I disagree with Thrandir about dropping the red. This deck needs red to get the huge effects of dropping a Blightning when you have a Megrim or a Lilliana's Caress (or multiples of both) out. The Blightning/Megrim/Lilliana's Caress combo is powerful (more so than just mono black discard cards). However, I do agree with Thrandir that Lilliana Vess would be an excellent addition to the deck, and still keep it creatureless (if that's something you're going for).
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I'd go even further...Why not make it at least a red/blue deck, and keep it really low on the mana ratio? Have some small blocking creatures to keep you alive until you can play the Charbelcher, and then do a serious amount of damage.
I play a very similar discard deck. The Blightning/Liliana's Caress combo is killer. One time in play I had 3 Caresses out., and played 1 Blightning which caused 15 damage. Hard for an opponent to come back from that! I do use Liliana Vess in my deck and her discard ability is very helpful, plus she is a good distraction for my opponent.
Yes, that would be good if you've got them
Also, drumhead21 recently posted a deck with blade of the bloodchief in it too
How well does this work in actual play? Are you able to get enough mana to play Eternal Dominion? Have you ever gotten the Domion-Paradox Haze combo to work? Because it seems like that would be pretty deadly for your opponent, but I was wondering how often it actually happens.
I'm impressed. Many 4+ color decks seem really risky, but this seems very well thought out. Do you ever run into any trouble because you don't have any burns or removal?
I use Blade of the Bloodchief (x4) in my vampire deck and I highly recommend it.
To make room for the creatures I would suggest taking out contaminated ground.
I agree with kung-fu elmo...you might get overwhelmed by aggro decks or your enchantments might get stopped by control decks. Adding more creatures would help, especially creatures with an extra ability like deathtouch or flying.
I did see the Seat of Synod, but that's still a low mana ratio, especially when you have big creatures. I would still add in 4 lands, probably 2 swamp and 2 forest.
I absolutely love the name of this deck
I like Blade of the Bloodchief for vampire decks
What is the overall strategy that you are trying to do? You have mana acceleration, so you could go aggro with big creatures. You also have some control stuff, so that could be a secondary strategy. My advice would be to weed out any cards that don't fit your strategy. And, even though you have mana accel, you might want to increase your lands.
Ok, so the Piper thing is cool, but you seem a little too vulnerable to having it not work. You have tons of big creatures with multiple colored mana costs and only forests in your deck (and not that many of them), so if you don't get a Piper, or all your Pipers are killed (before you can fog or put on the whispersilk cloak) you are probably toast. Also, you might want some spells that give your creatures trample (besides Garruk's ability) b/c w/o trample big creatures don't really do that much damage until you can kill off all your opponents' creatures (and keep them dead).
I like this deck alot...using Piper to get out crazy big creatures sounds like fun. Here are my suggestions: Add 1 more Piper and 3 more Darksteel to really maximize the combo. Take out the Master of the Wild Hunt (it doesn't really fit the theme even though it is an awesome card) and replace them with more big nasty creatures. Add some spells that give your creatures trample (besides Garruk's ability in case you don't get him out) so that you can always do lots of damage. BTW, even though Protean Hydra won't work with Piper, it still might be a good idea to keep it around in case your piper/big creature combo isn't working.
it should have said "1" creature at a time...sorry for the confusion
I think that Miles means "Pendelhaven" and yes, CookieSmuggler is right, it only affects 2 creature at a time
I play a Saproling deck too, and in my opinion the Selesnya Evangel ends up being too costly to make a Saproling. Thallid is better because it makes saps without having to tap (you just have to wait a couple of turns). Mycoloth is great for making saps too. I'm not quite sure why you have Carven Caryatid in here...a big ol' Mycoloth is a great defense that just pumps out the saps and can attack too. Check out my Saproling deck if you'd like http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=18413
I just got the Doubling Season, so now I'll get the Thallids b/c then the whole spore counter thing will go faster. I know that the Guildmages were too expensive, but they were what I had. I like the Coat of Arms and Epic Struggle suggestions...when I can I'll add them. And I like the white, I already have a mono green deck.
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