Merciless Orzhov v.6

by Lithionlx on 11 April 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (4)


Instants (10)

Enchantments (1)

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Deck Description

Merciless Orzhov v.6
***Announcement***
***Lord of the Void is now Place holder for Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts***

Version 5 can be found here:
http://mtgvault.com/lithionlx/decks/merciless-orzhov-v5/
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This version:
*Reduces Bump in the Night to 3
*Reduces Vizkopa Guildmage to 3
*Reduces Mana Pool to 20
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Questions and Answers:
Why No Obzedat???
Will be removing Lord of the Void for Teysa Envoy of Ghosts Screw Obzedat.
1W 1B 5 Colorless
Vigilance, Protection from Creatures
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, destroy that creature.
Put a 1/1 White and Black Spirit Token with flying onto the Battlefield.

Play Testing of Version 3 Revealed:
Version 3 play testing shows significant game advantage in the realm of Extort. While you may take damage due to a lack of removal in hand. You certainly are "winning" the game on the extort. 6-0 Results versus Naya-Mid, Jund Rites, Junk Reanimator.

How to Play

Before you read the below. Your going to wonder "how nub is this guy that he feels this way about this deck". Play it and don't miss a single extort and win. Then come back and talk to me. :)

Difficult to Play, Cumbersome to manage. To play Extort properly you must take your time and keep tabs on everything in play and have your whole turn, action by action in your head and done before you begin.

1) Micro management of your Mana Pool for current and next two turns.

2) Know what your running Extort costs are per spell you play.
(Pool of 6, 4 extort-able permanents = 2 mana available for spells) Anything higher than a 2 Cast costs you your full extort on the turn.

3) Know how Extort actually works / interacts and when it is proper to extort your spells. Cast then immediately Extort. So go ahead and tap your mana for Spell and for the Extort each time you cast something. So with 4 extort on the field and 6 mana available... lets say: Tap 6 , Guild Mage and Extort for 4. that is proper. any later and you lose your extort. Extort happens immediately following a spell being cast, regardless of the spells resolution. Resolved or Countered the Extort still triggers.

4) Remove Lord of The Void once you can handle Extort properly. Replace him with Obzedat or Teysa.

5) The absolute sickest Combo in this deck is NOT GuildMage/Exquisite. It is Smite+Tragic Slip. Going infinite is awesome. Trust me that feeling of Drain you for the remainder is just amazing. It feels even better to wipe the floor with Jund Rites and Naya Mid with removal, negation and lock down while you sap their life total with 1 and 2 cast spells.
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Card Explaination:
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Blind Obedience slows RDW and Junk to a crawl.
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High Priest makes your opponent hesitate on attacking you.
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Lord of the Void is simply a place holder for Teysa.
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Sign in Blood is self explanatory
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Smite is self explanatory
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Wight of Precinct Six, okay now your wondering what is he thinking. Well, this is a meta game side board. Beckon Apparition is gone as an "anti-reanimator" and in its place is this little 2 drop that gets +1/+1 for each creature in an opponents graveyard. So by all means... Mill away.
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Orzhov Charm, again Why is this in the side board and not main deck? Well because i am not entirely sure this build can survive eating life to kill a creature yet. If it shows good life gain and or stabilization then some version will likely see this main board and the entire creature destruction revamped. (Again)
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Bump In The night for straight life drain.
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Vizkopa Guildmage, utilize her both of her abilities at once as much as possible. Lifelink and opponent loses life equal to life you gained. If you can slide her through for 2 opponent takes 4 you gain 2.
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Smite+Tragic Slip is the best defense combo in the game
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Playing The Deck:

1) Extort Always

2) Play the Guildmage, Exquisite as soon as possible.

3) Exquisite Blood + Vizkopa Guildmage (2nd ability) + extort (or any life gain) = Infinite Drain Life / infinite Gain Life.

4) Utilize your creature destruction and extort your spells always.

This is a Drain life deck. It is not an infinite Combo Deck. The goal is to leech your opponents Health Directly and often.

Deck Tags

  • Orzhov
  • Dying Shades
  • Infinite
  • Infinite Combo
  • Merciless Eviction
  • Extort
  • drain life
  • Crypt Ghast
  • Teysa
  • Envoy of Ghosts
  • Teysa Envoy of Ghosts

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

1803600

Card Legality

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

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