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Risk factor is kinda bad though. Jump Star helps a little. Because in theory you will have extra lands late. But 2 payments of 3 mana plus a card for 8 damage. Yikes. That is actually fairly poor rates. Could see play in standard. But in modern and legacy it's just so expensive for too little an effect. And even has the additional drawback of being potentially dead in tight races. (By drawing 3 cards when you dead next turn). And we know just how tight modern is these days.

Seriously don't play risk factor. Unless your playing very, very aggressive aggro in standard or doing casual shenanigans.

Solid point lol. I didnt realize this was a standard deck.

I would suggest Ajani Vengeant for flavor and synergy reasons. But cool deck.

Love the deck.

I have to suggest Healer's Hawk x4 over Touch Courier. Healer's Hawk is the perfect mentor target for a budget deck. And I am liking Healer's hawk as an all star in many of my budget decks. Mentor, Equipment, Aura's, etc. Keep it in mind for future builds.

I feel like that mana curve needs work. Cut at least 5 cmc=3 cards. Like the 4 Radiant Destiny. It's just not needed. You already have buffs and vigilance all over the place.

I agree with this. I assume it's to make sure to take advantage of the cost reduction. But you don't want to completely ruin your curve.

Looks pretty good. And vampires get more support all the time. So I expect these decks to just keep getting better.

Exactly. Split cards and hybrid mana still have the color identity of both colors. Very common mistake.

Just so you know. You can't use Immortal Servitude in an Olivia deck if we are going by commander rules.

Ya that would help.

I would go really hard on Surveil with Enhanced Surveillance. All that digging to find Etrata. Dimir has a lot of grindy cards that synergize with the mechanic like blood operative. Play a old fashioned Dimir control shell to protect Etrata. Secrets of the mausoleum to tutor it up, made better with Surveil and your utility creatures.

The only cards I do not like here is Gurmag Angler and Dark Bargain. Gurmag angler is only worth it if you can accelerate him out by at least turn 4. If you can't do that then he is simply a worse version of the many "big, dumb, and vanilla" creatures out there. And Dark Bargain felt really weak to me in the times I have tried it.

2 recommendations from my Black Devotion deck.

Squelching Leeches-Fills the "Big and Dumb"roll. But nicely on curve as a 4/4 for 4. Continues to grow as the game goes on. Adds 2 devotion. But it will require a commitment to swamps. At least 16.

Mogis Marauder-Enables itself. So it's fine by itself. But scales pretty hard with devotion.

This is a sweet build. I have made many Green/Black versions of this deck. But this mono color version is a great take on the idea.

Also works well with the Izzet "ETB" wizard deck that is fairly popular at FNM. At least at my shop. With Naban. The guys who doubles ETBs with wizards. 4 damage though. Seems good.

I should add that you don't need white to cast Boros Reckoner. Split cards are usually not hard at all to cast in two color decks. So it's not something that should determine a white splash. I get your other points. I just wish that curve could smoothen out a little.

Card seems quite good indeed. The real question is it as good as Eidolon of the great revel? Because that is what it is competing with. I think it falls just short to be honest. Even if they use a removal spell on the Eidolon it basically just does what this does anyway. 2 damage.

I think this is way too heavy on the 3 cmc slot. It will be a rough curve. That being said Minotaurs don't have great support outside of the cmc. So it will be a challenge to break away from that. To start I would switch out Adaptive automaton for Metallic mimic. That will help.

Also I don't think your getting enough from white to warrant the splash. But that is my opinion. Honestly how important is radiant destiny? Your Minotaurs buff each other quite a bit already. And boros charm is good sure, but I don't see it being splash worthy.

I understand what your saying and I agree. I am simply stating it is worth consideration. There will certainly be match ups that go late. It really depends on his play group and needs. It's not really that comparable to burn tbh. I wouldn't consider fireball a good backup plan for a hyper life gain deck for example.

15 lands is probably too tight. Especially given the 3 mana cost spells.

Primal Bellows is more consistent than Aspect of the hydra. It also scales better into into the game versus decks that have the removal to deal with creatures. If they don't have removal though then yes I can see Aspect being much better. It really depends on the opponents deck.