strategy: mercs build devotion for gray merchant. changeling chain whittles away at life.
disclaimer: built this deck thinking i could fetch Nameless Inversion w/a merc searcher. doh!
08/21/20 Update:
+4 Night's Whisper, -4 Swamp from my previous build. I was worried about mana screw but found the cantrip brew rule is true: For each 2 cantrips you add, subtract 1 land from your build. So I basically went from 26 lands to 24 lands. Night's Whisper and Gut Shot allow me to cast Gurmag Angler earlier than ever! Unmake for Guardian of the Guildpact.
Conclusion: I witnessed 3 RDW (one undefeated, my round 2 opponent, my playtest opponent), 2 MBC (me and my round 1 opponent), 1 Green Infect (my round 3 opponent) and White Heroic. The rest IDK.
Deck is a dud. Traditional MBC might just be better.
Have you considered reworking it into a Golgari GB list?
You could pick up Masked Vandal and/or Guardian Gladewalker. Also maybe just go all in on the Mercs as well. Add back in 4 Cateran Brute and drop the Garys and Gurmags. Universal Automaton could fit in as well. Find something that buffs the whole team on attack and go more of an aggro route. Just a thought. If I find the time I might rework your list and post it up.
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Have you considered reworking it into a Golgari GB list?
You could pick up Masked Vandal and/or Guardian Gladewalker. Also maybe just go all in on the Mercs as well. Add back in 4 Cateran Brute and drop the Garys and Gurmags. Universal Automaton could fit in as well. Find something that buffs the whole team on attack and go more of an aggro route. Just a thought. If I find the time I might rework your list and post it up.
4 cateran brute
4 cateran persuader
4 changeling outcast (bottom of the merc chain)
4 gray merchant of asphodel
4 gurmag angler
4 rathi intimidator
4 defile (100% swamps)
4 sign in blood
4 tendrils of corruption (100% swamps)
(24) lands
16 swamp
4 evolving wilds (gurmag angler)
4 terramorphic expanse (gurmag angler)
4 gut shot (elves)
4 nihil spellbomb (tron)
4 geth's verdict (boggles)
3 diabolic edict (boggles)
strategy: mercs build devotion for gray merchant. changeling chain whittles away at life.
disclaimer: built this deck thinking i could fetch Nameless Inversion w/a merc searcher. doh!
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
4 Cateran Persuader
4 Changeling Outcast
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel (MVP)
4 Gurmag Angler
4 Rathi Intimidator
(20) Spells:
4 Defile
4 Gut Shot
4 Night's Whisper (draw Gary)
4 Sign in Blood (draw Gary)
4 Unmake (vs Guardian of Guildpact)
12 Swamp
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Nihil Spellbomb (vs Tron, -4 Gut Shot)
4 Reverent Silence (vs Boggles, -4 Unmake)
4 Tendrils of Corruption (vs Burn, -4 Unmake)
2 Tangletrap
1 Forest
08/21/20 Update:
+4 Night's Whisper, -4 Swamp from my previous build. I was worried about mana screw but found the cantrip brew rule is true: For each 2 cantrips you add, subtract 1 land from your build. So I basically went from 26 lands to 24 lands.
Night's Whisper and Gut Shot allow me to cast Gurmag Angler earlier than ever!
Unmake for Guardian of the Guildpact.
04/01/21 Update:
Reverent Silence replaces Edict effects.
05/02/21 Update:
Unmake main. Tendrils of Corruption SB.
05/03/21 Update:
Tangletrap in SB.
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
3 rounds, 1-2 record.
4 Cateran Persuader
4 Changeling Outcast
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
4 Gurmag Angler
4 Rathi Intimidator
(20) Spells:
4 Defile
4 Night's Whisper
4 Sign in Blood
4 Tendrils of Corruption
4 Unmake
12 Swamp
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Gut Shot
4 Reverent Silence
2 Pestilence
1 Forest
Playtest vs RDW, 2-1.
-SB: none.
Round 1 vs MBC, 1-2.
-SB: none.
Round 2 vs RDW (not playtest opponent), 1-2.
-SB: none.
Round 3 vs Green Infect, 2-1.
-SB: +4 Gut Shot, +2 Pestilence. -4 Tendrils of Corruption, -2 Rathi Intimidator.
-Notes: Lifegain doesn't matter and infect creatures are small so cumbersome Tendrils of Corruption gets replaced by Gut Shot. Pestilence can control the board if I have a Gray Merchant of Asphodel or Gurmag Angler. 2 Rathi Intimidator gets cut b/c it's the highest CCC w/1 toughness.
Conclusion: I witnessed 3 RDW (one undefeated, my round 2 opponent, my playtest opponent), 2 MBC (me and my round 1 opponent), 1 Green Infect (my round 3 opponent) and White Heroic. The rest IDK.
Deck is a dud. Traditional MBC might just be better.
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
You could pick up Masked Vandal and/or Guardian Gladewalker. Also maybe just go all in on the Mercs as well. Add back in 4 Cateran Brute and drop the Garys and Gurmags. Universal Automaton could fit in as well. Find something that buffs the whole team on attack and go more of an aggro route. Just a thought. If I find the time I might rework your list and post it up.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
I'm trying to minimize the number of green spells in the deck to abuse Defile and Tendrils of Corruption.
I like your shapeshifter (mercenary) suggestions however!
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
4 Cateran Persuader
4 Changeling Outcast
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
4 Gurmag Angler
4 Rathi Intimidator
2 Cateran Brute
1 Masked Vandal (credit to WarMachinePrime)
4 Defile
4 Night's Whisper
4 Sign in Blood
4 Tendrils of Corruption
(21) Lands:
12 Swamp
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Forest
4 Choking Sands
4 Icequake
4 Reverent Silence
3 Drain the Well
10/22/23 SB Update:
+4 Icequake, +3 Drain the Well. -4 Nihil Spellbomb, -3 Suffocating Fumes.
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo