Forbidden Illness

by DedWards on 07 May 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (0 cards)

No sideboard found.

The owner of this deck hasn't added a sideboard, they probably should...

Submit a list of cards below to bulk import them all into your sideboard. Post one card per line using a format like "4x Birds of Paradise" or "1 Blaze", you can even enter just the card name by itself like "Wrath of God" for single cards.


Deck Description

And here I am again with another deck based on Forbidden Orchard and its interaction with other cards :P

When I first saw Illness in the Ranks the only card I thought of to work with it was Forbidden Orchard. From there I also realised I could use the Hunted Phantasm's I've had in my file for a long time now. So this is a first attempt at using these cards together.

How to Play

Main idea is to get Illness in the Ranks out asap to offset the downside of Forbidden Orchard and Hunted Phantasms.
The Illness then allows Orchard taps to trigger Bloodseeker and Blood artists abilities to slowly sap the opponent of life while you also attack with the unblockable 4/6 Hunted Phantasm :p

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

2
Likes

This deck has been viewed 2,108 times.

Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0203000

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Forbidden Illness

if you want to use Forbidden Orchard and Hunted Phantasm try Aether flash - two damage to all - or crypt rats /Lashknife Barrier combo - -1 damage to all your troops. This would make the deck legal in legacy but not modern.

0
Posted 07 May 2013 at 15:55

Permalink

As cool as Æther Flash is, I have 2 problems with it here. First is the fact that it's red, thus an odd colour (I really do like Illness in the Ranks one mana cost) and the other is it's not Modern legal. I generally build for either Standard or Modern, the 2 formats played most in my group.

0
Posted 07 May 2013 at 16:24

Permalink

I don't really have any suggestions for this deck. I just wanted to say that it's totally kickass and I love how you're using the blood artist and blood seeker. Never thought about anything like that. Awesome.

0
Posted 08 May 2013 at 22:41

Permalink

I have to admit this isn't an original idea, I've been running another deck that works similarly for a while now:
http://www.mtgvault.com/dedwards/decks/strong-hold-on-discipline/
This deck is the result of trying to find another way of doing what I'm already doing :p

0
Posted 09 May 2013 at 06:57

Permalink