I agree with all these, except for the fact that there is no Aether Vial. How did this miss the list? I guess after this list and aggro goes crazy, it'll be on the chopping block in december.
I'm primarily a Homebrew deck builder, but I have often taken a netdeck, stripped it to it's skeleton strategy and added my own strategy in there as well.
The only card that my Brain is screaming is Ghostway. It's tech against wrath effects, and if you've got 3 sisters & 2+ more creatures, that's a 15 point life gain and wrath 'counter' for 2W.
I just wish Wizards would hurry up and print a Human lord already. I mean, they introduced the "Human" creature type back in Mirrodin, and here we are over 7 years later, and still without a lord.
I'm going to try this at the next FNM and see if it gets better than 2nd place. I shouldn't do too badly, my only bad matchup as far as I can tell was KorBlade. Yay bannings!
I tried this deck out at New Phyrexia Game day, managed to go 5-1. lost badly to a Kor Blade deck last round with terrible draws, but it managed to surprise everyone by getting 1st before the top 4. Any suggestions welcome, and I know the manabase could use some work. At least this deck'll still be mostly legal after ZEN rotates.
My best guess would be this: Desecrator Hag :2mana::symbg::symbg: Creature — Zombie Shaman
When Desecrator Hag comes into play, you may return target creature card from a graveyard to it's owners hand.
2/2
I've been working on a set of mine for a while, thought i might share my 'walker ideas, get some feedback. I especially like the :symu::symr: ones internal synergy.
Natal'Ya Rakhai :3mana::symw::symb:
Planeswalker — Natal'Ya
{+1} Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{-2} Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn and you gain 2 life.
{-9} Pay any amount of life. Target player loses X life, where X is the amount of life paid in this way. {5}
Grigor Laaksnid :3mana::symb::symg:
Planeswalker — Grigor
{+1} Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
{-1} Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample.
{-11} Destroy all creatures. For each creature put into a graveyard from play in this way, target opponent gets a poison counter. {5}
Petrias Evithra :2mana::symg::symu:
Planeswalker — Petrias
{+1} Draw a card and reveal it. If it isn’t a creature card, discard it.
{-2} Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{-9} Draw eight cards and reveal them, then discard all noncreature cards drawn this way. {4}
Johanna Boesna :1mana::symu::symr:
Planeswalker — Johanna
{+3} Discard a card.
{-1} Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. those creatures gain flying until end of turn.
{-10} Each player discards his or her hand and draws seven cards. {3}
Angus Whitebeard :2mana::symr::symw:
Planeswalker — Angus
{+1} Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
{-1} Tap target creature. it doesn’t untap during it’s controllers next untap step.
{-6} Put X 1/1 red and white Hound creature tokens into play, where X is the damage dealt to your opponents this turn. {4}
The only problem I see with this is that about 90% of the current player base would have never heard of the story.
By far the best book in my opinion, followed by the trilogy of Jodah (The Gathering Dark / The Eternal Ice / The Shattered Alliance)
4 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
4 Phyrexian Crusader
4 Blighted Agent
3 Plague Stinger
Spells
4 Corrupted Resolve
4 Negate
4 Go for the Throat
4 Dismember
3 Doom Blade
3 Disperse
8 Island
8 Swamp
4 Jwar Isle Refuge
3 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Duress
4 Deathmark
4 Vampire Hexmage
3 Corrupted Conscience
4 Phyrexian Crusader
4 Blighted Agent
4 Hand of the Preators
3 Ichor Rats
3 Plague Stinger
3 Thrummingbird
Spells
4 Corrupted Resolve
3 Negate
3 Go for the Throat
3 Smother
2 Jace Beleren
2 Darksteel Axe
10 Island
8 Swamp
4 Jwar Isle Refuge
4 Duress
4 Deathmark
4 Vampire Hexmage
3 Corrupted Conscience
{Something} Aven :2mana::symg::symw::symu:
Creature — Bird Soldier?
Flying
Exhalted
2/4
~ :4mana::symu:
Artifact Creature — Drake
Flying
:1mana::symw:: ~ gains vigilance until end of turn.
3/3
If i can recall any more i'll post them.
As for Damnation, it could be put in 11th, with white getting Armageddon in place of Wrath.
Desecrator Hag :2mana::symbg::symbg:
Creature — Zombie Shaman
When Desecrator Hag comes into play, you may return target creature card from a graveyard to it's owners hand.
2/2
like Gravedigger that can also be good in 2HG
just my 2¢.
Natal'Ya Rakhai :3mana::symw::symb:
Planeswalker — Natal'Ya
{+1} Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{-2} Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn and you gain 2 life.
{-9} Pay any amount of life. Target player loses X life, where X is the amount of life paid in this way.
{5}
Grigor Laaksnid :3mana::symb::symg:
Planeswalker — Grigor
{+1} Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
{-1} Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample.
{-11} Destroy all creatures. For each creature put into a graveyard from play in this way, target opponent gets a poison counter.
{5}
Petrias Evithra :2mana::symg::symu:
Planeswalker — Petrias
{+1} Draw a card and reveal it. If it isn’t a creature card, discard it.
{-2} Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{-9} Draw eight cards and reveal them, then discard all noncreature cards drawn this way.
{4}
Johanna Boesna :1mana::symu::symr:
Planeswalker — Johanna
{+3} Discard a card.
{-1} Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. those creatures gain flying until end of turn.
{-10} Each player discards his or her hand and draws seven cards.
{3}
Angus Whitebeard :2mana::symr::symw:
Planeswalker — Angus
{+1} Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
{-1} Tap target creature. it doesn’t untap during it’s controllers next untap step.
{-6} Put X 1/1 red and white Hound creature tokens into play, where X is the damage dealt to your opponents this turn.
{4}
How do you like 'em?