Noob looking for comments on deck - Black/Green - Infect/Pump

Hey there Analog, the only thing id recommend is reducing the number of Skits from 4 to 2 and putting 2 mana acceleration cards in there instead. Maybe 2 terramorphic expanses? it would help you pull out the right mana faster.

The Blightsteel is a good card, but hes not going to show up easily and even if he does itll be kinda late unless you can generate more mana (other than your basic ones). Try placing a quicksliver amulet instead of the second Colossus and it should help with that.

Hope this helps, keep it up!

Hrm, good thoughts all around.
I did find I have several terramorphic expanses that I could toss in. Not a bad idea. Already have a couple cultivates which are pretty nice. I'm hoping inistrad brings back cultivate or something similar since those will be going out of standard at the end of the month. The other green land grab (can't remember it's name) is kinda crap IMO.
Quicksilver amulet will come in handy with more then the blight steel colossus, so that's definitely going in.
I went with primal bellow over giant growth since it has a little more potential and only costs one mana. I think overrun fills out the buffs nicely. Though it might not be a horrible idea to toss in more of each to bring up the count.
I don't really expect the colossus to show up all the time, but he's pretty brutal so it will be worth it when he does. I think the deck would fare OK without him though. I look at him as kinda the icing on the cake.

So many cards I wanted to put in that I had to cut, and even now I almost feel like I'm spreading too thin. Doesn't look like I'm going to get a chance to test before Friday. Looks like I'll be play testing at FNM

Last edited by analogbot (2011-09-01 21:14:35)

The Blightsteel Colossus is very mana-expensive to be effective (with hardcast) in an aggro/pump/infect deck and with only 2 Quicksilver Amulet and no card draw it will be extremely unlucky to get this beast out.
So instead of these three cards you can play three Phyrexian Crusaders, also improving your mana curve!
Caged Sun at the cost of six mana is not very helpful, also considering you have many artifacts that will not get the +1/+1 (as colorless). Why not to replace it with something that will work better and faster for you? I talk about Overrun, Giant Growth, Livewire Lash (which will be great for your opponent's targeted removals and your targeted pumps! +2 poison counters with every spell!).
One Diabolic Tutor at four mana is not that helpfull. It would be better if you replace him with one of the last mentioned spells above.
Spinebiters are expensive and have to stay one round in play before they show their power, so i would advise against them since you can replace these two with more helpful cards like some more Hand of the Praetors and/or Plague Stinger or even one/two of the four cards i suggested above.

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