Once I get Dark Confidant for this deck it will be a monster, than it'll be top-deck mode what?????
Splashing white for Vindicate/Swords is okay I guess. The consistency of running two colors and not having to rely on a more delicate mana-base is key though.
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this is my current iteration of the deck, ive played it for a while and ive always felt that the CA engine was always the weakest part so im trying waste not instead of Dark Confidant
Just play Phyrexian Arena. It only costs 1 more for a black enchantment and has the exact same vulnerabilities but at least it guaranteed replaces itself by your next upkeep. Waste Not only draws you a card after you successfully discard a nonland card. The first card discarded just replaces the Waste Not (cycled) and only the second one actually starts to generate an advantage. After a Hymn to Tourach or 2 Liliana activations, the Waste Not was effectively a Sign in Blood (cost you 2 mana and 1 card to draw 2 cards). That's not amazing. Meanwhile Arena always draws you cards without any conditionality. You can always blow it up with AD/Pulse if it's about to kill you.
I think the only deck that really can abuse Waste Not is Pox, since Rack Pox builds run 20-24 discard effects. And even in Pox it's questionable whether enough value is generated. Let's see if Pox can break Waste Not first before trying to plop it in any deck with Hymn to Tourach and Liliana.
I mean the dream scenario for Pox is T2 Waste Not T3 Liliana (+1), opponent discards land (+BB), you cast a free Smallpox or Hymn for mega value. Or T2 Waste Not T3 BigPox, opponent loses 1/3 life and 1 land and 1 creature and discards 1-2 cards. If opponent discards land, you can potentially cast free disruption/Liliana for mega value. If opponent discards a creature, free zombie. If opponent discards spells, you just killed some spells and free cantrips! So much valuetown. And it remains to be seen whether that is good enough to play.
After Return to Ravnica with Deathrite Shaman and Abrupt Decay I'm thinking about this deck. My list doesn't inclue Wasteland previously. I prefer to play without sink hole and/or any land removals. I like to play a solid Aggro control game. Always liked BoB (dark confidant) and always try to play with it.
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Bloodstained Mire
5 Swamp
1 Forest
4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Tombstalker
2 Vampire Nighthawk
2 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Sinkhole
4 Abrupt Decay
3 Thoughtseize
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Snuff Out
2 Sylvan Library
Once I get Dark Confidant for this deck it will be a monster, than it'll be top-deck mode what?????
Splashing white for Vindicate/Swords is okay I guess. The consistency of running two colors and not having to rely on a more delicate mana-base is key though.
if you read the OP, its right there
this is my current iteration of the deck, ive played it for a while and ive always felt that the CA engine was always the weakest part so im trying waste not instead of Dark Confidant
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Swamp
2 Forest
4 Bayou
3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Wasteland
4 Windswept Heath
// Creatures
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Thrun, the Last Troll
4 Abrupt Decay
4 Hymn to Tourach
2 Liliana of the Veil
3 Diabolic Edict
2 Waste Not
4 Thoughtseize
2 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Mirri's Guile
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Duress
2 Extirpate
2 Toxic Deluge
4 Mindbreak Trap
2 Leyline of the Void
2 Pernicious Deed
"If there is such a thing as too much power, I have not discovered it."
--Volrath
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I think the only deck that really can abuse Waste Not is Pox, since Rack Pox builds run 20-24 discard effects. And even in Pox it's questionable whether enough value is generated. Let's see if Pox can break Waste Not first before trying to plop it in any deck with Hymn to Tourach and Liliana.
I mean the dream scenario for Pox is T2 Waste Not T3 Liliana (+1), opponent discards land (+BB), you cast a free Smallpox or Hymn for mega value. Or T2 Waste Not T3 BigPox, opponent loses 1/3 life and 1 land and 1 creature and discards 1-2 cards. If opponent discards land, you can potentially cast free disruption/Liliana for mega value. If opponent discards a creature, free zombie. If opponent discards spells, you just killed some spells and free cantrips! So much valuetown. And it remains to be seen whether that is good enough to play.
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Dark Confidant
3 Scavenging Ooze
3 Vampire Nighthawk
Others:(6)
2 Umezawa's jitte
2 Sylvan Library
2 Liliana of the Veil
4 Abrupt Decay
2 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Disfigure
Sorcery:(8)
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hymn to Tourach
Lands:(20)
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Bayou
2 Swamp
1 Florest
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Woodland Cemetery
I'll like some criticism. Thanks