3
Withered Wretch
4 Rotlung Reanimator
4 Headhunter
4 Foothill Guide
4 Weathered Wayfarer
4 Dark Supplicant
1 Scion of Darkness
4 Daru Spiritualist
3 Cruel Revival
4 Lightning Greaves
2 Secluded Steppe
8 Plains
2 Barren Moor
8 Swamp
1 Unholy Grotto
4 Starlit Sanctum |
  Viva
la Budget.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
The Life deck is basically a Cleric deck with an infinite life combo
built in. This deck can be used for Standard or Tribal play. The
infinite life combo involves these three cards: Daru Spiritualist,
Starlit Sactum and Lightning Greaves.
So, when you equip one of your creatures with Lightning Greaves, you
must target the creature. If it is a Cleric, your Daru Spiritualist will
give it +0/+2. If you move the Lightning Greaves back and forth between
your guys and your Daru Spiritualist one trillion times, you will end up
with a Daru Spiritualist with about two trillion toughness.
that is when you sacrifice him to the Sanctum to can two trillion and
one life.
Yes, the combo won't kill your opponent, but it might make them concede.
You see, while two trillion life is a rather small number in the grand
scheme of the cosmos, it certainly is a lot of life to take away in a
game of Magic. No non-combo deck can deal that much damage, and if they
could, maybe you should gain ten trillion instead. Really, it is up to
you.
The question that you have to ask yourself while playing this deck is:
What do I do when I don't get my three card combo? The rest of the deck
operates much like a regular Cleric deck, with the main issue being how
to make a Cleric deck good.
Tips on playing the Deck
-You can use your Wayfarer to fetch up the one Unholy Grottto to
retrieve a Rotlung or a Withered Wretch from your graveyard. Note that
the Grotto will make sure that you do not lose to decking this can be
an issue in infinite life games.
-Sometimes it is better to play the Headhunter Morphed, but usually he
is better face up, especially if you can cast it on turn 2 against
control decks.
-Keep the greaves on your most vulnerable creatures or the biggest
targets Rotlung Reanimator and Daru Spiritualist come to mind. Keeping
your Scion safe is also advisable.
-Use your judgment when deciding whether to play the 'land game' with
your Wayfarer. This used to come up with Land Tax. Basically both
players refuse to play lands because the opponent doesn't want you to
use the Wayfarer. This might be a good idea if your hand is sub-par,
because it gives you time to draw into better cards. Also, if you have
things to cast with the amount of land you have out you can apply
pressure, forcing them to drop lands. Be careful though they might not
be withholding land they might just be mana screwed and you are just
wasting your chance to punish them for it.
-Foothill Guide gives you slight Morph diversity, meaning that you can
attack with it and they will want to block it because it might be
Headhunter. Keep this in mind when attacking. Its main purpose is to
stop Goblin Piledrivers and to be useful with Supplicant and Rotlung.
|
 |
