Thanks, had to remove Retract as well as I didn't have them anymore - switched it to Displacement wave that works against enemy tokens too. Added a Sphinx's tutelage as alternative win condition.
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Done and thanks for the advise.
Nevermind, just realized Shrieking Affliction does not deal damage, just causes loss of life ergo no combo with Pain Magnification ( should still work with The Rack though) .
... and it's a zombie :) Also only artifact zombie suitable for these colors.
Thanks, completely forgot to make a sideboard.
Why no Hedron crab ?
My latest creation http://www.mtgvault.com/vidrald/decks/displacement-of-agony/ .. would suck so bad against such artifact hate..nice synergies though, Abundance is a card I haven't stumbled across before - interesting, Thanks !
Scythe of the Wretched gives +2/+2 to the equipped Triskelion, removing the last +1/+1 counter to deal a single damage to itself does not kill it , as it is 1/1 with a boost of +2/+2 due to the scythe and thus a 3/3 . You can shoot off and bounce a second Triskelion and then re-equip the scythe.The 2x Rite of passage combo does work though. I like the deck alot, except for the cycling cards - use the bauble artifacts instead to dig through your deck ( Conjurer's Bauble and Urza's Bauble are the cheap ones ).
Hexmages there to get rid of opponent planeswalkers and anything else with counters on it, with nocturnus out they are 4/2 flying , firststrikers, and 2/1 firststrikers at worst for 2 mana.. I currently have dismembers in sideboard as Damnations were too expencive to buy for my kitchentable games.
I like it ! Personally I would drop 2 lashwrithe and use atleast 2 hexmages ( 2 mana sorcery speed planeswalker killer at worst, 4/2 flying firststriker with Nocturnus out ; also lessens the chance of a non-black topdeck card). Fetchlands are awesome for mono-black , save them unless needed to shuffle deck when top card is an artifact or land ( when you've got Nocturnus out ).
Thanks for the pointers , don't know what I was thinking here. I currently run the deck as mono-black with beseech the queen in deck rather than in sideboard. Demonic tutor and/or Vampiric tutor + Sol ring are on my shopping list :)
My mana base is a mess.. could use a helping hand sorting it out - note that I only have that one fetchland :( .
Feel free to comment on how to improve the deck, without using really really expensive cards..also I realize ponder might be restricted or banned in several formats - some scry cards could replace it.
Annoyance mainly, but with the 7 mana kicker.
Yeah , genesis waves are prone to counterspells . Ooh , primordial hydras are sweet , Thanks! ( turn 3 8/8 hydra :)
Yes , obviously there are better cards these days. This is roughly the deck I used to win with , it kept losing to Worship decks though :( Thanks for the suggestions though , krenko's commands and dragon fodders truly are great goblin makers.
- 1 rotting rats - 2 blightning - 2 shambling remains + 4 dark ritual + 1 buried alive Just my humble opinion , a first turn buried alive would quicken the pace a lot. Graveborn / Buried alive decks tend to lose if there isn't a win within the first 4 rounds ( opponents either get their combos or overwhelm you with their armies) ... Also 20 lands is on the lower side , especially without any mana ramp. The different themed buried alive is warmly ( or grave coldly?) welcomed to the family, good work !
Add Lingering souls , flying tokens with flashback that suits the colors you're using.
Thanks for the input.
The deck was made with the cards I own , Proxys are a "No no" even in casual games :) Did win 5/5 games with the deck tho.