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Unholy Clerics 60 cards, 0 sideboard 20 {Swamp} 20 lands 1 {Dark Supplicant} 1 {Initiates of the Ebon Hand} 3 {Vile Deacon} 1 {Rathi Trapper} 2 {Brine Shaman} 1 {Blind Zealot} 2 {Blightspeaker} 2 {Cyclopean Giant} 1 {Acolyte of Xathrid} 1 {Soldevi Adnate} 1 {Shadowborn Apostle} 1 {Pontiff of Blight} 1 {Disciple of Tevesh Szat} 1 {Headhunter} 2 {Disciple of Phenax} 4 {Disciple of Malice} 25 creatures 3 {Contaminated Ground} 4 {Misery Charm} 2 {Dark Favor} 2 {Leshrac's Rite} 4 {Profane Prayers} 15 other spells Sideboard

TIL {Shadowborn Apostle} is a cleric...

{Dark Supplicant} a bunch of clerics, but no {Scion of Darkness}? Also I assume the theme is to just run the opponent down with either a bunch of 1's and 2's with/without swampwalk or {Profane Prayer}?

{Sign in Blood} could be a card that can be added if you need card draw.

No planeswaker? I think that a deck should always have a planeswaker at its front... Although I guess for a pure black deck the main choice would be only Liliana... There really should be more black planes walkers. But a good combo you could use for pure black would be Exquisite Blood and Sanguire Bond.

Quote from: Coolie2 on July 01, 2015, 12:46:44 AM
No planeswaker? I think that a deck should always have a planeswaker at its front... Although I guess for a pure black deck the main choice would be only Liliana... There really should be more black planes walkers. But a good combo you could use for pure black would be Exquisite Blood and Sanguire Bond.

Planeswalkers are good for two things: Their most versatile ability (whether it is a + or -) and being a target. In my play group they've been playing since the game came out, or shortly after so they see a Planeswalker hit the field you normally get one maybe two uses out of it before its gone. As well as planeswalkers should go with the idea of the deck. I wouldn't put Garruk in an elf tribal deck unless I had some tie in to his abilities. I just so happen to use {Garruk, Primal Hunter} in an elf only deck because it runs {Ivy Lane Denizen}, {Wirewood Savage}, and {Primeval Bounty}. His +1 ability works with the elves-- not so much the Bounty-- which makes him reasonable to be in the deck. If I didn't have those in the deck I would take him out immediately.

I'm not freaking out about it or anything, but I have a friend that thinks the same as you and he can never keep a Planeswalker out to make it the most efficient it can be. I'd suggest looking at LinkCelectrial's "Superfriends" deck in the "modern" section if you're thinking of a deck along those lines.

This thing is actually just a tribal I put together quite a while back.
Main wincons unblockable {vile deacon} and {profane prayers}.
Only reason scion is not there, is because I don't have it.
And yeah, no pw. I got loads of cards and I like building decks. Got about 25-30 casuals ready to play. (Pretty janky ones too). I can't afford to put a pw in every one.
Pretty much only if I build around it. (At M15 prerelease I hit 2 Garruk, he got a deck).

Quote from: Kaylesh on July 01, 2015, 04:01:04 AM
(At M15 prerelease I hit 2 Garruk, he got a deck).

Just gotta say wow ... Me and friends in a combined 8 boxes of m15 got no garruks you are lucky sir

Quote from: MommaB on July 01, 2015, 04:52:25 AM

Quote from: Kaylesh on July 01, 2015, 04:01:04 AM
(At M15 prerelease I hit 2 Garruk, he got a deck).

Just gotta say wow ... Me and friends in a combined 8 boxes of m15 got no garruks you are lucky sir

Envy of the store.
Best thing was I had a load of support to really go {B}/{G}.

Always happy to see somebody plug one of my decks. xD

As far as Planeswalkers are concerned not every deck should have one. I'd be all over having one in every deck I own. But they're not always going to fit.

First off they're super cool. Second they sponge damage. Third, most of them are game changingly good if they stick around. An unchecked {Elspeth, Sun's Champion} will win you the game 9/10 times.

In this deck you could throw in a Liliana or {Sorin Markov}, but they don't really fit the theme. And like Kaylesh said, money is real. xD

Quote from: LinkCelestrial on July 01, 2015, 01:28:31 PM
Always happy to see somebody plug one of my decks. xD

As far as Planeswalkers are concerned not every deck should have one. I'd be all over having one in every deck I own. But they're not always going to fit.

First off they're super cool. Second they sponge damage. Third, most of them are game changingly good if they stick around. An unchecked {Elspeth, Sun's Champion} will win you the game 9/10 times.

In this deck you could throw in a Liliana or {Sorin Markov}, but they don't really fit the theme. And like Kaylesh said, money is real. xD

I could see me sticking a Markov in, -3, then casually toss a {profane prayers} or {vile deacon} attack (you knew that Nyx was actually a swamp right?). GG.