Wanted to bring a variant to my local group for kicks.
Background: We are a 6 man team. Usually playing 2HG or FFA. The last waste not deck and smothering tithe decks (thanks prid3) i brought was just too oppressive and literally forced people to gang up on me or the game would end too quickly (T2 dark ritual into waste not and mind rake). this time i wanted to take it a tad more chill. sit back, relax and just drain. My meta can be quite diverse. we do have people playing impact tremors tokens. gideon of the trials shenanigans and elf ball (yea aggro is still a thing in my meta). but we have very few combo players (no point spending 10 mins going infinite and declaring i win and having 5 others yawn and sleeve up for the next game).
What i intend to build is:
1. a balanced deck (even splits between creatures spells and draws)
2. 4C at most i could go 5 if there really is an insane compelling reason to
3. we play vintage restricted (but mostly because we wanted to use demonic and sol ring)
Heres what i have thought of so far as the sit back passive drain strategy. I need help to flesh out the rest of the deck.
waste not is by far my absolute favourite card. i have a pox styled deck (pretty similar to the one you posted) in mono black and everyone absolutely loathes it (except me).
i have no qualms about the power of inquiry if i can consistently draw WN. but in oathbreaker/edh styled decks i'm afraid WN (being run as a singleton) just isnt consistent enough which is why i tried to gain value by stuffing the decks with all manner of discard to generate value over time until either bolas comes out or i strip my opponents of their hand which in a way is a war of attrition
ill gotten gains is indeed fascinating. let me think about that one
and thats why we continue to play mtg
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/casual-multiplayer-formats/multiplayer/777534-goldfinger
Wanted to bring a variant to my local group for kicks.
Background: We are a 6 man team. Usually playing 2HG or FFA. The last waste not deck and smothering tithe decks (thanks prid3) i brought was just too oppressive and literally forced people to gang up on me or the game would end too quickly (T2 dark ritual into waste not and mind rake). this time i wanted to take it a tad more chill. sit back, relax and just drain. My meta can be quite diverse. we do have people playing impact tremors tokens. gideon of the trials shenanigans and elf ball (yea aggro is still a thing in my meta). but we have very few combo players (no point spending 10 mins going infinite and declaring i win and having 5 others yawn and sleeve up for the next game).
What i intend to build is:
1. a balanced deck (even splits between creatures spells and draws)
2. 4C at most i could go 5 if there really is an insane compelling reason to
3. we play vintage restricted (but mostly because we wanted to use demonic and sol ring)
Heres what i have thought of so far as the sit back passive drain strategy. I need help to flesh out the rest of the deck.
4x Deathrite Shaman
4x Siege Rhino
3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
2x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Sol Ring
Walkers
1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
i have no qualms about the power of inquiry if i can consistently draw WN. but in oathbreaker/edh styled decks i'm afraid WN (being run as a singleton) just isnt consistent enough which is why i tried to gain value by stuffing the decks with all manner of discard to generate value over time until either bolas comes out or i strip my opponents of their hand which in a way is a war of attrition
ill gotten gains is indeed fascinating. let me think about that one
right now my list is looking like this:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2145141#paper
might use that to replace torment of hailfire. im not convinced torment is as good as it looks on paper.....
1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
Signature Spell
1 The Elderspell
Creatures (8)
1 Baleful Strix
1 Bloodghast
1 Burglar Rat
1 Liliana's Specter
1 Plaguecrafter
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Kess, Dissident Mage
1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Planeswalkers (1)
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Brainstorm
1 Dark Ritual
1 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Vandalblast
1 Vicious Rumors
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Exsanguinate
1 Liliana's Triumph
1 Negate
1 Smallpox
1 Torment of Hailfire
1 Arterial Flow
1 Deliver Unto Evil
1 Syphon Mind
1 Dark Intimations
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Arcum's Astrolabe
1 Dimir Signet
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Izzet Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
Enchantments (6)
1 Waste Not
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Disinformation Campaign
1 Propaganda
1 Painful Quandary
1 The Eldest Reborn
Lands (21)
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Command Tower
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Luxury Suite
1 Morphic Pool
1 Polluted Delta
9 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Watery Grave
but i kinda think it feels janky and a little weird