4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Leaden Myr
4 Slith Bloodletter
4 Bottle Gnomes
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Nekrataal
4 Twisted Abomination
1 Visara the Dreadful
4 Betrayal of Flesh
2 Zombify
4 Cloudpost
21 Swamp |
 Blackened
Flesh.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
Now, this deck is far from perfect (keep in mind my Standard
Disclaimer from last time). It can be dreadfully slow to get started if
you don't draw either a Leaden Myr or something to attack with by turn
3. It has no disruption whatsoever, which means no discard and Black's
normal anemia versus opposing artifacts and enchantments. For these
reasons, I fully expect that any sideboard would include Oblivion Stone
and something like Headhunter or Ravenous Rats.
Instead, the idea is to win through sheer stubbornness. One opponent
dubbed it "Jay's Deck of Card Advantage," which
isn't completely inaccurate. Sometimes you win quickly because of an
early Slith Bloodletter or through a quickly-reanimated Twisted
Abomination. Against any artifact-heavy deck, you will often win through
an accumulation of Disciple of the Vault damage. Most of the time,
though, you are in for a slow grind to whittle down your opponent's
resources until you simply have a better board position. In many ways,
playing the deck reminds me of my Corpse Dance decks of old, which were
so slow I dubbed my best one "Mud.""
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