4 Bottled Cloister
2 Fool's Tome
4 Null Broach
4 Dark Suspicions
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Bottomless Pit
4 Frozen Shade
4 Consume Spirit
4 Cursed Scroll
1 Undercity Shade
1 Whispering Shade
24 Swamps |
 Mono
Brown (Blackish) Cloistering.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
This deck uses the Cloister to draw extra
cards and then have an empty hand during opponents' turns. It works well
with Dark Suspicions in order to deal some damage and encourage players
to empty their hands. Another enchantment that does that is the
Bottomless Pit. You can stack the Cloister, then the Pit, so that the
Pit resolves first causing you to discard nothing, and then you draw for
the Cloister.
My favorite Cloister card is the Null Broach. This grants an
uncounterable countering ability to you for just two colorless mana per
use. Only a handful of cards can counter a Null Broach's activation, and
most aren't regularly played. A Null Broach can really stifle a deck,
and two simply shuts down anything.
Ensnaring Bridge is your defense. While you should be able to attack
through a Bridge, your opponent will never be able to swing unless she
has a creature with a power of zero. Maybe she has Carrion Ants or
something. Except for this rare circumstance, the Bridge shuts down
attacking.
Meanwhile, you'll be attacking away with your Shades. Even if you don't
have a Cloister out, you can still attack through a Bridge with a Shade.
Just draw your card, attack, pump, then play your card. I tossed in one
each of the fear and swampwalk Shades just in case they are needed to
break open a stalemate.
Consume Spirit acts as both creature removal and a game ending spell.
After taking some Scroll, Suspicions or Shade Damage, a nicely sized
Consume Spirit should finish off a player. Since you'll be drawing extra
cards, you'll rarely miss a land drop, allowing you to build up quickly
to a large Consume.
A little extra card drawing is added in the shape of Fool's Tome. It
cheaply draws cards, and with a Cloister or Pit out, you'll frequently
find yourself cardless. The Tome is a nick backup to the Cloister, just
in case it gets destroyed or you can't find one.
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