  Offering
of a Lifetime.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
Step 1: Sacrifice to the Offering.
While you don't NEED to sacrifice anything, it is always
a good idea to have some men that enjoy being sacrificed for the common
good. I used Symbiotic Elf, but any of the three Symbiotic creatures could
be used (Beast and Wurm being the other two). You start with a 2/2 and
then all the sudden you have two 3/3s! Now that's what I call taking one
for the team. If you want to add a lot more money to the deck, Solemn
Simulacrum works very well too.
Step 2: Reap the benefits of the Offer.
Death Pit Offering is so much fun because it allows you
to play with certain cards like Natural Affinity and One Dozen Eyes to
make for a rip-roaring good old time. Why create 2/2 lands when they can
be 4/4s? Why make five 1/1s when you can make five 3/3s? Any sort of card
that generates multiple tokens would work well here – Genesis Chamber,
Raise the Alarm, whatever – but I decided to go Green so One Dozen Eyes
works for me.
Natural Affinity with Death Pit Offering has been a
longtime favorite from the peanut gallery. With a name like Natural
Affinity, you might think the card would have something to do with
artifacts or reducing the mana cost of something Green. However, this card
instead does something entirely different – smash face. After casting an
Explosive Vegetation, it doesn't take much for this card to become lethal
with an Offering already on the table.
The basic plan here is to use a Myr or Wirewood Elf to
accelerate out one of your 4-drops – the Offering, Vegetation, or a
Symbiotic Elf – then go on to abuse this in the appropriate manner. Most
of the time your draw won't be stellar without Death Pit Offering, but
using an Explosive Vegetation to ramp up to a One Dozen Eyes (perhaps with
the entwine) can put a serious hamper on your opponents beats. Dark
Banishing and Smother come to aid from the bench when there is a nasty
critter that just won't stop causing trouble.
If you get in trouble you should try to use a surprise
tactic to come from behind. Try to lure them into an over-committing
attack and then swing back with a Natural Affinity for the win. |
