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my friend pretty much trashed your whole deck. he agreed with a lot of what i said got rid of a few others that i thought would be ok. 4 nighthawks, 4 doomblades 4 rancors four vraskas 2 lay of the land. get 4 of the guildgates, 4 rogues passage, possibly hot soup, 4 golgari charms,4 fog, reaper of the wilds?

First your creatures could use some work. 1 of everything doesnt really work. id recommend going for some type of theme like death touch. http://www.mtgvault.com/variable/decks/overkill-horsemen-of-death/. if you keep your tendrils of corruption id add at least one more and 2 urborg, tomb of yawgmoth. im a fan of vampire nighthawk so id get four of those. im not sure how well the royal assssin will work but it might prevent people from hitting with their bigger creatures. so one or two more might not be a bad idea. id take out acidic slime, baloth wood crasher. replace deathgreeter with typhoid rats or pharika's chosen. drum huhnter isnt a bad option since it gives you drawing power but you have to have powerful creatures in order to have that so pulling that card woul;d be a good idea. gatecreeper vine really isnt necessary. giant scorpion is a decent blocker. highway robber is iffy but maybe sideboard it for now. id get rid of nekrataal andf as much as i like nightmare id say pull that one as well. ohran viper is something id keep in basically its deathtouch with drawing power if its not blocked for decent mana cost so maybe get a few more of those as well. timbermaw id tak eout i think there are better cards but i cant think of anything off the top of my head. toremented sould is ok and might be good to have 4 of. if you want to keep the creatures that have counters theres others you could add to it along with doubling season. id probably keep your enchantments for now at least til theres something better. id either get more doomblades or maybe get a few hero's downfall's. if your going to use vraska id suggest a minimum of two. id probably do away with most of your sorceries taking from the graveyard can be nice but its expensive unless you using nykthos shrine of nyx and cryptghast to boost your mana. i would consider 4 diabolic tutors so you can get things into play sooner.

any thoughts on my brothers comments or maybe something thatd work with the theme?

idk lol my interest for magic hasnt been there lately. ive been really busy with moving in with my girlfriend, work, and an energetic two year old lol

I would add 4 elvish mystics but not the way he says
[4/26/2015 10:59:46 PM] Justin: drop the elder
[4/26/2015 11:00:22 PM] Justin: and 1 piper
[4/26/2015 11:02:41 PM] Justin: and 1 dramatic entrance

I like the contagion engine itd go great in my famine deck. many of the cards in your deck i am unfamiliar with. though id suggest looking at some of vaan104's decks i know he has something similar he was experimenting with ways of getting in high mana cards quickly mainly emrakul.

Its a start but it needs work still.

how is the guide going to help me?

I made the change. still am uncertain about using avatar of slaughter with so high a mana cost but that double strike would be helpful.

horsemen of the apocalypse

i added them to the sideboard but unsure if i would use them atm

It would work. itd suck if i was at one life and killed myself lol but hopefully id be able to avoid that with gary in there.

I like geth's verdict so i made that change. im still debating on whip of erebos. i dont really build my decks with an intent of how the will be legal i just build and see where the cards fall. sometimes afterwards i may try and make them legal. thanks for the input.

Its an interesting deck. not a fan of the mana curve but it looks almost like your trying to play from your graveyard. except that there is only 2 cards in the deck that allows you to pull from your graveyard unless i missed something since i dont see any ramping i have a hard time seeing how this deck will work. Erebos will bring them in for one turn then they are exiled. Obzedat, ghost council would be a good card to add.

dictate of the twin gods or a similar card might work well with this. double your damage and your life gain.

i am thinking of dropping to one of each on the board clears tho. i dont really know what types of sorceries or instants i might like to add.

not needed but i do want them cuz dont F with the Cav lol.

not really better just more expensive. you basically used my idea and then changed a few cards.

i gotta admit this deck is probably more fun then playing with my elf decks. vaan really hates when i pull this on out its just too fast.

1 less mana but dictate has flash so it cant be removed as easily. if a person is tapped out he may have to wait a turn to use a removal spell. but by then its too late. for me dictate is usually a kill condition. ive done probably over 20 damage to vaan in a turn because of that card.