My Version of Yawgmoth

[xeroxedfool]

Hey MTG:Nexus, this thread contains my version of Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. My build is influenced heavily by darrenhabib's deck which can be found here. There are many wonderful threads for Yawgmoth on the forum including benjameenbear's which is a very nice primer. I have also visited toctheyounger's thread which is very nice as well. I am posting my deck mostly because I just love Yawgmoth and I want to keep records of what I change. There are some excellent threads for readers if they need information. I will of course welcome any suggestions or questions here as well.

Decklist

DecklistCMCManaPricesChartsDraw 7

Commander:

1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Creatures:

1 Bloodsoaked Champion|foil

1 Blood Artist|foil|avacyn restored

1 Bloodghast|foil|zendikar

1 Butcher Ghoul|foil|avacyn restored

1 Leaden Myr|foil|mirrodin

1 Nether Traitor

1 Reassembling Skeleton|foil|m12

1 Zulaport Cutthroat|foil|battle for zendikar

1 Burnished Hart|foil|theros

1 Ophiomancer

1 Pawn of Ulamog|foil|rise of the eldrazi

1 Crypt Ghast|foil|gatecrash

1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

1 Sifter of Skulls|foil

1 Solemn Simulacrum|mirrodin

1 Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed|portal three kingdoms

1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder|foil|modern masters 2015

1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel|foil|theros

1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier

1 Kokusho, the Evening Star|champions of kamigawa

1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed|dark ascension

1 Nirkana Revenant|rise of the eldrazi

1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Planeswalkers:

1 Liliana of the Dark Realms|m13

1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General

1 Ugin, the Ineffable

1 Karn Liberated|foil|new phyrexia

1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon|foil

Artifacts:

1 Mana Crypt|HARPERPRISM BOOK PROMOS

1 Expedition Map|foil|zendikar

1 Mana Vault|unlimited edition

1 Sensei's Divining Top|champions of kamigawa

1 Sol Ring|unlimited edition

1 Skullclamp|darksteel

1 Wayfarer's Bauble|foil|modern masters 2015

1 Arcane Signet

1 Grim Monolith

1 Jet Medallion|commander 2014

1 Mind Stone|Weatherlight

1 Gauntlet of Power|time spiral

1 Bolas's Citadel|war of the spark

1 Caged Sun|foil|new phyrexia

Enchantments:

1 Animate Dead|Premium Deck Series: Graveborn

1 Bitterblossom|morningtide

1 Dance of the Dead

1 Contamination

1 Necromancy

1 Necropotence|deckmasters

1 Nest of Scarabs|foil

1 Phyrexian Arena|foil|Apocalypse

1 Grave Pact|eighth edition

1 Dictate of Erebos

Instants:

1 Dark Ritual|From the Vault: Twenty

1 Entomb|eternal masters

1 Vampiric Tutor|JUDGE GIFT CARDS 2000

Sorceries:

1 Reanimate|tempest

1 Demonic Tutor|unlimited edition

1 Diabolic Intent|battlebond

1 Beseech the Queen|From the Vault: Lore

1 Toxic Deluge

1 Yawgmoth's Will

1 Living Death|Battle Royale Box Set

Lands:

1 Ancient Tomb|tempest

1 Arcane Lighthouse|commander 2014

1 Bloodstained Mire|onslaught

1 Cabal Coffers|torment

1 Deserted Temple

1 Marsh Flats|zendikar

1 Myriad Landscape|commander 2014

1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx|foil

1 Phyrexian Tower|urza's saga

1 Polluted Delta|onslaught

1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth|Planar Chaos

1 Verdant Catacombs|zendikar

1 Vesuva|time spiral

23 Swamp|XLN Standard Showdown

Approximate Total Cost:

[xeroxedfool]

Out: Dreadhorde Invasion

In: Contamination

It was actually still pretty difficult for me to make a cut here. There were quite a few good suggestions for cuts. I remember drawing Dreadhorde Invasion later in a game and thinking it was pretty low impact. If it had been any creature I could have cycled it.

Contamination is powerful in almost all stages of the game. It is also a unique form of disruption the deck could use.

[toctheyounger]

I never tried Dreadhorde Invasion in Yawgmoth, but I did run it in Varina. It was very slow to say the least, so it's an easy cut here; if this is anything like my build it's 0-100 in nobody's business.

How has Tenacious Dead worked out for you? I wanted to try it out, but as much as I tried I just couldn't justify adding it as the weakest self-reanimator - I struggled to squeeze everything I wanted to in anyway.

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth - how good is it? Seems nuts, and I'd like to pick up a copy anyway, but I want a place to put it before I commit to that. It's a moot point for the moment anyway, my LGS is out of the precons what with the very short print run.

[xeroxedfool]

I never tried Dreadhorde Invasion in Yawgmoth, but I did run it in Varina. It was very slow to say the least, so it's an easy cut here; if this is anything like my build it's 0-100 in nobody's business.

How has Tenacious Dead worked out for you? I wanted to try it out, but as much as I tried I just couldn't justify adding it as the weakest self-reanimator - I struggled to squeeze everything I wanted to in anyway.

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth - how good is it? Seems nuts, and I'd like to pick up a copy anyway, but I want a place to put it before I commit to that. It's a moot point for the moment anyway, my LGS is out of the precons what with the very short print run.

I haven't drawn K'rrik since I added him. I honestly don't know how powerful he will be, but he seems good. I like that he provides a unique effect.

Tenacious Dead is not a card I like honestly. I've drawn it and never really wanted to spend the mana on it besides just casting and cycling. With so many tutors I can always grab the Bloodghast or Nether Traitor if I want. They are some of my favorite Entomb targets when I'm not trying to reanimate.

[xeroxedfool]

Out: Tenacious Dead, Liliana, Death's Majesty

In: Bloodsoaked Champion, Yawgmoth's Will.

In the past few days thinking about this list I've came up with these changes. Tenacious Dead isn't that good from my experience, atleast it doesnt fit well with my play style. Champion can be reactivated later if you want to. This allows for a little more control over when you want to recur it.

Yawgmoths Will is an interesting card. Considered one of the most powerful cards ever made, I wonder if it really lives up to that in this format. I think that it provides a unique and powerful effect. But requires a lot of mana to be useful. When you compare Will directly to Liliana, which I admit is a little unfair, Lily is cheaper to use if you just want to recur one creature. In the later stages of the game Will is insanely stronger than Liliana. It can recur all sorts of things beyond creatures.

But if it is the late game, Will resolves, I have my graveyard and mana to cast 2-3 spells from it, am I not in a good position anyway? Could YawgWin be YawgWinMore? Those are my random thoughts on the card. I'm going to test it in my build and see how that goes.

[lyonhaert]

But if it is the late game, Will resolves, I have my graveyard and mana to cast 2-3 spells from it, am I not in a good position anyway? Could YawgWin be YawgWinMore? Those are my random thoughts on the card. I'm going to test it in my build and see how that goes.

If you mean being in a good position after those 2-3 spells resolved, then Yawgmoth's Will helped you get there. Otherwise whether you're in a good position depends on more than just mana and your graveyard.

Will is an all-purpose recursion tool because it uses the word "play" instead of "cast" (e.g., steal somebody's Azusa, resolve Will, and then play 3 lands from your graveyard). Black is really good at getting back creatures, but has few options for anything else, so I see Will as black's Eternal Witness, only better because it scales with big mana even though it has that exile downside. Resolving Will to re-cast Entomb for something else to cast from your graveyard is fun, too.

[xeroxedfool]

[mention]lyonhaert[/mention] I like the point you make about Will being black's Eternal Witness.

I do want to mention that Entomb is not a combo with Will the turn you have Will's effect. Anything that would enter the graveyard that turn is exiled instead. You could Entomb for something before you cast Will but not during.

[lyonhaert]

I do want to mention that Entomb is not a combo with Will the turn you have Will's effect. Anything that would enter the graveyard that turn is exiled instead. You could Entomb for something before you cast Will but not during.

Yep, you're right - it's a replacement effect and there's no window for that. I think I had it mixed up with Necropotence's exile trigger.

[xeroxedfool]

Very small update here.

Removed:
Star Compass

Added:
Arcane Signet

Arcane Signet makes the format smaller by an appreciable amount. Why would you ever play something like Star Compass or Coldsteel Heart now? Charcoal Diamond seems like a cruel joke. Anyway, this is a simple upgrade.

[xeroxedfool]

Removed:
Tenacious Dead, Liliana, Death's Majesty

Added:
BLOODSOAKED CHAMPION, Sidisi, Undead Vizier