I want to run these, but when I look them up online it says that they aren't standard legal. I was thinking of throwing in some Solemn Simulacrums, but with a turn 4 drop they seemed to slow for this deck.
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Is there anything that I should use to boost these cards? Are these cards going to be able to deal with stronger latter game decks?
What's the point of your deck? If you can figure that out you should be able to lower the amount of cards that you have. It looks like the goal of your deck is to bring creatures back from the grave, so attempt to stick with creatures that do that.
This is a really good deck. How has it fared against other players?
I'd suggest adding more lands in. In the few times that I tried to draw a hand online, this deck wasn't able to get to many lands out. idk if this is something you're worried about, its just a suggestion
Just a suggestion, but don't have any version of Nicol Bolas in your deck. He's a good card, but your deck isn't suited to get him out. You are runnimg with 17 Swamps, which give only black mana. The possibilities of getting out your Crumbling necropolis to cast Nicol Bolas is very unlikely, so that should be pulled out. Instead of trying to focus on multiple elements, attempt to stick with one color of mana, two at the most. You should also cut out the Sedraxis Specter. A lot of your deck has to do with getting your opponent to discard their hand and to keep their hand empty. So it seems like you're deck is more for milling than to support Liliana Vess. A lot of your cards are going to be cast a few turns down the road, but too late to prevent cards that use lots of smaller creatures. I've beaten several opponents because their deck relies on higher costing cards, and I was able to storm them quickly with smaller monsters. I'm going to make some suggestions for changes in this deck. You don't have to follow them, and they might not by the greatest suggestions, but it should help. First and foremost remove Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker and Nicol Bolas. They cost way to much and aren't going to be especially useful until later in the game, which might never come. This also means that the cards used to support this venture should be removed also. This means good-bye to Obelisk of Grixis, Sedraxis Specter, Crumbling necropolis, Manamorphose and Mindculling. Nyxathid is also a good card, but it has lots of risks with it, and it doesn't give you much card advantage. Instead of having Nyxathid, you might be interested in getting Sengir Vampire from Core pack 2012. Sengir has flying, costs 5 total mana (3BB) and evertime he damages a creature and that creature dies the same turn, he gains 1/1. Progresive, rether then digressive. It seems that you are trying to keep your opponent out of cards in their hand, som some other cards that you might want to add into your deck are duress or distress. Duress costs B, allows you to see your opponent's hand, then allows you to pick a card that your opponent discards. Distress is the same thing, but with a cost of BB instead. You might want to use these instead of Mind sludge. Another addition would be to add creature removal. Doom Blade is very affective at this, unless your opponent is also running a mono-black deck. Also, smallpox might work good for you too. Smallpox costs BB and causes each player to lose one life, one card from their hand, a creature on the field, and one land. This can be very affective against and opponent, but beware that this spell also harms you. So the cards to remove are: 4 Obelisk of Grixis 4 Nyxathid 4 Sedraxis Specter 1 Nicol Bolas 1 Painful Quandary 1 Pyromancer Ascension 4 crumbling Necropolis 1 Nicol Bolas Planeswalker 4 manamorphose 1 mind sludge 1 mindculling Things to add: 5 Swamps 2 Sengir Vampire 4 Guul Draz Vampire 4 Duress 4 Doom Blade 2 Smallpox 1 Sangomancer 2 Liliana's Specter Hope this helps and isn't to over the top or in the wrong direction for you!
Which of the swords is better? I know that Sword of Feast and Famine is all the rage, but I kinda like the bonus creatures from sword of body and mind. is it personal preference, or is it just based off of getting all of your lands back?
If you're still using this deck, try and add Garruk, Primmal Hunter for the Garruk Wildspeaker. Primal hunter has better abilities to get more creatures out onto the field while gaining loyalty.
Would Sword of Vengence be a plausible replacement for other swords? The main problem that I have with the swords is that they are expensive and rare. If i could find a plausible replacement, that would be great, which is why I'm trying to find something else that works with the hawks.
Is there anything in Particular that I should be keeping or taking out? I just started playing, so I don't have a lot of cards, but most of these cards I do have extras of. Thanks for the help
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