Morbid Undying

Started by Fenster, April 24, 2012, 10:15:15 AM

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Fenster


Morbid Undying

75 cards, 15 sideboard


9 {Swamp}
10 {Forest}
4 {Woodland Cemetery}

23 lands


4 {Young Wolf}
2 {Ulvenwald Bear}
2 {Reassembling Skeleton}
2 {Onyx Mage}
1 {Gravetiller Wurm}
1 {Vorapede}
2 {Morkrut Banshee}
2 {Festerhide Boar}
4 {Strangleroot Geist}
2 {Skirsdag High Priest}

22 creatures


2 {Deadly Allure}
3 {Altar's Reap}
3 {Tragic Slip}
3 {Hunger of the Howlpack}
4 {Undying Evil}

15 other spells


Sideboard

4 {Autumn's Veil}
4 {Surgical Extraction}
1 {Sundial of the Infinite}
2 {Gravepurge}
4 {Naturalize}

15 sideboard cards



Notes:
Inspired by the forum i decided to make this as something ill try and play standard with! :)

Validan II

What about altar's reap for card advantage?

D3g3n

#2
Looks similar to the event deck, Spiraling Doom... but I'll avoid further comparison.

Personally would take more {Tragic Slips} than {Go Fo the Throat}, but I do not see much (if any...) sac outlets. {Alter Reap} is great (for early rounds), though I rather run the utility land that is similar {Grim Backwoods} if the deck goes for midrange or longer. Creature wise, I'll run more {Birds of Paradise} for the color fix and ramp, plus a early flyer to make use of those +1 counters from {Hunger of the Howlpack} and {Ulvenwald Bear}. Personally, {Strangleroot Geist} is an amazing aggro and would auto run 4of and drop a {Young Wolf} or both.
Your biggest threat is {Mirran Crusader} so a {Black Sun Zenith} should take care of that and even Hexproof creatures/tokens. It also resets Undying in a sense.
{Mortarpod} is another sac outlet but would not help against Mirran.

Fenster

Quote from: D3g3n on April 24, 2012, 02:03:14 PM
Looks similar to the event deck, Spiraling Doom... but I'll avoid further comparison.

Personally would take more {Tragic Slips} than {Go Fo the Throat}, but I do not see much (if any...) sac outlets. {Alter Reap} is great (for early rounds), though I rather run the utility land that is similar {Grim Backwoods} if the deck goes for midrange or longer. Creature wise, I'll run more {Birds of Paradise} for the color fix and ramp, plus a early flyer to make use of those +1 counters from {Hunger of the Howlpack} and {Ulvenwald Bear}. Personally, {Strangleroot Geist} is an amazing aggro and would auto run 4of and drop a {Young Wolf} or both.
Your biggest threat is {Mirran Crusader} so a {Black Sun Zenith} should.
{Mortarpod} is another sac outlet but would not help against Mirran.
I've never played Standard before so as much help as possible! :)
And thanks for all of these tips!

MasteroftheCraft

You are missing 2 cards that I think will do great in this deck. The problem is is that they're old cards, but I regress. Here are the 2 that I think you need to put in this:
{Mortarary}
And
{Bone Harvest}

D3g3n

Quote from: MasteroftheCraft on April 24, 2012, 03:56:27 PM
You are missing 2 cards that I think will do great in this deck. The problem is is that they're old cards, but I regress. Here are the 2 that I think you need to put in this:
{Mortarary}
And
{Bone Harvest}
Neither are standard, but {Gravepurge} sounds close to {Bone Harvest}. Guess its useful if they manage to remove the bigger threats in this deck.

Fenster

Modified it alittle! What do you guys thhink? Viable or too thinly spread?

Fenster

Damn! It just feels so uneven... How can i balance it?

Natebro1

I would put a young wolf in this deck since its a one drop

Fenster

Quote from: Natebro1 on April 25, 2012, 10:18:08 AM
I would put a young wolf in this deck since its a one drop
I just removed them but i think i can switch a highpriest.

D3g3n

I never had much consistency with the Banshee, so maybe you can run 1of The Banshee, drop a Swamp, and maybe drop an Undying Evil to make space for 3 Young Wolf as repeatable fodder/chump blocker for Morbid triggers.

Fenster

Quote from: D3g3n on April 27, 2012, 02:04:19 PM
I never had much consistency with the Banshee, so maybe you can run 1of The Banshee, drop a Swamp, and maybe drop an Undying Evil to make space for 3 Young Wolf as repeatable fodder/chump blocker for Morbid triggers.

{Undying evil} Works great with creatures like the banshee,  {Festerhide boar} and {Gravetiller wurm}

Validan II

When I ran a deck like this I had a lot of luck using {mortarpod} actually and it helped trigger morbid and undying very nicely. I also had a set of {young wolf} which I would recommend. You may want to consider {ulvenwald bear} I think it's an under appreciated three drop that works well in this kind of deck and I'm not sure you need birds of paradise unless you're increasing the {vorapede} and gravetiller count to 4 and also you may want to consider {sylvok lifestaff} it's worked well for me with {mortarpod} and {altar's reap} along with {reassembling skeleton}

Fenster

Quote from: Validan II on April 28, 2012, 10:02:40 AM
When I ran a deck like this I had a lot of luck using {mortarpod} actually and it helped trigger morbid and undying very nicely. I also had a set of {young wolf} which I would recommend. You may want to consider {ulvenwald bear} I think it's an under appreciated three drop that works well in this kind of deck and I'm not sure you need birds of paradise unless you're increasing the {vorapede} and gravetiller count to 4 and also you may want to consider {sylvok lifestaff} it's worked well for me with {mortarpod} and {altar's reap} along with {reassembling skeleton}
Updating now :)

Fenster

Updated! Keep the critique coming! :D
Comment on the sideboard aswell please ^^