Lands:
4 Leechridden Swamp
20 Swamp
Creatures:
4 Dusk Urchins
1 Grief Tyrant
2 Grim Poppet
3 Kulrath Knight
2 Midnight Banshee
3 Murderous Redcap
4 Sickle Ripper
Other Spells:
3 Beseech the Queen
1 Corrupt
3 Fate Transfer
1 Gnarled Effigy
2 Incremental Blight
4 Mind Stone
2 Scarscale Ritual
1 Torture |
 Good
Grief.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
Dubbed the Super Quagmire Lampreys by someone
willing to use any excuse to bring up Quagmire Lamprey (um, me), the
creatures with wither are great sources of negativity (perhaps because
of their withering sarcasm). They dish out heaps of negative integers
every time they deal damage to other creatures (and not just in combat).
The next deck uses some of these creatures in conjunction with other
cards that care about -1/-1 counters. As I mentioned last week, reader
Efrén R. sent me a ton of Shadowmoor combos, including Kulrath Knight +
Midnight Banshee (to prevent all opposing nonblack creatures from
attacking or blocking), Kulrath Knight + Grim Poppet (to keep any other
creatures off your back), and Scarscale Ritual + Grim Poppet (to draw
cards and mow down opposing weenies). Another reader, Rob, suggested
pairing Midnight Banshee with Grim Poppet to ensure that the Poppet
doesn't run out of counters.
Meanwhile, Dusk Urchins combines with Scarscale Ritual
to draw you tons of cards. Fate Transfer can be used to move the
counters off of Grief Tyrant or Murderous Redcap to kill opposing
creatures (or your own Dusk Urchins) or to move some of the counters
generated by Midnight Banshee on to opposing nonblack creatures. The
deck does a little bit of everything. Heck, you can even Torture your
own Poppet for profit! |
