Cleric Tribal Scion - 65

by boshimi336 on 02 November 2024

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Deck Description

Classic cleric tribal staple from Onslaught block, brought up to speed to take advantage of current card availability. If you think Scion of Darkness is fun to pull out, over and over and over ... this deck is for you. :)

Deck Tags

  • Tempo
  • Combo
  • Scion of Darkness
  • Tribal
  • Cleric

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Cleric Tribal Scion - 65

Clerics, one of the almost forgotten tribes, even though there are hundreds of them. A few thoughts jump out at me.

You want to get as close to 60 cards in a deck as you can in general, it helps the math too much to ignore. So try and cut 5 cards if you can. If you do cut it down to 60, 1 or 2 of the 5 cards can be lands, as you really only need to run 21 or 22 lands in a build like this (which should help).

You've also got a high concentration of 3-drops, which is going to slow things down (even with the cost reductor cleric). I'd recommend trimming Cabal Archon completely. You can use it to suicide off your clerics for a conditional win, but other than that, you're just throwing away material and tempo for a little draino (lifegain/lifeloss). I know you can combo it with Skirsdag High Priest and/or Oversold Cemetery, but if you want a sac outlet to combo, there are much better options, and you kind of have to build a deck around them.

Couple other things to trim for various reasons: Exterminatus (hurts you just as much, costs much more than most nuke options) and Book of Ras (costs too much, takes too much resource to operate, better versions exist).

I'd say the cards you need to check out are, first and foremost, Crippling Fear, which does nothing to you but will devastate opponent (and is relatively cheap). Patriarch's Bidding, which fits perfectly with the Scion of Darkness theme as well as just tribal in general. Shadow-Rite Priest just fits in with everything. Doubtless One is a nice consideration, especially with the lifelink that can keep you alive long enough to pull off your combo. And a potential sub for Book or Ras, Slate of Ancestry, which goes (potentially) well in heavy critter builds that combos with a lot of themes and can give you MASSIVE card advantage.

I'm sure there's more to consider, but this was what jumped out.

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Posted 21 December 2024 at 21:03

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This feedback is AWESOME! Thank you so much! I'll dig through my cards and see what I can pull together.

These are solid improvements.

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Posted 23 December 2024 at 05:27

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Alright, here's what I can sub in from my immediate collection. I'll continue working on incorporating your suggestions as I can get those other cards on-hand.

Removed:
1 Book of Ras
1 Exterminatus
1 Cabal Archon
1 Vindicate

Added:
1 Slate of Ancestry
1 Crippling Fear
2 Shadow-Rite Priest

Future Considerations:
Slimming the deck down to 60 cards (by cutting 2 land, 2 Cabal Archon & 1 more card).

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Posted 24 December 2024 at 00:39

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Looks good, keep me in the loop

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Posted 24 December 2024 at 16:49

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If you want to make the deck a little broken maybe consider Conspiracy, Orah, Skyclave Hierophant and Profane Prayers.
The first will ensure all creatures on your side of the board are clerics which will also pair well with Profane Prayers.
Also Orah can also fix your graveyard issue and keep your board stocked.

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Posted 18 January 2025 at 16:59

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