Re: Erebos, God of the Dead: Danse Macabre
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:14 pm
Got bored and did some tweaks to the Primer, notably the opening hand section. It had been severely outdated for a long time, talking about cards that were no longer in the deck, and I was never happy with the way it was formatted. It looks much better now.
Also, with the addition of Takenuma, Abandoned Mire I have an additional way to recur my few creatures, which renders Necromancy an awkward inclusion. I'm not running enough reanimation spells or targets to justify it, so I think it's time for it to go. Animate Dead is fine a singular tutor target, but otherwise I think the slot can best be used for putting Prismatic Lens. 12 rocks and 37 lands yields a 56% chance to drop Erebos on turn 3 before mulligans, which feels great.
- Necromancy
+ Prismatic Lens
EDIT: I think it's time for Infernal Darkness to go. While not MLD, it's pretty close to a stax piece, and this is technically a casual deck. Seeing people scoop to it makes me sad, so I guess I'll try Polluted Bonds back in its place. I'm really of two minds about Bonds; on one hand, it's a 5mv enchantment that "does nothing" in that it doesn't affect the board, but on the other, it's a slow burn card that usually gains you a significant chunk of life over time, assuming you don't topdeck it on turn 13. The life gain does often translate into more Erebos activations and also makes opponents more susceptible to Torment/Exsanguinate.
- Infernal Darkness
+ Polluted Bonds
EDIT: On second thought, I should also dump Death Cloud for similar reasons, It's a brutally unfun card in an already potentially brutally unfun deck to play against, so it can go. I think I'll replace it with Vona's Hunger, as Cloud was primarily used as a removal spell that also just so happened to take a giant dump on everything else. Hunger is instant speed, and 10 permanents isn't at all uncommon with this deck between all the lands, rocks, and disruption permanents.
I briefly considered Bottomless Pit and Arterial Flow for this slot, instead, but I think the edict is a little more generally useful. Instead of Polluted Bonds, a card I perpetually come back to like a bad drug, I think I'll give Arterial Flow a shot. It's a low-cost, semi-spammable disruption spell that even if it just hits the blue player it's a big win. I want to be a little more proactive.
Damn shame about the conquistador crap.
- Death Cloud
- Polluted Bonds
+ Vona's Hunger
+ Arterial Flow
Also, with the addition of Takenuma, Abandoned Mire I have an additional way to recur my few creatures, which renders Necromancy an awkward inclusion. I'm not running enough reanimation spells or targets to justify it, so I think it's time for it to go. Animate Dead is fine a singular tutor target, but otherwise I think the slot can best be used for putting Prismatic Lens. 12 rocks and 37 lands yields a 56% chance to drop Erebos on turn 3 before mulligans, which feels great.
- Necromancy
+ Prismatic Lens
EDIT: I think it's time for Infernal Darkness to go. While not MLD, it's pretty close to a stax piece, and this is technically a casual deck. Seeing people scoop to it makes me sad, so I guess I'll try Polluted Bonds back in its place. I'm really of two minds about Bonds; on one hand, it's a 5mv enchantment that "does nothing" in that it doesn't affect the board, but on the other, it's a slow burn card that usually gains you a significant chunk of life over time, assuming you don't topdeck it on turn 13. The life gain does often translate into more Erebos activations and also makes opponents more susceptible to Torment/Exsanguinate.
- Infernal Darkness
+ Polluted Bonds
EDIT: On second thought, I should also dump Death Cloud for similar reasons, It's a brutally unfun card in an already potentially brutally unfun deck to play against, so it can go. I think I'll replace it with Vona's Hunger, as Cloud was primarily used as a removal spell that also just so happened to take a giant dump on everything else. Hunger is instant speed, and 10 permanents isn't at all uncommon with this deck between all the lands, rocks, and disruption permanents.
I briefly considered Bottomless Pit and Arterial Flow for this slot, instead, but I think the edict is a little more generally useful. Instead of Polluted Bonds, a card I perpetually come back to like a bad drug, I think I'll give Arterial Flow a shot. It's a low-cost, semi-spammable disruption spell that even if it just hits the blue player it's a big win. I want to be a little more proactive.
Damn shame about the conquistador crap.
- Death Cloud
- Polluted Bonds
+ Vona's Hunger
+ Arterial Flow