justintryon's Merchant of Death

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Merchant of Death

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modModern

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$53.44

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Main Deck - 60 cards, 12 distinct

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	Name	Ed.	Price	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	Price	Type	Color
Creature (31)
4	Deathgaze Cockatrice		$0.04	Creature - Cockatrice
4	Dread Presence		$2.69	Creature - Nightmare
4	Gray Merchant of Asphodel		$0.79	Creature - Zombie
4	Grimdancer		$0.15	Creature - Nightmare
4	Liliana's Shade		$0.11	Creature - Shade
3	Nekrataal		$0.22	Creature - Human Assassin
4	Vampire Nighthawk		$0.29	Creature - Vampire Shaman
4	Vampire of the Dire Moon		$0.55	Creature - Vampire
Instant (4)
4	Defile		$1.07	Instant
Artifact (4)
4	Conjurer's Closet		$4.40	Artifact
Land (21)
1	Leechridden Swamp		$0.42	Land - Swamp
20	Swamp		$0.13	Basic Land - Swamp

Sideboard - 14 cards, 14 distinct

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Creature (12)
1	Baleful Eidolon		$0.06	Enchantment Creature - Spirit
1	Banehound		$0.14	Creature - Nightmare Dog
1	Boot Nipper		$0.06	Creature - Beast
1	Demigod of Revenge		$0.34	Creature - Spirit Avatar
1	Endling		$0.24	Creature - Zombie Shapeshifter
1	Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight		$0.24	Creature - Zombie Knight // Instant - Adventure	//
1	Hired Poisoner		$0.14	Creature - Human Assassin
1	Korlash, Heir to Blackblade		$2.97	Legendary Creature - Zombie Warrior
1	Paragon of Open Graves		$0.31	Creature - Skeleton Warrior
1	Pharika's Chosen		$0.07	Creature - Snake
1	Pitiless Gorgon		$0.05	Creature - Gorgon
1	Twisted Abomination		$0.27	Creature - Zombie Mutant
Planeswalker (2)
1	Ashiok, Dream Render		$1.51	Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok
1	Karn, the Great Creator		$3.00	Legendary Planeswalker - Karn

Notes

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New Additions:

~Drag to the Underworld

Changes done:

-1 Pontiff of Blight ------------> to Daxos
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Ambitions' Cost???
Sign in Blood X 3
Nekrataal X 3
Swamp

Comments

Shawn | 15-Nov-2013 15:51

I'd cut the magus for a swamp. I don think you need the ramp here and 21 lands is a little light.
- justintryon | 15-Nov-2013 16:16
  
  I'm feeling pretty good about it though. It's a mono-colored deck, has relatively in-expensive card draw, and ramp in the form of Liliana's Shade. I agree that the Magus doesn't do much. Maybe go for Pontif of Blight since I do own one copy.
Knuttypoo | 13-Nov-2013 21:47

How did you come up with the title Gay Closet?
- justintryon | 14-Nov-2013 13:50
  
  Ha ha ha! I originally called it Gray Matter, but since I added Conjurer's Closet I've re-named it. I NEED A BETTER NAME! I also don't own any Dread Warlock(s) anymore. Damn! I do have Nekrataal(s) though! And several Ambition's Cost. Better/worse than Sign in Blood?
- - Knuttypoo | 14-Nov-2013 22:31
    
    Nekrataal looks like it would be good in there.
  - - justintryon | 15-Nov-2013 14:18
      
      I think it will be. What do you think about Ambitions Cost vs. Sign in Blood? And what about a new deck name? How about 'Merchant of Death"? I like that!
    - - Knuttypoo | 15-Nov-2013 14:24
        
        Sign in Blood is superior to Ambition's Cost in that it can target another player, is half the casting cost, and is black bordered.
Shawn | 13-Nov-2013 18:16

Dash Hopes is just a Lava Axe. I'd cut them.
I'd also look for more creatures that have good enters the battlefield effects if you want to use the closet. I really like it with the Gray dude.
You need more lands.

Options for more black for the Grey dude:
- Garza's Assassin to replace (or supplement) Murder
- Gravestorm instead of Sign in Blood
- Kuon, Ogre Ascendant
- justintryon | 13-Nov-2013 21:00
  
  Why you always down on my Dash Hopes!? I need to look through my collection and see what might be better but I love the idea of having someone on the ropes trying to resolve something against me :-)
  Great options all of them but I'm pretty sure I own none of them! Closet works well with Merchant and Shade, I could do a Nekrataal or two? Oh yeah!

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