well honestly i got some pretty bad draws against the deathrite deck, but there was just way too much firepower with the thragtusks and other creatures he was playing. i heard after i had played him that he is consistently the best player that plays at our venue and that he might have even played professionally. i have enough creature control in the deck to deal with 2-3 creature at a time (unless i board in all of my control at the expense of firepower on my end). the first game i just couldn't deal with the number of creatures he had out (and i couldn't draw white mana to save my life). the second game i boarded in all of my creature control but didn't draw like any of it. that guy didn't lose a single game all night. if i got another shot at him after finishing up the deck (i'm still awaiting a few cards in the mail), i might have a better shot.
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first tournament with this deck (minus a few key cards which i'm awaiting in the mail)i went 3-1...got destroyed by a thragtusk/deathrite reanimator deck but beat a mono block and red/blue/black olivia/control deckedited the sideboard with some grafdigger's cages to try to handle that thragtusk monster
also, i'm modeling the deck around the phasing out of the innistrad block, so i'm avoiding adding cards from that block as much as possible, which is why i won't use the skirsdag high priest (or isolated chapel, etc.). i don't want to have to remodel everything in a few months :)
thanks. i actually added 4x oblivion ring to the sideboard to handle both enchantments and artifacts. i do agree that obzedat's aid might be a little overkill, it's more for emergency. i reduced the aid on the sideboard to 1 copy. i've beaten junk decks, reckoner decks, and even some vintage/legacy decks when playtesting online.