leelamarre

I might have to invest in some of those rats.

I threw in Go For the Throat in place of Geth's, just in case I really need to knock something out- that sound alright?

I'll definitely throw those in the sideboard, as well as a few of the things I've kicked out over the past few revisions.

And as far as Iona goes, I was afraid of that, myself. I had a buddy that played strictly white and had a few Ionas in his deck- and as of yet they haven't been a problem since sacrifice is essentially a passive ability (and even with Leyline of Sanctity, Grave Pact doesn't target directly) so the saccing is almost impossible to prevent (in my experience, at least). So I'll see what happens during the playtesting and start to weigh out Metamorph or Act of Aggression.

I've been wanting to grab a Damnation- but it's so damned expensive. :[

Do you think Dash Hopes would be a good replacement for Go For the Throat?

Tell me what you think about the revisions? Again, I really appreciate all of the assistance. :]

I looked through your decklist- very impressive. So, you back it up.

1. I completely agree with that. I initially had Sangromancer in there (when I used to have Liliana in here as well as some Distresses), but I was thinking about switching Falkenrath out for Deathgreeter (since he's insanely good for 1 mana IMO).
2. Do you think that the life-gain from Tribute is worth it for recovering from early hits? If not, I'll definitely sub it for Geth's.
3. And yeah, you're right about this one. I just ordered some Viscera Seers after thinking about throwing in Phyrexian Arena - perfect combo IMO; thanks for that one!
4. I actually did have 4 Mortician Beetles in an early version of this deck, but I noticed a little problem- they kind of just sat there most of the game. For some reason, I couldn't stop drawing them early and their little 1/1 asses kept being kicked. I can go ahead and try it again- but the basic concept that seems to work with this deck is- you should only need one creature because your opponent is almost guaranteed to not have any if it's working as it should. Grave Pact has done such nasty things against even stompy, elf, or zoo decks.

Thanks for the advice, man; I agree with all of it completely! :D

Thanks, man. It's pretty nasty; usually I can get about 4-5 sacrifices per turn with Reassembling Skeleton and Bloodghast alone (just recently added Pawn of Ulamog and waiting to see how it plays), which is a permanent +2/+2 per sac with a temporary +2/+2 per sac for Bloodthrone Vampire, with only one Blade of the Bloodchief equipped. It gets pretty wrong with multiple blades.

Do you have any suggestions? You seem like you know MTG much better than I.

SWN, question:

I've been looking at some of your decks, and you utilize a lot of deck-thinning land cards. It wasn't until you explained it in your Sacrifice deck that I understood how important that technique can be to speed everything up a little and draw what you really need.

Does it have that much of an impact on the flow of your deck? I'm asking because I'd like to throw a few Marsh Flats or Verdant Catacombs in my Sac deck, but I can't really afford it (after buying 4 Demonic Tutors and 4 Bloodghasts). Will Terramorphic Expanse style lands be somewhat as effective even though the basic lands enter tapped? I threw in a few Phyrexian Arenas to speed up the draw rate- but do you think that does the trick?

I know it's not related to this deck, I hope that doesn't bother you. Please give your advice if you can.

Thanks.

SWN, question:

I'm not claiming to be the most experienced MTG player or the greatest deck builder; but I've noticed something consistent here on the vault.

Aren't most of the decks (especially those that hit the front page) either recycled almost re-posts of the same formula (control, tribal, zoo, etc.) or they contain a lot of the same cards (just different combinations of the same bunch of 'popular' cards from the recent blocks)?

In both cases, I wouldn't really say that it's 'expiremental' if you tweak a few things, to accomplish the same result.

Being that you're one of the most experienced players and arguably the most popular vaulter, I'm wondering why a lot of 'unique' deck ideas fall through the cracks, while you mostly see the same re-runs of the same concepts with the same cards. Just something that's been bothering me since I joined the vault and stalk the homepage daily on my breaks. Enlighten me?

Reassembling Skeleton. :]

Lux Cannon + Unwinding Clock. DO IT NOW.

You forgot Birthing Pod and Torpor Orb.

I'm not sure what's going on here. :O

And it has 3 likes. I'm so confused.

Love the threshhold based deck. That should be tons of fun!

Door of Destinies. :]

Very defensive- great quality about white. Looks good. :]

Mana Leak's always a winner. :]

Looks great. Should be extremely overpowering with the 4 Overseers and the Galvanizers. Great job. :]

Apocalypse Hydra!

This is pretty rad.

Some of those little reds are awfully random.

Quicksilver Amulet? :]

It's ugly, but if it works- it works.