https://i.ibb.co/TtrPxjq/vampire-from-the-crypt.jpg Commander 1 Anje Falkenrath Vampires (madness) 1 Asylum Visitor 1 Anje's Ravager 1 Bloodmad Vampire 1 Stromkirk Occultist 1 Bloodhall Priest 1 Insatiable Gorgers 1 Weirded Vampire 1 Twins of Maurer Estate 1 Incorrigible Youths 1 Voldaren Pariah Va...

There are 40 madness cards you can play, so 40% of the deck. You are likely to have around 3 madness cards in your hand around the time you cast Anje Falkenrath around turn 2 or 3. Even if you gave yourself a 50% chance of replacing madness cards, you'll only get 6 cards deeper on average and that's...

For silliness I like the idea of multiple Kari Zev, Skyship Raider sending a troop of Ragavan at opponents. This just reminds me of those videos you see of monkeys stealing tourists things. If you attack with a bunch of Captain Lannery Storm then you'll get a bunch of treasures, which you can sack t...

How do you interpret names of legends when you have Mirror Gallery in play? An example is Lu Xun, Scholar General saying "Whenever Lu Xun, Scholar General deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.". What if I have 4 of then in play, do I get a trigger from each of the 4 for each ot...

Huh, I was expecting a ton of super early mana rocks ( Lotus Petal , Mox Amber ?) to help get the party rolling as quickly as possible. darrenhabib's observation on not needing that many dedicated finishers is correct, but in a classic "what if?" counterpoint - what if you had to pitch bo...

Just a few more changes. I'm still having a lot of games where I'm still waiting for creatures during periods. A lot of it is due to aggressive mulligans looking to get artifact mana to speed up when you can cast Greven. However this often means that you are without a creature to sacrifice in your o...

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I am looking to use Thespian's Stage / Vesuva and pair it will a full 10 fetchland / crucible of worlds package in the Golos deck I am making. It will be interesting to see if I can ever make a fetchland make me 6 zombies lol.

Add Mirage Mirror for good measure.

First of all I can see some of these cards are specifically in there as win conditions with infinite Worldgorger mana or blinks. These are not necessary in my opinion. Torment of Hailfire , Cut // Ribbons , Exsanguinate , Comet Storm , Sunscorched Desert , Stensia Bloodhall . The reason is that with...

Could you explain how you would get infinite turns with deserted temple and magosi? I'm not really understanding how it works OK it's a VERY specific set of sequences. Not easy to work out, so understandable the confusion. Firstly you need to have at least one Rowan emblem already AND setup Rowan a...

I thought I'd share a game result as it had some interesting things. Firstly I'm trying some of the cards posters have mentioned with Pact of the Titan , Eldrazi Obligator , Captivating Crew , just to see how they fare. Interestingly I had a starting hand that had both Pact of the Titan and Eldrazi ...

I also came across Corpse Dance which brought back all sorts of nostalgia for me. I reckon it's gonna be great here, even @ 5cmc. You do have to be careful that you don't have too many reanimation effects and draw no creatures. I could put an Animate Dead and proclaim that it's a "two mana dra...

Sweet, my Italian Hellfire finally arrived. :D SCD: Pact of the Titan . When you need that draw on a hasty Greven turn (pay for it next turn, after you've already consumed the draw4). Couple cards I keep passing in my box for consideration; - Body Snatcher ; pitch a card on etb, feed to Greven and ...

Hey all, Greven is slowly pushing Rakdos out as my go-to black-red deck every time I see him in action. No one "seems" to have mentioned any of the following cards, most of which are usually very combo-tastic, but could also just be very solid on their own: - Zealous Conscripts - Kiki-Jik...

....is there a reason you're not playing flametongue kavu? It's doing everything you want here...and draws 4 for 2 life. No reason at all :P It does seem to have a lot of what I want. Honestly I just don't know what to take out? I think the disciplined pick is K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth . I haven't be...

I was playing against a Lord Windgrace helmed deck and I had calculated to make my moves with a lethal Greven, Predator Captain attack as they only had one blocker (menace thwarts that), but they responded to my attack by sacrificing a fetch-land and had Field of the Dead in play and created a token...

Just thought I'd share this game result. I managed to kill 3 players in one turn. It was turn 6 and I'd hit a player for 18 Greven damage already. I cast Phyrexian Purge on 8 creatures, losing 24 life and another from Mana Confluence to bring Greven power to 30. I attacked one player for lethal. The...

I'd totes go to his concert, what a rock star.

Oh snap, Hex Parasite is a nice choice. Would be a funny answer to counters players too. What are your thoughts on Temporal Extortion ? Could be a fun lulzy move to cast it, hold priority and then counter it for a huge boost, or even just let it out there and see if you get another turn / swing cyc...

3drinks here, back to blow up this thread some more. :P Igneous Pouncer , yay or nay? You can fetch your badlands early, late it's got the ideal 5::1 split, you play living death anyway which gives Greven an attractive body back to feed on. It's definitely the sort of card that you can decide to pl...

Oh boy, Volcano hellion could be.. explosive with Greven. Damn I just missed this one. A shoe in for sure. I've been playing Hex Parasite and K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth as recent additions. The ability with Hex Parasite to combo with losing as much life as you want and lifelink is just too good. Plus ...

Can we force enough elementals to make Nova Chaser work? Edit: this might help to showcase a lot of interesting choices. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=commander%3ABR+cmc%3C%3D4+pow%3E%3D5 I don't think so. The problem is that you have to cast another elemental pre casting...

Idea: play a goblins subtheme to make use of Sparksmith as a high velocity Greven pump that removes their blocks. Rakdos is the best combo for gobbos but ie this really worth building into? Not completely out of the question. Goblin Piledriver and Goblin Rabblemaster can get large amount of power w...

Great primer! Thank you :) I found K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth to be a beast in this, also Chainer, Dementia Master is great as you can recur creatures for sac with a life ping, and it also also doubles as graveyard hate (which also seems to lack in most primers I see, I'm not sure why). Would Sparkspi...

Adding on to my SCD above, in developing Zenith Kaalia, I ran across Mortuary . Normally locking your top deck is bad but Kaalia had the ability to plow through the top six, negating the drawback. This enabled her to die, hit the yard and then top deck, and I could cast her for three to power throu...

SCD: Ankh of Mishra , Zo-zu the Punisher , Eidolon of the Great Revel ? Eidolon of the Great Revel is super interesting. It's sort of like a legitimate plan against more competitive decks, that often have 1-3 mana spells and look to storm off. It would have to be in the right configuration however ...