1 {Ghost Quarter}
2 {Gavony Township}
1 {Swamp}
2 {Plains}
3 {Forest}
1 {Sunpetal Grove}
1 {Godless Shrine}
1 {Overgrown Tomb}
1 {Temple Garden}
2 {Bloodstained Mire}
4 {Wooded Foothills}
4 {Windswept Heath}
23 lands
1 {Archangel of Thune}
1 {Murderous Redcap}
1 {Fiend Hunter}
1 {Garza's Assassin}
1 {Spellskite}
2 {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}
2 {Scavenging Ooze}
2 {Blood Artist}
2 {Viscera Seer}
2 {Eternal Witness}
2 {Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit}
3 {Wall of Roots}
4 {Kitchen Finks}
4 {Birds of Paradise}
28 creatures
2 {Abrupt Decay}
3 {Chord of Calling}
4 {Collected Company}
9 other spells
Sideboard
1 {Spellskite}
1 {Qasali Pridemage}
1 {Fulminator Mage}
1 {Kataki, War's Wage}
2 {Surgical Extraction}
2 {Path to Exile}
2 {Illness in the Ranks}
2 {Thoughtseize}
3 {Leyline of Sanctity}
15 sideboard cards
Notes:
The list I will run this weekend at a PPTQ in San Antonio. I'm liking the way it's playing thus far.
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1. I really hate Garzas assassin. BBB is not something this deck is capable of hitting easily
2. Archangel is kinda unnecessary in this deck, it's either a bad combo piece of a bad Gavony township, Linvala is better and so is restoration angel.
3. Blood artist isn't very good, it's just unnecessary. You can just get the other of our two combo girls and get infinite +1/+1 to kill them so it doesn't really add anything.
4. Voice of resurgence is 100% necessary, without them a lot of matchups are significantly worse. I have never beaten grixis without them.
5. Varolz, surprisingly, is very good. He can be regenerated and the scavenge is very good in Grindy games.
6. Your SB is very meh. 4 fulminators are very important so that you have an actual chance in the TRON MU, and I think you want more than just 2 disruption spells. I play 5 (3 seize, 1 sculler, 1 sin collector). What do you bring Leyline in against? The burn MU is laughable and we aren't a linear combo deck that needs to not be disrupted.
Overall, what I'd do:
MB
-1 ghost quarter
-2 bloodstained mire
-1 plains
-1 forest
+1 temple garden
+2 razorverge thicket
+1 overgrown tomb
-1 archangel of Thune
-1 Garzas assassin
-2 blood artist
-1 viscera seer
+1 cartel artistocrat or varolz
+1 Qasali Pridemage
+3 voice of resurgence
SB
-1 Pridemage
-2 surgical
-3 leyline
-2 illness in the ranks
+3 Fulminator mage
+3 combination of above disruption spells
+2 idk lol
Solid points, unfortunately I don't own Linvalas and archangel of Thune was more-so a place holder.
I strongly disagree with you saying blood artist is bad, he hits on collected company and I'm tired of losing to decks even when I have a million life with kitchen finks. I'd rather just kill finks 20 times with a blood artist down and call it a day.
Voice is not necessary he is a strong card but not necessary. I see him more in red white Kiki decks but this isn't that. He does his job yes but I just don't need him in here.
I would love to have the 4 fulminaters but don't have them I would replace the leylines with them definitely.
Garza's Assassin is to simply get rid of stubborn scavenging oozes looking to stop the combo.
Leylines come in against burn and jund. I just have a pet peeve against hand disruption it just messes with me so that's what I bring them in for.
If anything I will definitely do the following
-1 Archangel of Thune
-1 Garza's Assassin
+1 Qasali Pridemage
+1 Varolz
And then tweak the mana base.
You don't play a card in the board for a pet peeve, you play a card to make an unfavorable MU better. GBx is favorable, you dont need a card in the board to make it better. As I said, the burn MU is a joke. Blood artist is completely unnecessary. There are very few decks that beat infinite life, and those that do, you can beat with murderous redcap. There is no reason to put 2 copies of a very very meh card in your MAINDECK for a small number of MUs.
Play with voice. It's is definitely necessary. It is one of the best cards in the deck. There are lists that are placing at SCG events playing the full four voices.
I'm not a fan of assassin, as I said, BBB is a lot. I'd rather have the second fiend hunter or a big game hunter before Garzas assassin.
I've played against Dimir. Voice is ridiculous. Play that card.