I made this deck and I'm wondering what I could do to improve it? I really just want to have a deck that focuses on donating with Harmless Offering and Bazaar Trader. Is there a way I can improve this deck for competitive playing or nah?
Update 1: I'm thinking of adding Sleeper Agent and more Visions of Brutality, so if Immortal Coil and Demonic Pact fails to work, I'll have a plan C. Would that be a good idea?
Man immortal coil looks like it could backfire so fast and hard. You really have to be ready and able to donate it quickly. One crypt or relic and it's game over. Of course I see the interaction of donating it and then playing a bog for the scoops.
Man immortal coil looks like it could backfire so fast and hard. You really have to be ready and able to donate it quickly. One crypt or relic and it's game over. Of course I see the interaction of donating it and then playing a bog for the scoops.
Yeah, you're right, it does seem pretty risky when you think about it.
Update: I removed Leyline, I feel like it's actually a bad thing to play it early since I'll lose immediately as soon as I cast Immortal Coil. Might as well just rely on other graveyard removers. Also, I added Sleeper Agent and more Visions of Brutality.
Liquimetal coating does a great job with bazaar trader because the you can donate anything you want. Also gives you the opportunity to destroy any permanent with artifact hate cards such as smash to smithereens, smelt, Shatter and so on...
you can keep it in BR and have an alternate route for the deck. toyed with that for a while also.
cards to consider there(because they deal damage or have good use for other things too for example), are:
Liquimetal coating does a great job with bazaar trader because the you can donate anything you want. Also gives you the opportunity to destroy any permanent with artifact hate cards such as smash to smithereens, smelt, Shatter and so on...
you can keep it in BR and have an alternate route for the deck. toyed with that for a while also.
cards to consider there(because they deal damage or have good use for other things too for example), are:
Damn that's actually an interesting combo. Now I'm not really sure what's a good approach. Should I add more bad cards to donate like Colfenor's Plans and Aggressive Mining? Or should I just focus on Immortal Coil and Demonic Pact, and get more control/creature spells instead?
you don't want to play too many cards which do nothing for your Board state or disrupt your opponent, so I wouldn't add more cards like colfenor's plans or other.
For the disruption in BR you have removal and discard. So Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Duress are good here. TerminateFatal Push and other removal could be added and also a shell with artifact hate and Liquimetal Coating.
so a rough list could look like this:
you don't want to play too many cards which do nothing for your Board state or disrupt your opponent, so I wouldn't add more cards like colfenor's plans or other.
For the disruption in BR you have removal and discard. So Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Duress are good here. TerminateFatal Push and other removal could be added and also a shell with artifact hate and Liquimetal Coating.
so a rough list could look like this:
Update 1: I'm thinking of adding Sleeper Agent and more Visions of Brutality, so if Immortal Coil and Demonic Pact fails to work, I'll have a plan C. Would that be a good idea?
2x Bazaar Trader
4x Sleeper Agent
4x Will-o'-the-Wisp
4x Abyssal Persecutor
2x Priest of the Blood Rite
Instant/Sorcery
2x Unmake
4x Harmless Offering
2x Rakdos Charm
2x Terminate
4x Visions of Brutality
2x Demonic Pact
4x Immortal Coil
2x Relic of Progenitus
Lands
2x Bojuka Bog
4x Dragonskull Summit
4x Blood Crypt
4x Blackcleave Cliffs
4x Swamp
4x Mountain
Do note that Bazaar Trader can only affect artifacts, creatures, and lands, so you can't donate Demonic Pact (or Aggressive Mining) with it.
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Whoa, thanks for pointing that out. I actually missed that one.
Yeah, you're right, it does seem pretty risky when you think about it.
Update: I removed Leyline, I feel like it's actually a bad thing to play it early since I'll lose immediately as soon as I cast Immortal Coil. Might as well just rely on other graveyard removers. Also, I added Sleeper Agent and more Visions of Brutality.
you can keep it in BR and have an alternate route for the deck. toyed with that for a while also.
cards to consider there(because they deal damage or have good use for other things too for example), are:
anotherwin or lock option might be
"Well, then we will at least fight in the shadow"
"There is no glory to be gained in the kingdom of the dead!"
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For the disruption in BR you have removal and discard. So Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Duress are good here.
Terminate Fatal Push and other removal could be added and also a shell with artifact hate and Liquimetal Coating.
so a rough list could look like this:
so there are some flex spots, but I think you may need to run more lands and add qhost quarter's for Tron matchups and such...
Edit: added card tags
"Well, then we will at least fight in the shadow"
"There is no glory to be gained in the kingdom of the dead!"
Post by Narah about unbanning Mind Twist in legacy and that this would be evil:
If you want to play on MTGO add me I'm HeskatetAS, playing Modern and Legacy
Thank you so much for this. The deck looks like this now:
3x Bazaar Trader
3x Will-o'-the-Wisp
3x Abyssal Persecutor
2x Priest of the Blood Rite
Enchantment & Artifact
3x Demonic Pact
2x Immortal Coil
3x Liquimetal Coating
2x Relic of Progenitus
3x Inquisition of Kozilek
3x Duress
4x Dreadbore
3x Harmless Offering
2x Shattering Spree
2x Rakdos Charm
Land
2x Bojuka Bog
4x Dragonskull Summit
4x Blood Crypt
4x Blackcleave Cliffs
2x Ghost Quarter
3x Swamp
3x Mountain