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Simple BW Control 60 cards, 15 sideboard 4 {Isolated Chapel} 2 {Fetid Heath} 1 {Forbidding Tower} 1 {Spawning Pool} 3 {Swamp} 3 {Plains} 3 {Cavern of Souls} 4 {Marsh Flats} 4 {Godless Shrine} 25 lands 4 {Angel of Serenity} 4 {Angel of Despair} 2 {Grand Abolisher} 2 {Obzedat, Ghost Council} 12 creatures 4 {Oblivion Ring} 2 {Ghostly Prison} 1 {Merciless Eviction} 4 {Mortify} 3 {Path to Exile} 3 {Liliana of the Veil} 4 {Inquisition of Kozilek} 2 {Entreat the Angels} 23 other spells Sideboard 2 {Rest in Peace} 4 {Surgical Extraction} 3 {Mana Tithe} 4 {Kitchen Finks} 2 {Pithing Needle} 15 sideboard cards Notes: Its control :P  Keep their field clear and win lol

Bah!  Meant to update my old post, not make a new one.  Woops...

{Mana Tithe}, anyone? No one ever sees it coming :D you might want to consider it.

I had kinda thought aboutnit.  I didn't really figure it would do much.  How well does it work usually?

Mana tithe gets me 9/10 times probably, its so bad its good

What do you think I should take out?

Sub out 3 {Vampire Hexmage} in SB for 3 {mana tithe}?

Quote from: MisterJH on December 25, 2012, 08:29:23 PM
Sub out 3 {Vampire Hexmage} in SB for 3 {mana tithe}?

Hmmm, might be a good idea.  Only problem is that makes it a bit more difficult to deal with PWs.  Damn you Tamiyo....

Well, actually, I would still have a decent amount of PW removal.  I think I like it.

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 25, 2012, 08:33:01 PM

Quote from: MisterJH on December 25, 2012, 08:29:23 PM
Sub out 3 {Vampire Hexmage} in SB for 3 {mana tithe}?

Hmmm, might be a good idea.  Only problem is that makes it a bit more difficult to deal with PWs.  Damn you Tamiyo....

Well, actually, I would still have a decent amount of PW removal.  I think I like it.

It's worth it. {Mana Tithe} is a good card to take out when your sideboarding, they'll expect and and hold back cards fearing a counter, it's a fun little mind game you can play with them.

I know when is see a mana tithe i get pissed.. You can sideboard it in OR out and mess up your opponents.. 'Oh, he has no counters, only removal... Lets play my wincon with no spare mana!' BOOOM sideboarded mana tithe

Yeah, I definitely try to pick up some now.  Thanks guys! 

Hmmm, do you guys think {Grand Abolisher} has a place in this?

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 26, 2012, 02:58:34 PM
Hmmm, do you guys think {Grand Abolisher} has a place in this?

Sideboard for sure.

Quote from: Xaol on December 26, 2012, 03:01:32 PM

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 26, 2012, 02:58:34 PM
Hmmm, do you guys think {Grand Abolisher} has a place in this?

Sideboard for sure.

I'm kind of thinking
-2 {Life's Finale}
+2 {Grand Abolisher}
for SB

Alright, a bit of an update.
-1 {Hero of Bladehold}
-1 {Skithyrix, the Blight Dragon}
-1 {Angel of Serenity}
for
+1 {Vampire Nighthawk}
+2 {Kitchen FInks}

Just doing some testing with various cards.  Thoughts?

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 27, 2012, 05:54:57 PM
Alright, a bit of an update.
-1 {Hero of Bladehold}
-1 {Skithyrix, the Blight Dragon}
-1 {Angel of Serenity}
for
+1 {Vampire Nighthawk}
+2 {Kitchen FInks}

Just doing some testing with various cards.  Thoughts?

Taking out the dragon is fine, but I'd keep the {Hero of Bladehold} at least, as it does so much. {Kitchen Finks} is good sideboard for aggro, not so much main deck. {Vampire Nighthawk} is the same kind of thing but is more versatile, so should be sideboard also

Hmmm, drop the {Elixir of Immortality}s for the {Kitchen FInk}s or just ditch the finks altogether?  And so far it has run fine with the 3 {Vampire Nighthawk}s, so I may just bump it back down. 

Then put 1 or 2 more {Hero of Bladehold}s in?  I'm thinking keep it at 3, but I'm not too sure what to sub in for the last one.  And then replace the Nighthawk with the {Angel of Serenity} is what I'm thinking.

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 27, 2012, 07:27:09 PM
Hmmm, drop the {Elixir of Immortality}s for the {Kitchen FInk}s or just ditch the finks altogether?  And so far it has run fine with the 3 {Vampire Nighthawk}s, so I may just bump it back down. 

Then put 1 or 2 more {Hero of Bladehold}s in?  I'm thinking keep it at 3, but I'm not too sure what to sub in for the last one.  And then replace the Nighthawk with the {Angel of Serenity} is what I'm thinking.

Drop the Elixir for finks. Adding more {Hero o Bladehold} is up to you though, I would experiment and see what works.

Ok, thanks!

Got a chance to test what I've got from this out last night.  I played a match against an azorious control, and lost 1 game, won the next two.  {Rest In Peace} was so good :P 

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 29, 2012, 09:22:18 PM
Got a chance to test what I've got from this out last night.  I played a match against an azorious control, and lost 1 game, won the next two.  {Rest In Peace} was so good :P

Nice! What caused you to lose? Let's analyze a bit :D

Drawingthe wrong cards at the wrong time. 

He had {Restoration Angel} out equipped with a {Runechanter's Pike} late game.  He had a ton of instants/sorceries in the gy.  I just drew a {Hero of Bladehold} and....... I'm drawing a blank on my other card...  I survived one swing, then top decked a {Plains}. :P

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 30, 2012, 02:18:13 AM
Drawingthe wrong cards at the wrong time. 

He had {Restoration Angel} out equipped with a {Runechanter's Pike} late game.  He had a ton of instants/sorceries in the gy.  I just drew a {Hero of Bladehold} and....... I'm drawing a blank on my other card...  I survived one swing, then top decked a {Plains}. :P

Yeah, not much you could do there. The only thing you can do in modern to reduce land draw late game is running fetchlands.

Ideally I want 3 or 4 {Marsh Flats} and 3 or 4 {Godless Shrine}s, bit I don't feel like sinking that much into it right now :-\

I got to thinking about it, and I don't think I really want to put the {Angel of Serenity}s in here.  I just don't know what to replace them with lol

Quote from: Silent1236 on December 30, 2012, 01:54:39 PM
I got to thinking about it, and I don't think I really want to put the {Angel of Serenity}s in here.  I just don't know what to replace them with lol

You could always do {Sun Titan}

Well, I don't know.  What are your thoughts on {Angel Of Serenity}?  In just thinking "Why spend 7 mana to blow up 3 creatures when I could play {Rest in Peace} and {Angel of Despair} and get rid of a permanent indefinitely?"

But I think i may just need to try playing the angels against a more midrange-ish deck with more creatures.

You could always throw in 4 emrakuls, i heard those do really well in control decks.. O.O

Quote from: MisterJH on December 31, 2012, 12:42:13 AM
You could always throw in 4 emrakuls, i heard those do really well in control decks.. O.O

I find he fits better in my Eldrazi deck ;)

Nah 15 cmc creatures go well in every deck

Modified some more.
-4 {Vampire Nighthawk}
-2 {Kitchen Finks}
-2 {Cavern of Souls}
-2 {Plains}
-3 {Swamp}

+3 {Godless Shrine}
+4 {Marsh Flats}
+1 {Angel of Serenity}
+1 {Elspeth, Knight-Errant}
+1 {Sorin, Lord of Innistrad}
+2 {Hero of Bladehold}
+1 {Path to Exile}


SB
-2 {Elixir of Immortality}
+2 {Kitchen Finks}

NO VAaMPIRE NIGHTHAWK?! Whatre you doing man? Are you mad?!

Quote from: MisterJH on January 04, 2013, 09:24:46 AM
NO VAaMPIRE NIGHTHAWK?! Whatre you doing man? Are you mad?!

I've made a bunch of changes again, but haven't updated the list lol.  I'm having trouble getting this where I want it

And updated again.  I'm honestly having quite a bit of fun with this deck!  Not saying it is going to be competitive, but it is proving to be really fun casually!

I'm kinda wanting to splash in blue for {Meddling Mage} and possibly some {Gitaxian Probe}s.  If anyone is still looking at this deck list, what are your thoughts? 

I know I could just use {Nevermore}, but I kinda like the idea of a 2/2 behind it.