4 Kami of False Hope
4 Soul Warden
4 Plagued Rusalka
4 Bile Urchin
1 Ghost-Lit Stalker
1 Ghost-Lit Redeemer
4 Stinkweed Imp
3 Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
2 Mortivore
4 Proclamation of Rebirth
4 Last Gasp
2 Bathe in Light
6 Swamp
6 Plains
4 Godless Shrine
4 Caves of Koilos
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Orzhova, the Church of Deals |
  Foghorn
Plaguehorn.
Description of deck by Chris Millar
(quoted):
By now, most of you have probably seen the
Kami of False Hope + Proclamation of Rebirth combo. Once you hit six
mana, you can use the Kami to prevent all combat damage on your
opponent's turn and then use the Proclamation's Forecast ability to
return it to play during your upkeep, effectively shutting down your
opponent's combat phase entirely. I used to play with Spore Frog and
Verdant Succession (along with Battlefield Scrounger to put the
sacrificed Frogs back into the library), so this combo held great appeal
for me. As I've said before, two-card combos are fun, but they need
decks to fit into. The very persistent Mason Gordon (a fellow Canadian)
sent me a fun-looking list that doubled up on ways to “Fog” every turn
by including Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker. Since so many of the one-mana
creatures you will want to return with Proclamation of Rebirth also have
one power, Shirei fits right in. There are a lot of options for this
deck, including other Rusalkas, Festering Goblin, Order of the Stars,
and others. Mason decided to use creatures that could sacrifice
themselves or otherwise put themselves in the graveyard. Creatures like
Plagued Rusalka and Bile Urchin. Both the Black and White Ghost-Lit
creatures have one power and cost one mana, so you can do fun things
like Channel them for their one-shot effects, then return them to play
with Proclamation of Rebirth and start using them every turn.
The deck is designed to stall as long as possible with
life-gain and repeated Foggings (somehow, “Holy Day-ings” just doesn't
sound as good, the Colour Pie be darned.) until you can make Mortivore
huge or get the Bile Urchin + Shirei engine going. Bathe in Light is there
to protect the Legend or allow you to go in for the alpha-strike by giving
Mortivore protection from the relevant colour.
I made some minor changes to Mason's deck, upping the
Soul Warden and Bile Urchin count to four each, and trimming one each of
the Ghost-Lit creatures, one Shirei, and a pair of Bathe in Lights. The
only major change I made was to add a set of Stinkweed Imps. They can't be
reanimated with Proclamation of Rebirth, but their Dredge ability can be
used to help fill up the graveyard with Proclamation targets. Mortivore is
just as happy to see a full graveyard, and with the ability to put
creatures in your graveyard almost at will, you should have one. Since the
Imps have a power of one, they work well with Shirei. More importantly,
they provide another answer to the ubiquitous Silhana Ledgewalker +
Moldervine Cloak combo that crushed me a few games in a row. Here's a
modified version of Mason's deck [See deck list]. |
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