Forgot to add in, Infect combined with a Nighthawk is a viable win condition as well. There is no downside to adding the infect here. If you don't believe me, playtest it a little and see how often it saves you.
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Alright just a few responses. Infect is actually used pretty much solely for defense in this deck. Giving a Wall +2/+2 and infect that taps down what it blocks for a turn ALONG WITH the infect counters is just a big finger to my opponent's face. Geth I'm actually swapping in and out of sideboard along with Leyline rather frequently. I only run 1 in this deck and that's my biggest graveyard removal aside from Haunting Echoes so running the two together actually works better than you'd think. I'm focusing on getting more dual lands and Mana Leak is really best early-game. In a slow deck like this I prefer Cancel, so the fact that it's multi-colored shouldn't be an issue once I get my hands on those. I thought about Tezzeret's Gambit, and if I owned more than 1 I would throw it in but I'm working with what I own, and Jace's Erasure just isn't good enough. It's too slow of a mill and I could save the 2 mana I'd spend on it to save me instead against aggro and such. That one turn makes all the difference in my experience. 2 mana can change the outcome of an entire game. I actually play standard, but if I wanted casual then I'd be running Mind Funerals for sure, Glimpse is a probably but Mind Funerals are a must if I played anything else. I'd love to take your advice on Eradicate and the Zendikon if I owned any. Lol. I might actually own 2 zendikons and would like to make room but what would I take out? I thank you sincerely for your advice though. I'll have to apply it when I can.
Hahahahaha I love it xD this is swarm on a freaking stick lol. A stick with a bunch of elves, and squirrels, and wolves, and saprolings, and eldrazi spawn, and ants........ lol. I would say a Ratchet Bomb would be the bane of this deck but with how many tokens you're gonna be producing you could gain them all back in probably a turn or two..... which is ridiculous in every form of the word. Maybe try Beastmaster Ascension for giggles. Attack with all your tokens at once and they all get +5/+5 xD lol. I'd laugh if it happened to me.
Also, maybe add in some counterspells? Spell Pierce and Mana Leak are obvious staples, but you can't really do a whole lot until turn 5 when you play Psychosis Crawler. God forbid Psychosis Crawler gets mana leaked himself...... And possibly Sleep but I don't recomend that. It would give you an extra turn but it's not very playable..... One last suggestion. Find a seperate win condition. If Psychosis Crawler goes down the drain then this deck doesn't really have a backup except maybe Time Reversal. Maybe even try Elixir of Immortality. Such an invaluable card.
Only thing I can think of is maybe take out the erasures? They're nice and all, but I would replace them with See Beyond. Extra card draw for the same cost, which goes with the deck extraordinarily well. I just wish I knew about Psychosis Crawler before. I make a lot of decks with massive card advantage and that card is ridiculous.
First, I'd like to sincerely thank you for doing this :) either my decks just suck or nobody sees them so 0 likes and 0 comments...... but this helps xD I'm gonna build this for my local FNM. Got the idea when Worldwake first came out and I tweaked it for standard: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=154960
Speaking of Swarm Decks, you seem to know what you're doing when it comes to one. Mind helping me with my Elf swarm deck? Granted, it's not T2 legal but I like Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block more anyway xD Deck link is: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=139349
I love that you built this around a Zerg concept. I love swarm decks (B/U Faeries being my favorite swarm) but this is very scary even just to look at. I do agree with the 3 above comments on Beastmaster ascension. Sure it's not as handy as CoA but it'll get the job done with as much eldrazi as you're pumping out here. And, like CoA, it gives you a good extra win condition.
Oh god. Intruder Alarm with Splinter Twin xD that's a definite single-turn win lol. I applaud.
I know you don't run white in this, but Ruin Ghost/Tideforce Elemental/ 2 Lotus Cobra is infinite landfall too. Exile a land with Ruin Ghost that immediately comes back, produce a W and U with Lotus Cobras to tap Tideforce, untap Ruin Ghost, then repeat the process. Stupid infinite landfall combos xD
I'm going to, for the most part, steal this deck lol, just to see how it stomps (no pun intended) my buddies. Gonna make some changes though. I personally prefer giant growth to groundswell. But other than that I think you can assume I like this deck :) surewhynot, I formally thank you for introducing me to stompy :) it's a sexy concept that suits my personality.
This deck is ridiculous, as are your others. So ridiculous that I can't help but to love it lol. I must admit, the best part about this deck is underworld dreams. My favorite black card of all time by far. That's personal bias though. Since you seem to like the older stuff maybe experiment with a wheel of fortune :) my buddy has a vintage red/black deck he runs with that and underworld dreams. It's scary stuff lol.
Feast of Blood.
Ok so I came up with a suggestion. Captivating vampire. 3 swamps so it runs with the skinny theme but gives all your vamps a +1/+1 and if you tap 5 of them you steal an opponent's creature. I found out it works ridiculously well against Eldrazi (oh Emrakul's protected from colored SPELLS? That's ok cuz it's an ability. I just stole your 15/15 flying annihilator 6 [insert rest of abilities here]). And there's a black spell that kills any creature and gains you 4 life but requires two vampires. For the life of me I can't remember the name. Anyway, swap it for dark ritual for Standard.
Ok, so I'm new to the Stompy concept. Would Kalonian Behemoth be considered Stompy? 7 mana, granted, but a 9/9 with shroud.
Nevermind, scratch my comment. I saw 4 other Reassembling Skeleton references lol. That's what I get for trying to help haha ^_^
Ok I'm not gonna read all 109 comments, so this may have already been said. But have you considered a reassembling skeleton? That with Grave Pact and Bloodthrone Vampire is scary, scary, scary shizz man. (Ex.) I'll sac my skelly for bloodthrone, you sac a creature, my vampire gets +2/+2 and I have enough mana to do this 4 more times X.X even without Grave Pact it's scary, I fought against it.
My mistake, echoing truth goes for all nonland permanents with the same name. I generally use it against token swarm decks. When I bounce 10+ tokens to someone's hand (they all go away instead) opponent generally gets pretty upset. But you sideboarded it so no biggie lol.
And not to mention if you get 3 lotus cobras out with tideforce and ruin ghost then that's infinite mana as well. Good lordy, I don't know what else to say.
Omg infinite Hedron Crab Mill XD Or infinite 4/4 beasts, or infinite 1/1 birds, or all 3. This is much, much too sexy of a deck to pass up. I can't criticize this in any way. Infinite landfall is just...... too good lol
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