deals 7 poison per swing. At the very, very least it's a way to make a non-infect creature an infection threat, but most of the time it's too much for your opponent to deal with. The only way it could be better is if it were an instant or an equipment.