Simply because the only other good creatures I ended up with all had infect. I only got 5 red cards and 6 blue cards total. I almost went W/B infect but I pulled 3x unnatural predations (instant: G target creature gets +1/+1 and has trample until end of turn). The only real problem I had was not pulling enough removal and 0 flying creatures..not even a plague stinger :( I pulled 1 spread the sickness and 1 pistus strike and 2 virulent wounds. Glissa w/ the sword on her was pretty stupid when I got it out.
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Nice, I was one of the ones running B/G infect but I did come up against a few really good R/W/Artifact decks. I only managed to go 3-3 but overall I was happy with my draws. Pulled a Glissa, Sword of Body and Mind, and a Geth along with some really fun infect creatures. At the end of the day it was good fun, and good cards! 17th out of 41 isn't too bad either although no prizes for that low haha.
I had caress in there and took it out and there's not really anything i want to get rid of at this point to put it back in. As for Painful Quandary...i find haunting echoes to be much more effective for 3BB.
have either Archive Trap OR Traumatize not both and where is Memoricide??
everyone has a deck like this... it's the in thing to do right now.
I hope I don't have to cast Day of Judgment with out either a brave the elements in hand or a Knight Exemplar on the board.
Yeah Jace would be nice if only for the draw. Distortion Strike is a MUST have if you are playing U in an infect deck. Personally i like Prey's Vegeance over Groundswell put that's up to you. You could add Thrummingbirds instead of Birds of Paradise for the proliferate ability. I would drop all but maybe1 Purtrefax as you should try and win by the time you can cast him. Add in Ichorclaw Myrs, and maybe a Corpse Cur or 2. Take out giantform and add in an instant buff spell...giant growth would be good. If you want to have a few "bigger" creatures I would suggest Cystbearers over Putrefaxes simple for the mana cost. Infect is all about speed. Here is my B/G Tourny Infect Deck, have a look see. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284
Take a look at my B/G infect Tourny Deck, it should help you get a general idea of what direction you may want to head if you want to play a fast paced deck. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284
When I first made this deck I was running 3 clocks and 2 keening stones, but I found to add those into the deck I lost a lot of ability to control my oppenent. The Guard Gomazoa's help deal with decks that have more creatures than I can deal with via spells. Sure once you are able to get out the keening stone the game is basically over but it by the time you can get it out and use it as essentially a 1 shot kill I found that I either had basically won or was going to lose b/c I had lost control. The only tihng I wish I had room for was a few Tumble Magnets but this set up seems to be able to control most Standard Decks I play against. I have even managed to mill 2 people at the same time in a 3 person match.
Too slow check out my Tournament B/G infect deck. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284 Check out this deck of mine, it might give you some ideas too.
I thought about adding them too but since the islands come into play tapped just like expanse, I don't want to get caught short on mana and not be able to drop a counter spell if i need to.
I agree, but being as they are getting pretty exspensive and won't be standard legal that much longer I just haven't went out and got them to put them in here.
You know, originally I had Mire's Toll in here instead but by the time I would get enough swamps down I would be vastly overkilling the amount of cards discarded or they would have no hand already. I would probably keep the blades in MB and SB the gatekeepers in case I went up against a black deck and prob. 1 extra grasp in SB as well. I would like to get 2-3 memoricide's for this deck but I don't know what i would take out yet. I dont have the cards at the moment so i'm not really concerned with it. I'm focused on my B/G infect Tourny deck right now. Take a look at it and comment if you wish! http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284
For a group game this deck should perform really well. For a 1v1 game, depending on your oppenent you may find yourself wanting more speed or more control.
You should add in Domestication so incase they do get something out you can take it! or maybe some tumble magnets for those creatures like Gaea's Revenge that you can't hit with anything in your deck or an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn which is a common thing around here i don't know about where you play. Jsut some thougths :) http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284
mana leaks are really nice especially for early game, you could add in some more creatures for defense. out with the Adept, add in Guard Gomanzoa and/or Wall of Frost. i would personally add in 2x Jace Belerens, or the mind sculptor if you can afford him or happne to be lucky and have a couple just sitting around. I have a very similar deck which works pretty well. you should also look into Into the Roil. The kicker and it's affect are really awesome in this deck for control and mill at the same time. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284
Going for standard legal so Might of Oaks is out. Putting in blue just for Distortion Strike isn't worth it to me, although it is a nice spell I can usually win by the 4-5th turn with this set-up.
it's also too slow... if anything contagion clasp is an option.
switch out Tainted Strike for Vampire's Bite (it's a better buff even though you should NEVER kick it) also you may want to put in Throne of Geth instead of Chalice's. with infect you need to be able to win by the 6th turn if not well before that so although a nice combo the lash+triskeilion+tainted strike is relying on you having all 3 in hand and able to cast and it's also not playable until 7th turn with out ramp. There are a couple of artifact creatures with infect coming out in Mirrodin Besieged in a few weeks which may help you out as well. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=126284
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