PenguinGeneral's Valki, God of Lies 2

Adam Haggerty's

Valki, God of Lies 2

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Format (legal 👍) comCommander

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$1,882.25

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Avg. CMC 4.18

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Main Deck - 109 cards, 103 distinct

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	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (37)
1	Blood Speaker		$1.01	Creature - Ogre Shaman
1	Bloodgift Demon		$1.26	Creature - Demon
1	Demon of Dark Schemes		$1.86	Creature - Demon
1	Dockside Extortionist		$81.16	Creature - Goblin Pirate
1	Dread Cacodemon		$4.50	Creature - Demon
1	Dream Devourer		$0.32	Creature - Demon Cleric
1	Dreamshaper Shaman		$0.03	Enchantment Creature - Minotaur Shaman
1	Feldon of the Third Path		$0.50	Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1	Fireflux Squad		$0.26	Creature - Human Soldier
1	Goldspan Dragon		$18.24	Creature - Dragon
1	Grave Titan		$5.62	Creature - Giant
1	Herald of Anguish		$0.51	Creature - Demon
1	Immersturm Raider		$0.04	Creature - Demon Berserker
1	Impulsive Pilferer		$0.09	Creature - Goblin Pirate
1	Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker		$9.26	Legendary Creature - Goblin Shaman
1	Magda, Brazen Outlaw		$0.50	Legendary Creature - Dwarf Berserker
1	Magus of the Moon		$10.63	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Mindslicer		$1.66	Creature - Horror
1	Ob Nixilis, Unshackled		$1.55	Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Ophiomancer		$5.57	Creature - Human Shaman
1	Opposition Agent		$22.40	Creature - Human Rogue
1	Overseer of the Damned		$0.24	Creature - Demon
1	Priest of Forgotten Gods		$1.34	Creature - Human Cleric
1	Rakdos, the Showstopper		$1.97	Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Rakshasa Debaser		$0.28	Creature - Cat Demon
1	Reaper from the Abyss		$1.24	Creature - Demon
1	Rune-Scarred Demon		$1.90	Creature - Demon
1	Ruthless Knave		$0.30	Creature - Orc Pirate
1	Sire of Insanity		$0.58	Creature - Demon
1	Skirsdag High Priest		$0.36	Creature - Human Cleric
1	Solemn Simulacrum		$0.64	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Squee, the Immortal		$0.29	Legendary Creature - Goblin
1	Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor		$12.42	Legendary Creature - God // Legendary Planeswalker - Tibalt	//
1	Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire		$5.61	Legendary Creature - Demon Rogue
1	Void Winnower		$34.77	Creature - Eldrazi
1	Zealous Conscripts		$0.67	Creature - Human Warrior
1	Zurzoth, Chaos Rider		$0.26	Legendary Creature - Devil
Instant (2)
1	Chaos Warp		$0.89	Instant
1	Vampiric Tutor		$35.56	Instant
Sorcery (9)
1	Decree of Annihilation		$1.95	Sorcery
1	Doomsday		$4.63	Sorcery
1	Imperial Seal		$1,000.00	Sorcery
1	Pirate's Pillage		$0.32	Sorcery
1	Reality Scramble		$0.43	Sorcery
1	Scheming Symmetry		$5.94	Sorcery
1	Seize the Spoils		$0.29	Sorcery
1	Throes of Chaos		$0.12	Sorcery
1	Warp World		$0.77	Sorcery
Artifact (12)
1	Aetherworks Marvel		$6.35	Legendary Artifact
1	Bolas's Citadel		$10.16	Legendary Artifact
1	Dreamstone Hedron		$0.11	Artifact
1	Elixir of Immortality		$0.58	Artifact
1	Ensnaring Bridge		$11.04	Artifact
1	Hedron Archive		$0.15	Artifact
1	Maskwood Nexus		$9.43	Artifact
1	Mimic Vat		$0.31	Artifact
1	Mind Stone		$0.18	Artifact
1	Possessed Portal		$2.59	Artifact
1	Sol Ring		$1.29	Artifact
1	Treasure Map // Treasure Cove		$0.39	Artifact // Land
Enchantment (9)
1	Attrition		$12.49	Enchantment
1	Blood Moon		$5.36	Enchantment
1	Liliana's Contract		$4.72	Enchantment
1	Planar Chaos		$0.99	Enchantment
1	Possibility Storm		$1.86	Enchantment
1	Revel in Riches		$15.25	Enchantment
1	Shifting Shadow		$0.17	Enchantment - Aura
1	Shiny Impetus		$0.05	Enchantment - Aura
1	Sunbird's Invocation		$1.23	Enchantment
Planeswalker (4)
1	Angrath, the Flame-Chained		$2.07	Legendary Planeswalker - Angrath
1	Liliana Vess		$6.88	Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1	Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast		$0.79	Legendary Planeswalker - Lukka
1	Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools		$5.73	Legendary Planeswalker - Szat
Land (36)
1	Arch of Orazca		$0.33	Land
1	Barren Moor		$0.19	Land
1	Blood Crypt		$14.78	Land - Swamp Mountain
1	Bloodstained Mire		$23.97	Land
1	Bojuka Bog		$0.99	Land
1	Canyon Slough		$0.77	Land - Swamp Mountain
1	Castle Locthwain		$4.49	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.17	Land
1	Desert of the Fervent		$0.14	Land - Desert
1	Desert of the Glorified		$0.09	Land - Desert
1	Dragonskull Summit		$2.01	Land
1	Evolving Wilds		$0.16	Land
1	Forgotten Cave		$0.10	Land
1	Kher Keep		$0.60	Legendary Land
3	Mountain		$0.11	Basic Land - Mountain
1	Mutavault		$11.36	Land
1	Myriad Landscape		$0.17	Land
1	Polluted Mire		$0.17	Land
1	Rakdos Carnarium		$0.27	Land
1	Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace		$0.11	Land
1	Sea Gate Wreckage		$0.24	Land
1	Smoldering Crater		$0.08	Land
1	Smoldering Marsh		$0.58	Land - Swamp Mountain
1	Springjack Pasture		$1.30	Land
5	Swamp		$1.15	Basic Land - Swamp
1	Temple of the False God		$0.16	Land
1	Terramorphic Expanse		$0.08	Land
1	Tomb of Urami		$1.33	Legendary Land
1	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth		$42.10	Legendary Land
1	Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince		$5.74	Land // Legendary Creature - Demon

Sideboard - 121 cards, 121 distinct

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (74)
1	Abhorrent Overlord		$0.45	Creature - Demon
1	Archfiend of Depravity		$3.27	Creature - Demon
1	Archfiend of Spite		$0.33	Creature - Demon
1	Aurora Phoenix		$0.18	Creature - Phoenix
1	Blightsteel Colossus		$35.05	Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Golem
1	Brazen Freebooter		$0.03	Creature - Human Pirate
1	Burning-Rune Demon		$3.98	Creature - Demon Berserker
1	Butcher of Malakir		$0.67	Creature - Vampire Warrior
1	Chainer, Dementia Master		$1.13	Legendary Creature - Human Minion
1	Chainer, Nightmare Adept		$0.35	Legendary Creature - Human Minion
1	Cunning Lethemancer		$3.43	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Darksteel Colossus		$9.62	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Demon's Disciple		$0.13	Creature - Human Cleric
1	Demonlord Belzenlok		$0.29	Legendary Creature - Elder Demon
1	Eater of Hope		$0.15	Creature - Demon
1	Enemy of Enlightenment		$0.06	Enchantment Creature - Demon
1	Eradicator Valkyrie		$1.60	Creature - Angel Berserker
1	Eternal Scourge		$2.69	Creature - Eldrazi Horror
1	Fleshbag Marauder		$0.10	Creature - Zombie Warrior
1	Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge		$0.43	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Gonti, Lord of Luxury		$0.22	Legendary Creature - Aetherborn Rogue
1	Goremand		$0.03	Creature - Demon
1	Graveshifter		$0.33	Creature - Shapeshifter
1	Harvester of Souls		$1.04	Creature - Demon
1	Hellcarver Demon		$5.98	Creature - Demon
1	Hellkite Tyrant		$4.56	Creature - Dragon
1	Herald of Torment		$0.21	Enchantment Creature - Demon
1	Hoarding Dragon		$0.14	Creature - Dragon
1	Hypnox		$1.36	Creature - Nightmare Horror
1	It That Betrays		$6.05	Creature - Eldrazi
1	Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet		$8.93	Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior
1	Kothophed, Soul Hoarder		$0.24	Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Kozilek, Butcher of Truth		$47.09	Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
1	Krav, the Unredeemed		$3.02	Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger		$2.15	Legendary Creature - Elder Giant
1	Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer		$3.34	Legendary Creature - Human Cleric // Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1	Marionette Master		$1.64	Creature - Human Artificer
1	Master of Cruelties		$3.46	Creature - Demon
1	Merciless Executioner		$0.31	Creature - Orc Warrior
1	Meteor Golem		$0.05	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed		$8.99	Legendary Creature - Zombie Cleric
1	Minion of Leshrac		$0.68	Creature - Demon Minion
1	Neheb, the Worthy		$0.24	Legendary Creature - Minotaur Warrior
1	Nightmare Shepherd		$0.41	Enchantment Creature - Demon
1	Pia and Kiran Nalaar		$0.18	Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1	Pia Nalaar		$0.10	Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1	Plaguecrafter		$0.43	Creature - Human Shaman
1	Quakefoot Cyclops		$0.04	Creature - Cyclops
1	Rakdos the Defiler		$1.94	Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Rankle, Master of Pranks		$1.19	Legendary Creature - Faerie Rogue
1	Razaketh, the Foulblooded		$7.51	Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Reiver Demon		$1.45	Creature - Demon
1	Rooting Moloch		$0.01	Creature - Lizard
1	Rotting Rats		$0.88	Creature - Zombie Rat
1	Scandalmonger		$0.23	Creature - Boar Monger
1	Scion of Darkness		$1.45	Creature - Avatar
1	Scythe Specter		$0.80	Creature - Specter
1	Sepulchral Primordial		$1.68	Creature - Avatar
1	Sheoldred, Whispering One		$11.81	Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor
1	Siege-Gang Commander		$0.27	Creature - Goblin
1	Sin Prodder		$0.38	Creature - Devil
1	Sower of Discord		$2.33	Creature - Demon
1	Street Wraith		$0.27	Creature - Wraith
1	Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern		$8.23	Legendary Creature - God // Legendary Artifact	//
1	Thieving Amalgam		$1.37	Creature - Ape Snake
1	Twisted Abomination		$0.03	Creature - Zombie Mutant
1	Undead Gladiator		$0.09	Creature - Zombie Barbarian
1	Vilis, Broker of Blood		$9.75	Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Void Beckoner		$0.06	Creature - Nightmare Horror
1	Wasteland Scorpion		$0.05	Creature - Scorpion
1	Weaponcraft Enthusiast		$0.14	Creature - Aetherborn Artificer
1	Wily Goblin		$0.20	Creature - Goblin Pirate
1	Woe Strider		$0.42	Creature - Horror
1	Yidaro, Wandering Monster		$0.18	Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Turtle
Instant (2)
1	Bituminous Blast		$0.10	Instant
1	Szat's Will		$0.30	Instant
Sorcery (18)
1	All Is Dust		$3.69	Tribal Sorcery - Eldrazi
1	Damnation		$18.14	Sorcery
1	Decree of Pain		$0.35	Sorcery
1	Grave Upheaval		$0.38	Sorcery
1	Insurrection		$4.94	Sorcery
1	Last One Standing		$2.99	Sorcery
1	Limits of Solidarity		$0.04	Sorcery
1	Memory Leak		$0.03	Sorcery
1	Praetor's Grasp		$15.86	Sorcery
1	Razaketh's Rite		$0.24	Sorcery
1	Skull Rend		$0.07	Sorcery
1	Slice and Dice		$0.06	Sorcery
1	Stir the Sands		$0.04	Sorcery
1	Sweltering Suns		$0.15	Sorcery
1	Unearth		$0.19	Sorcery
1	Violent Impact		$0.04	Sorcery
1	Volcanic Submersion		$0.09	Sorcery
1	Volcanic Torrent		$0.08	Sorcery
Artifact (9)
1	Hammer of Purphoros		$1.97	Legendary Enchantment Artifact
1	Helm of Possession		$5.33	Artifact
1	Ingenuity Engine		$0.13	Artifact
1	Mirror of Fate		$0.44	Artifact
1	Nihil Spellbomb		$0.52	Artifact
1	Soul-Guide Lantern		$0.11	Artifact
1	The Cauldron of Eternity		$0.95	Legendary Artifact
1	Uba Mask		$7.71	Artifact
1	Whip of Erebos		$11.19	Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Enchantment (12)
1	Bottomless Pit		$1.90	Enchantment
1	Demonic Embrace		$0.25	Enchantment - Aura
1	Elkin Lair		$2.72	World Enchantment
1	Footfall Crater		$0.13	Enchantment - Aura
1	Grave Betrayal		$3.76	Enchantment
1	Hedonist's Trove		$0.11	Enchantment
1	Inner Demon		$0.16	Enchantment - Aura
1	Mark of the Oni		$0.38	Enchantment - Aura
1	Mirror March		$0.98	Enchantment
1	Pain Magnification		$0.89	Enchantment
1	Tectonic Reformation		$0.18	Enchantment
1	Unpredictable Cyclone		$0.05	Enchantment
Planeswalker (3)
1	Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast		$13.38	Legendary Planeswalker - Daretti
1	Liliana of the Veil		$17.69	Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1	Sorin Markov		$10.11	Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Land (3)
1	Fabled Passage		$5.51	Land
1	Prismatic Vista		$29.35	Land
1	Scavenger Grounds		$1.22	Land - Desert

Notes

For having marked treasure as valuable for this deck I am certainly light on it. A lot of the treasure makes are lackluster, so it's understandable, but I have to at least get the best in, which includes goldspan dragon for sure, revel in riches, ruthless knave, and maybe even brass's bounty. As we get to the end here we are tight on spaces, but not entirely without wiggle room, which is lucky.

Having a solid ten cards that will completely warp the game is not only sufficient for warping, but means I will see them a good amount of time. Feels right. They are also a variety of costs and types, so I don't think I'll feel flooded on them.

I have 5 slots to address the treasure issue, reinforce my attrition plan, and add flair cards, as well round out my doomsday piles. If I do not get enough treasure in, I may have to switch Ingenuity engine for Volcanic torrent as it is mostly unsupported without an incidental density of these. This would be a net loss for the deck if this must occur. This makes me come back to cycling, as I could swap many of these cards for treasure cards, and turn the cyclone into volcanic torrent. Treasure cards, at least the ones I've identified above, are a better fail state than a fleshbag marauder, as mana is a key to any game. It also allows me to turn my landcyclers into true ramp, which is desirable as well. The fat bodies are appealing, but I might do better with being truer to my game plan. I don't have to cut all the cyclers either, or can otherwise upgrade them to better fixing as I have a host of arena effects if I want them that are untouched as of yet. This seems a fairly straightforward improvement, and may even yield free slots and reduction of supply so is almost impossible to say no to. The one thing that makes me continue to hesitate is is the cyclone itself. When resolved, this warp effect is among the best if not the best. It may be too diluted in this shell, as I think I would be luck to get one, maybe two top's uses out of it. The games where I turn on 10 more warp effects though are going to be a lot of fun. I think a more dedicated cyclone shell would be fun, and perhaps a more budget focused option. I'm going to cut it though because it feels more like a red herring than a feature.

We now have 9 things that make treasure which is much more acceptable. The pilferer is the weakest, but it offers a lot of cards, so it makes the cut. Two of those are rummaging effects, which compensates for the cycling loss, although I now want to warp with a card in hand in case I hit one of these. I also picked up a removal spell in the impetus. With the new density, I'm considering Magda, Brass's Bounty, Gadrak, Hoarding Dragon, and hellkite tyrant for the deck. These create a back door to portal as well as each other, and offer another win condition. In fact, these 5 could be the end of my package, but comes at the cost of no further attrition reinforcement, doomsday packages, or any other stand alone good card I wanted to consider.

Incidentally, I got a sub pirate theme now. Seems flavorful with a rogue tiefling.

I just checked my warp package. Without cyclone, I won't be warping instant and sorceries. They can still be cascaded into. This is a net postive, and the ones in my list are geared to be used proactively, so are fine as is. The highest cascade is 7, so any of these 7 or greater need to be played for their own merit. Warp world is a huge payoff, keeps it's spot. Then there are the decrees. They are always worth it generally speaking, but are less appealing in this list if never warped or cascaded. Annihilation probably still makes the cut, as tibalt followed by this is a very good time. The black one though is now just a very expensive wrath. It is likely better served as a creature providing some battlefield control.

I don't think I have enough for tergrid to be playable. At least it that betrays has annihilator.

At the end here I am requestioning the demon package. A lot of the demon's do what I'm interested in in terms of card advantage and attrition. This is on top of three I play already. They also warp very well, as does Liliana's contract. playing as a card draw spell is fine, and can I incidentally also be able to trigger the win con? How many demons do I need for this to be realistic? Like I said, the demon's are totally serviceable, so the win con might be entirely incidential, which would be fantastic. I'm thinking somewhere in the ballpark of 6-7. Were not trying to force it to happen, but they are common enough that we might get 1-2 into play easy. From here we can warp non-demons more specifically, or tutor up the contract/last demon. I only have 10 things that interact with creatures in my attrition deck, the demons can help with that. Duplicating demon's is also real good. Then there's the ultra-efficient attrition cards, the best graveyard hate cards, and the final considerations for doomsday.

For the last doomsday cards, we can answer that. Our Doomsday is either a single warp or double warp Doomsday, depending on how much mana we have available.

A single warp doom's day is going to put a possessed portal into play, then try to resolve either tibalt or warp a further card into play that breaks the symetery, such as it that betrays, Tevesert, or some other such advantage. We could also consider a single warp on a blightsteel colossus. This leaves us plenty of cards to build a back up or preamble. Another single option is Bolas's citadel. The citadel will give us a lot of gas, and the ability to deploy multiple spells, most likely ending in posesssed portal. Bolas's citadel is also a fine value engine on it's own, and offers us the additional angle. Citadel with an elixir in the deck goes infinite. The cheapest we can warp an artifact with top control is 4, and it becomes increasingly apparent how good reality scramble is. Bolas's citadel may even be superior to aetherworks marvel. Bolas's citadel allows us to single warp at seven mana into the kiki/conscript win con. Double warping, done with warp world or double reality scramble, or a combination of effects, also provides this combo.

I've convinced myself on the citadel. Citadel also allows me to chain treasure spells into revel in riches into possessed portal.

Demon update! I've added just a few of the choicest demons that shore up our attrition issue + liliana's contract. We now have six demons and the incidential win condition, our deck is better well rounded, and we still have 3 slots! The demons are so tempting. Once you build the intial package, the whole hoard of them offers them to your service? From a bad attrition to tokens to card advantage. I've already got the mininum to make the contract viable, actually 1 more than mininum, I have the option of two lands that make sneaking in a demon possible, further enabling a contract win, and I even hit the tipping point on blood speaker. Blood speaker is the perfect demonic servant. It fetch's demons, is fodder for demons and sacrifice, and then recurs itself to begin again. A blood speaker makes the contract actually much more viable, and I'm tempted to try to get 3 more demons in to shift from viable to likely if present. This package is much less anemic than cycling, and it is surprisingly insular in that every demons matters card significantly makes the rest better, and the demons play on their own. Like Rakdos, showstopper was a close consideration all the time, but with an increased demon/devil count, the chance of it being one sided is excellent. Even OG rakdos get's decidedly better. The question is what to cut?

I've noticed that Eternal scourge is not going to pull it's wait much of the time. This is because although we can exile it, we are not relicing ourself all the time, so we won't be able to do it on tap as much. Squee can be played from graveyard, so he's fine with it. Then there is the issue of cascade. Cascade is worse than warping, but is part of our dedicated chaos engine. It defines the feel of our deck. But the cascade cards are much worse, most of them barely worth a card, and it's really only throes of chaos and the pheonix that justify the others. And even of them, the pheonix is mostly clunky. Throes itself is standalone, adds an element of chaos while being worth a card. In topdecking, turns every land into action, which is what's up. I think I can replace the other 4 as long the replacements are demons and devils who contribute to our game plan by tutoring, card draw, or chaos, or are other engines. Less cascade means less random spells too, which is overall net positive.

I love my manabase. I'm playing the full 36 to ensure my land drops, but at the same time it's priced to move. I've got 7 cyclers and 3 recurring card draw lands, as well as two retrace cards and squee, so I should be flowing through cards pretty well even if we are in sire of insanity/Mindslicer mode. I also have rix maadi to keep the pressure on when in this mode. I've got a base of 8 basics and another 4 that searches them, as well as cards that care about basics/swamps, so I should be able to and want to get a couple swamps into play early, which protects me from blood moon/magus. I've got 3 demons hidden in there, and 3 cards that continually produce tokens for my sacrifice hungry deck. I have 10 colorless lands, but 2 of those can be swapped for color. And for added utility, I've got a lone bojuka bog for much needed graveyard hate, and can put in scavenger grounds if needed. This mana supports this deck very well, in curve, fixing, deck restrictions, and utility, as well as shoring weak points in the color pairing. Manabases are my best craft.

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