This deck is moderate in every fashion. It is made to be able to do anything any number of times. The main theme being Recurring Nightmare. Most of the creatures have abilities that happen when they come into play. With Recurring Nightmare, you can bring them into play again and again and again. With the wide range of creatures in this deck, you can protect yourself from anything. For example: Bone Shredder is protection against nonblack creatures, Woodripper is protection from artifacts, and Monk Realist is protection from any enchantments. And with the Phyrexian Plaguelord, you can kill creatures that you otherwise cannot. Other creatures help with other battles. For example: Wall of Roots helps with more mana, all of the "Spike" creatures help keep your life up, the "Elves" also help with mana, the Deranged Hermit is there to make an endless supply of sacrificial creatures, and the Vampire Hounds are there to help get creatures into your graveyard and at the same time make a big attacking creatures. Most of the other cards help get these combos into play for you to use. Survival of the Fittest helps you recycle creatures you want from your library to the graveyard. The Academy Rectors help with getting your enchantments into play. The wide range of lands help with the mana distribution.