So I have too many 2/1s, and would be better off with just Squee since no one can really do away with him, he's always around for 1RR . Not necessarily, you only have the 4 recurring creature sources, so if you've got a low creature count in the first place, at least you want to have something. I'd...

Yes, I did opt for the slower tempo build. I cant just over commit to one high risk high reward play, if I did, I'd just keep playing Kaalia. Recoverable creatures lead to getting a +2 for one life and a negligible recur cost. But I'm under the impression that you would prefer getting a +5 or bette...

I personally don't like Tainted Strike as it voids your lifelink, and trust me this is a big deal when it comes alpha striking an opponent and hoping that the other opponents can't kill you. Actually, infect works just fine with lifelink. If you read Tainted Strike 's oracle page on gatherer you'll...

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4 years ago

I picked up the stuff I needed for this deck. Pretty excited to test it out.

Awesome. I've actually just added a new section "Playing the Deck", which will hopefully give you some insight into how I approach and sequence a lot of turns.

So I finally settled on a first list. Tell me how Golden Guardian performs? It's a card I've marked for wanting to try. Eldrazi Obligator is another that I want to slot into the deck. I can see that you've gone for some Vorthos flavor with Predator, Flagship as unfortunately you'll find it complete...

Definitely do not just jam Demonic Consultation and Laboratory Maniac into the deck. You'll learn to hate them as they'll be dead draws a lot of games and super risky compared to your other combos. If your other combos are disrupted then you can still carry on, where if Lab Man in answered, insta lo...

Have we discussed wurmcoil? Provides three sacs, and with enough reanimation it's reliable. It's also a large lifelink body. I suspect Batterskull is a better choice though. I have been looking for another creature, I have found myself with explosive opening starts with mana but waiting for a good ...

Mindslicer is a great creature to sacrifice as you refill your hand immediately, while opponents lose theirs. Pretty much game winning honestly. Correct me if I'm wrong, or if I'm missing another interaction or am otherwise misunderstanding you, but I don't think this works. Since sacrificing the c...

Well I've been carving up opponents with this deck the last couple of days. I've really been winning a lot and even surprising myself with the amount of pressure I can lay on all the opponents. It's often 3vs1, because he is so threatening and even though they know he is coming for them, because of ...

With Perilous Forays you can just sac the Zombies to get a new land into play and loop. Tectonic Reformation will be great in a deck with 44 lands AND graveyard recursion with World Shaper , Splendid Reclamation and Crucible of Worlds . If you manage to pick up a Wrenn and Six would be a nice additi...

Another card that offers Greven protection is Not of This World . It cost you no mana with Greven as you really can lose two life easily at most stages of the game, and foolishly opponents tend to wait till your turn to remove him. It does make sense in that they want you to spend mana first on thin...

First off, a big thank you for posting this primer. I ran across this article last year back when it was previously on MTGSalvation and was instantly enamored. I went and ordered a Zacama the next day! It is definitely my favorite EDH deck, to the point where everyone at my LGS knows me as "Th...

I have my own Niv-Mizzet Reborn decks, I have a thread on MTGSalvation still. => https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/807713 The Dream Halls idea is a great one. The trick will be to get multiple Niv triggers with both exile and copy effects. Cop...

darrenhabib thanks for the insight. I like Hellfire . It could be better than Phyrexian Purge at times. 5 CMC is a little rough as mana seems to be the bottleneck in this deck. I will admit to having no experience playing it though. Hellfire is better when you have to hit lots of things or things t...

darrenhabib thanks for the insight. I like Hellfire . It could be better than Phyrexian Purge at times. 5 CMC is a little rough as mana seems to be the bottleneck in this deck. I will admit to having no experience playing it though. I'm on the fence about Phyrexian Purge . Literally the last game I...

No love for Ral, Caller of Storms and perhaps Ral's Dispersal ? I actually think he is pretty deece for a pre-con planeswalker deck dude. Most of the time you're going to find that it is the colored portions of your spells which are going to be the thing the prevents you from casting things the most...

I've watched this thread since you posted it and it seems you are moving away from extra combat steps. Do you find them to be win-more? Or is there some other reason. Don't get me wrong they are great and I've won quite a few games off the back of them, but it's available mana pre and post combat w...

Interestingly this card is NOT available on Magic Online, which suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks!!!!!!

This build is pretty cool. I like Greven, he seems like a lot of fun to play and I was thinking about building something like this. FYI Phyrexian Purge is a sorcery and you have it under enchantments. I've played a ton more games with him, and I'm enjoying it more and more. I've actually managed to...

If you're already looting or otherwise discarding, Planar Birth is pretty cute. Second time I've heard this come up today - do you have any play history with the card? I'd love to hear whether it's worth running. I had a deck that I built around Necrologia and Confessor . The idea was to cast Necro...

I agree with almost all of these... ... but is Hazoret's Monument / Gate to the Afterlife really worth running in monowhite? How many loots do you need to get for it to be worth 3 mana? Depends on the build. If you are running a weenie deck then the rapid filter effect is realistically stronger tha...

Alright spent a couple of days now playing K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth online. Probably around 30 games so far. So first of all, he is actually more busted than I even first planned for or envisioned with the decks. Now I have encountered some problems with Magic Online having bugs with him. You can't u...

Have you looked at Wall of Blood? Yes, it's in the deck and is probably the best creature fodder in the deck when you have lifelink with Greven. I've spend 30 life on it one game (literally going down to 1 life on purpose), to then cast Disciple of Bolas to draw 30 cards and replenish my life total...

FWIW, i brewed up an initial list comprised mostly of synergies. It's five cards over, but I think together we can brew this and yours into something respectable. The thing to learn is that losing life is nooooo problem. Dying however is easy. So I think the number one mistake of people branching i...