4 Aetherflame Wall
4 Will-o'-the-Wisp
4 Contaminated Bond
4 Darkness
2 Feebleness
3 Hissing Miasma
4 Nettling Curse
4 Sudden Spoiling
4 Tendrils of Corruption
3 War's Toll
15 Swamp
8 Mountain
1 Kher Keep |
  Black
Fog.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Most people look at a new set and get excited
about the cards like Simic Sky Swallower, Adarkar Valkyrie, and Dark
Confidant. Other people, the oddballs, the excessively optimistic, the
Johnnies, see the new set and decide that now is the time to build a
deck around Contaminated Bond. You might not believe that someone would
actually do this, but that's precisely what Evan Landers did when
Dissension was released. He noted that there was some nice synergy
between Nettling Curse and reject rare War's Toll. As Evan explains:
“The main combo is between War's Toll, Nettling Curse,
Contaminated Bond, and Hissing Miasma. If you activate Nettling Curse
while War's Toll is in play, all of their creatures have to attack. When
all of their creatures attack, the Contaminated Bonds, Nettling Curses,
and Hissing Miasmas will all activate, resulting in massive life-loss for
your opponent. Darkness, Sudden Spoiling, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Aetherflame
Wall, and Kher Keep can prevent most of the damage to you. Tendrils of
Corruption acts as a way to off creatures that can't be used to your
advantage, and provides a life buffer. Feebleness can shrink creatures to
prevent more damage.”
Sudden Spoiling has many uses beyond simply negating
damage. The affected creatures become 0/2 and, just as importantly, lose
all abilities. What this means is that, in conjunction with Tendrils of
Corruption, you can use it to destroy creatures with Protection from
Black, regenerating creatures, and untargetable creatures. It also allows
you to put your Auras (Contaminated Bond and Nettling Curse) on to
untargetables like Simic Sky Swallower or Silhana Ledgewalker.
The only potential problem I see is if your opponent is
not playing with creatures, since you will have many dead cards. Adding
Hunted Horror and/or Hunted Dragon is not a very appealing option, since
the whole point of the deck is to kill with Nettling Curse and Hissing
Miasma and a 6/6 Dragon with Haste kinda makes those cards irrelevant. If
you wanted to play this in Extended, you could always add Forbidden
Orchard. Going further back in time, you might look at one of my old
favourites, Infernal Genesis. |
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