Golgari Reaping

by Gozquarter on 11 March 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Artifacts (3)

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Deck Description

Golgari aggro/control hybrid. Suggestions welcome!

EDIT (3/12/14): Made it to the front page! Thank you to all and I hope this deck leads you to victory!

How to Play

Ramp mana to keep you board full of creatures while using spot removal to clear the way for some big swings. Reaper of the wilds will help sculpt your top deck where you want it to be as you blow out other creatures.

You can see a great interaction with using the Lotleth Troll to discard your Boon Satyr, then with Varolz out scavenge it and get 4 counters for 3 mana plus the one from discarding it. Big swing with trample.

For creatureless control matchups/enchantment heavy decks, pull in your golgari charms, pithing needles and some duresses to control your opponents hand to make sure you can drop your threats to the battlefield without any issues.

Fade into Antiquity is in there to deal with Gods.

Went 3-1 in the last FNM this was played in. Lost to another aggro deck after some bad draws.

Deck Tags

  • Aggro
  • Control
  • Standard
  • Tournament

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0031035

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Golgari Reaping

Sideboard pithing needle?

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Posted 11 March 2014 at 20:54

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Haven't needed it so far, but it's always a solid option to shut down some scarier cards. It's a good one to keep in mind based on your local store's metagame.

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Posted 11 March 2014 at 21:20

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I went -2 charm and +2 needle though to still account for this since the power of the needle should not be understated :)

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Posted 11 March 2014 at 21:21

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Since it can stop any planeswalker, deathrite shaman and aetherling? Yes.

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Posted 11 March 2014 at 21:24

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Like the deck but with the highest creature being 4CMC is the ramp really required? Could maybe swap out the Elvish Mystic for something else, maybe Deathrites?

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Posted 12 March 2014 at 11:22

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Deathrites add some more GY interaction for sure and this is also mainly due to what I currently have in my collection and to also make sure there's green mana open to fuel Scavenging Ooze. Can't tell you how many times that little guy saved a game because I was able to keep munching graveyards to always stay out of range of lethal. I will try to get a playset of the shamans and test it out though to see if there's a big difference.

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Posted 12 March 2014 at 13:12

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Deathrite is ridiculously good. There's a reason it's banned in modern and seeing legacy play.

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Posted 12 March 2014 at 13:37

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I agree Scavanging Ooze is a lifesaver at times so can't argue with your reasoning when you don't have access to Deathrites just yet :) The deck is very solid, personally I can not wait for JiN to come out so there are more Golgari toys to play with!

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Posted 12 March 2014 at 13:45

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Tested with the Deathrites and I've had some more success!

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Posted 13 March 2014 at 02:42

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They just provide so much utility! Glad you are having success :)

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Posted 13 March 2014 at 09:33

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Maybe a couple devour flesh, at least in the sideboard, would be good for hexproof and pro-black creatures?

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Posted 13 March 2014 at 22:02

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Yeah just added it. Been seeing more Blood Baron decks so it's a good one to have

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Posted 14 March 2014 at 14:03

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I like it. I have been playing golgari for a little whole now. I would main the second whip, it helps a ton with counteracting the life loss from thoughtseize. I would also throw in some desecration demon. I really like it. +1 from me!

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Posted 06 April 2014 at 16:21

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