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Title: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 01:58:25 PM
So i got my girlfriend started on an edh deck and need help on what to keep my eyes out for to improve it. The comander is Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief and therefore the deck is clearly mono black. I need to know what staple cards she needs. She wants the bloodcrank combo, which is actually a pretty scary idea with how much her deck can just search for the missing piece.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Desolatus on July 05, 2012, 02:07:42 PM
Quote from: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 01:58:25 PM
So i got my girlfriend started on an edh deck and need help on what to keep my eyes out for to improve it. The comander is {Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief} and therefore the deck is clearly mono black. I need to know what staple cards she needs. She wants the bloodcrank combo, which is actually a pretty scary idea with how much her deck can just search for the missing piece.
Let me see if I can pull some ideas together. What are the components of the bloodcrank combo?
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 02:28:18 PM
Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank.
As it stands she has sime of the basic vampire cards from zendikar, and some great search like Rune-Scarred Demon, Increasing Ambition, and Liliana Vess.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Desolatus on July 05, 2012, 02:53:55 PM
Quote from: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 02:28:18 PM
{Bloodchief Ascension} and {Mindcrank}.
As it stands she has sime of the basic vampire cards from zendikar, and some great search like {Rune-Scarred Demon}, {Increasing Ambition}, and {Liliana Vess}.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kuberr on July 05, 2012, 02:56:02 PM
Thanks, Desolatus.

Can't help too much without the cards being linked.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 02:58:09 PM
Noob question, how do i link
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kuberr on July 05, 2012, 03:00:56 PM
Quote Desolatus and you'll see. :)
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 03:05:34 PM
How do you feel about {Liliana of the Veil} in edh?
Thanks for the help guys.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kuberr on July 05, 2012, 03:11:03 PM
Quote from: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 03:05:34 PM
How do you feel about {Liliana of the Veil} in edh?
Thanks for the help guys.

She could go with your theme. So I say go for it!
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Desolatus on July 05, 2012, 03:39:13 PM
I think her AND the M13 one. You could run plenty of tutors like her {Rune-Scarred Demon} and {Diabolic Tutor} to find stuff like Lilliana and other stuff like her Bloodcrank.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 03:42:31 PM
What are the good wrath spells and mana ramp (colorless ramp is fine)
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kuberr on July 05, 2012, 03:44:48 PM
For black? {Black sun Zenith} is decent.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Desolatus on July 05, 2012, 03:58:50 PM
Quote from: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 03:42:31 PM
What are the good wrath spells and mana ramp (colorless ramp is fine)

There are plenty of ramp options (part of the reason I said you should get the M13 Lilliana, if you haven't seen her then look her up). You can get the Myr that taps for black- {Leaden Myr} I think. {Sphere of the Suns}, {Sol Ring}, {Caged Sun} if you name black.

EDIT: it was {Leaden Myr}
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kuberr on July 05, 2012, 04:00:22 PM
{Gauntlets of power} work well in edh.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Thorn on July 05, 2012, 06:16:48 PM
{Necropotence}
{No Mercy}
{Poluted Bonds}
{Hollowborn Bargest}
{Sanguine Bond}
{Exquisite Blood}
That new search X cards card from m13

Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Guypocolypse on July 05, 2012, 10:38:17 PM
NEW LILY!!!!!!
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kaleo42 on July 05, 2012, 11:16:08 PM
New lili only if i dont need her for standard, everflowing chalice when i find mine, and definately cage sun instead of guantlet just cause guantlet might help the opponent.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Deeliser10 on July 08, 2012, 07:43:44 AM
{damnation}
{cabal coffers}
{phyrexian arena}
{drain life}

Check out the griselbrand deck posted earlier in sub category
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Kaleo42 on July 08, 2012, 10:16:13 PM
Thanks for all the help. Mutilate is for sure going in, so happy to have a 4 cost black sun/ day
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: BlackJester on July 12, 2012, 04:08:46 PM
{Lake of the Dead}
{Dark Ritual} (duh, but just thought I'd mention it)
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: Gorzo on July 13, 2012, 01:57:41 AM
Quote from: BlackJester on July 12, 2012, 04:08:46 PM
{Lake of the Dead}
{Dark Ritual} (duh, but just thought I'd mention it)

Lake is fun. {Crypt of Agadeem} is another good black mana pumping land for late game.
Title: Re: Please help! Drana
Post by: BlackJester on July 13, 2012, 12:39:08 PM
Quote from: Gorzo on July 13, 2012, 01:57:41 AM
Quote from: BlackJester on July 12, 2012, 04:08:46 PM
{Lake of the Dead}
{Dark Ritual} (duh, but just thought I'd mention it)

Lake is fun. {Crypt of Agadeem} is another good black mana pumping land for late game.
Nice, like a second {Cabal Coffers} in EDH.  Only for dead guys.