Shadowborn...Nighthawk? O.o?

by GyKx on 17 July 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)


Sorceries (4)


Instants (4)


Enchantments (3)


Land (20)

Sideboard (0 cards)

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Deck Description

The army of clerics stood before us. We remained still, waiting for them to summon their demon masters. Our patience however, proved to be our downfall, for instead of summoning demons, they all transformed into one of the most terrifying beasts known throughout the multiverse; Vampire Nighthawk.

How to Play

Summon as many shadowborn apostle's as you can. Drop coat of arms early if you find them dying off. Otherwise wait til you have infinite reflection, then drop a nighthawk and cast it on him. Then let your army begin to rise into the sky, only to rain down death onto those below.

Deck Tags

  • GyKx
  • Vampire
  • Demon
  • silliness

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

033800

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Shadowborn...Nighthawk? O.o?

Relentless Rats?

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:00

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Easier to drop one drops than 3 drops and I already made one of those

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:01

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What about a couple demons , for the shadowborn , Made this deck http://www.mtgvault.com/dragon77/decks/crazy-infecto/

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:13

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The goal is nighthawk for this one, I made a demon one already

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:20

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I like how this deck is marked as illegal because it has more than 4 Shadowborn Apostle's haha.

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:29

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Door of destinies ?

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:31

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I know its the same story with my other decks that use creatures like it.

http://www.mtgvault.com/gykx/decks/extorting-those-born-of-shadow/
http://www.mtgvault.com/gykx/decks/ripples-of-clerics-and-demons/
http://www.mtgvault.com/gykx/decks/rats-rats-everywhere/

Problem with door is one creature type and "enters the battlefield" most will be on the field when they become nighthawks, thats why im running coat of arms at risk of aiding my opponent.

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:39

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Fixed the legality issue, Shadowborn Apostle is now in the whitelist!

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 22:33

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Awesome thanks Ian! out of curiosity is there anyway you could link the whitelist to the proxy page so it doesn't max out non basic lands at 4?

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 22:41

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Didn't even realise that was an issue. Will note it down and take a look. :)

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 23:10

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Thanks!

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 23:14

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Maybe some card advantage? Something to let you draw?

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Posted 17 July 2013 at 21:57

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i don't think this is viable without a few demons and removal. decks are just too fast.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 17:18

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it can be, or
Starting hand: Swamp, 2x dark ritual, 4 shadowborn apostle = 4 1/1 turn 1
Starting hand: Swamp, 2x dark ritual, thruming stone, 1 shadowborn apostle = A LOT OF 1/1's turn 1

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:19

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But what are the odds?

Also, starting hand 2 does not have that outcome.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:27

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out of 32 test draws i got one of the two a total of 10 times so about 30%

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:29

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Now, do it once, because that all you get in a duel

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:38

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To bottom line it:
Mizzium Mortars (overload)
Bonfire of the Damned (for 3)
3 Electrickery (overload)
Slaughter Games (targeting Shadowborn Apostle)
The list goes on...

I understand that all decks have weaknesses but at the strongeset your deck can be, these cards make you lose, not crippled, lose. "Nu uh! I put in Cost of Arms" Yeah, there are no artifact killers out there...

I'm just saying, for this deck to win it takes a the God Hand as well as a lot of luck.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:34

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Well then I'm all set, you mortals and your petty concerns

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:36

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Haha! Hey wanna duel me? I'm looking for a good target to thrash.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:38

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Sure, that is, if you know of an online mtg battle engine we can use

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:41

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www.lackeyccg.com

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:42

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GreatMasterZ, you forgot Surgical Extraction, Eradiate, Echoing Truth, Haunting Echoes, Circu Dimir Lobotomist, Counterbore, Detention Sphere, Echoing Decay, Extirpate.....uhhhh There are others haha.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:43

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Sever the Bloodline? Or any counterspell on the Infinite Reflections.

Shall we list counterspells?

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:44

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uhhhh...YES.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:45

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Dissipate
Cancel
Psychic Strike
Render Silent
Countersquall
Counterspell
Rewind
Negate
Etc...

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:47

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yeah i dont have time to figure this thing out

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:48

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Haha honestly...I did this idea with Relentless Rats. It turned out not too successful because everyone I play with isn't noobs and has defense. Though I bothered putting in some defense it still wasn't as great as I had hoped.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:48

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Lackey is SO worth it!

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:51

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You guys do realize there is more to Magic: The Gathering than winning right? Obviously every single deck that will ever be created will have strengths and weaknesses, some more than others, some very few. The point of the game is to HAVE FUN!!!!!!!! Have fun making deck, playing around with ideas, coming up with unique ideas and concepts for decks and try to make something work that no one else has been able to. Listing everything wrong with a deck and everything that can counter it, takes away from the fun of the game.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:53

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I agree. I have decks that are even highly unlikely to win but when they trigger they are a lot of fun.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:55

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The fun of having ideas is perfecting those ideas and watching them be successful. I have an idea. I'll make a deck where all creatures have no abilities. Total record 0-38. That's not fun. Why play if you know you're doomed to fail. There are ways to make this doable, you just gotta find them.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:56

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I've made a no ability creature deck and won several times

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:58

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This deck could be better yes, it can also win as is, it can lose as is, and it can lose when improved.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:58

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Do you have it listed?

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 18:59

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No unfortuantely that one is long since taken apart, it used a lot of fog spells and power ramp with wild defiance

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 19:00

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This here is my favorite example of a deck i made that was viable as is, but was able to be made much better. Some decks can do it a lil bit, some can do it a lot a bit.

Original:
http://www.mtgvault.com/gykx/decks/infect-unblockable-xx/

Improved:
http://www.mtgvault.com/gykx/decks/unblockable-infect-xx-v2/

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 19:02

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You can't use Apostles to summon your Nighthawks, so why bother?
By the way, those of you who were listing cards like Slaughter Games, you forgot Reap Intilect

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 01:57

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The point is to have several of a non token creature to use infinite reflection on to have an army of nighthawks

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 02:17

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If you can search for a Demon, why not put in some Desecration Demon? When you get the Mana out, you can easily smash them, so please consider it.
Maybe you could Sideboard it?

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 02:04

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EEEEEEVVVVVVVVIIIIIILLLLLLLLL.

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Posted 26 July 2013 at 18:13

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Well, it certainly looks like a fun deck. Huge amount of weaknesses, but that doesn't seem to be the point. The point is more that it's an interesting combo that seems fun, so credit should go to that more than functionality.
Only thing that I could suggest to improve that fun aspect is mix up your Infinite Reflection targets. Nighthawk is very nice, but you could mix it up a little by using targets like Hypnotic Specter (Lot of free discard effects? Yes please!) or Blistergrub (Don't kill them and you die. Kill them and you still die!). Means you or your opponent will never quite know what's going to win you the game. But that's just my idea of fun.

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Posted 28 July 2013 at 11:27

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OR GRISELBRAND!!

Oh wait, Legendary rule... Ok, not him.

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Posted 29 July 2013 at 13:39

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not if he uses mirror gallery. then he can use and legendary creature he wants.

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Posted 29 July 2013 at 19:22

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