Video Challenges!

[LadyGrixis]

I'll be doing these once a week; these are challenges for Magic players, both on this site and at my local shop. Please watch the video, complete the challenge, and post back with your deck lists!

Week 1 Challenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX-jg2Y0HF8&feature=youtu.be

PM me for any other questions. Enjoy!

[Brawler_1337]

I'm already all over this challenge. I nearly put {Altar's Reap} and it's sorcery speed brother {Skulltap} into my {Nekusar, the Mindrazer} EDH deck. I tend to look at things from an EDH perspective, and I'm already brewing some ideas. I'm looking at either Zombie tribal with {Thraximundar} as the general, a {Karador, Ghost Chieftain} sac-all-the-creatures deck, or maybe a {Tymaret, the Murder King} deck. In any case, it's gonna have Altar's Reap, numerous sac outlets, ways to draw cards, and plenty of shenanigans to be had.

I'll see about spreading this to the MtG subreddit. Maybe they'll come up with other crazy ideas.

[Spencer Addington]

8 {Plains}
8 {Swamp}
4 {Isolated Chapel}

3 {Harvester of Souls}
3 {Reaper from the Abyss}
4 {Carrion Feeder}
4 {Blood Artist}
4 {Doomed Traveler}
4 {Thraben Doomsayer}

4 {Altar's Reap}
2 {Increasing Devotion}
4 {Lingering Souls}
4 {Bubbling Cauldron}
4 {Gather the Townsfolk}

[Mlerner12]

YOU ARE BACK OMG OMG LOL
I'll post my deck tomorrow

[DirtyMustachio]

YOU ARE BACK OMG OMG LOL
I'll post my deck tomorrow

I know isn't it great

[LadyGrixis]

And I'll only be back weekly to do these Challenges.

[LadyGrixis]

Let's set Wednesday of next week as the cutoff for submissions (you can post more afterwards, but that's the cutoff for "Judged" decks). And I'll post the "Winner" Wednesday night. AND, maybe the winner will get the interview. AND, maybe the winner will have a suggestion for the next challenge

[Apathy Reactor]

30 lands
{Golgari Guildgate}
{Rogue's Passage}
14x {Forest}
14x {Swamp}

32 creatures
2x {Slitherhead}
{Korozda Guildmage}
{Sluiceway Scorpion}
{Corpsejack Menace}
2x {Dreg Mangler}
2x {Terrus Wurm}
3x {Walking Corpse}
{Tavern Swindler}
{Corpse Hauler}
{Veilborn Ghoul}
{Tenacious Dead}
{Slum Reaper}
{Borderland Ranger}
2x {Korozda Monitor}
3x {Drudge Beetle}
{Gobbling Ooze}
{Acidic Slime}
{Wild Beastmaster}
{Deadbridge Goliath}
{Predatory Sliver}
{Gladecover Scout}
{Centaur's Herald}
{Elvish Visionary}
{Manawaft Sliver}

4 artifacts
3x {Golgari Keyrune}
{Staff of the Death Magus}

24 spells
{Aerial Predation}
{Vile Rebirth}
{Shrivel}
{Disentomb}
{Serpent's Gift}
{Quag Sickness}
2x {Launch Party}
{Murder}
2x {Grisly Salvage}
{Rites of Reaping}
2x {Stab Wound}
{Treasured Find}
{Trollhide}
{Hunt the Weak}
{Naturalize}
{Savage Strike}
{Into the Wilds}
4x {Alter's Reap}

90 card casual play IRL deck, so cards are limited to what i actually own, focuses on sacking weak creatures to scavenge and beef up others, other key points are the use of deathtouch, trample, and insta-kill cards to intimidate the opponent out of attacking, running over their defense with the creatures beefed up by enchantments and scavenges, and countering any game-impacting creatures they might have. it also has cards that come back or have the ability to come back onto the battlefield the turn after they are sacked, this is another possible use of {Alter's Reap} in this deck.

[xStrayKnightx]

LG, you could probably remove your comment about the link to the original post of the build. Posting it here for convenience.

Altar's Reap Build Challenge 60 cards, 0 sideboard 12 {Snow-Covered Swamp} 4 {Leechridden Swamp} 12 {Swamp} 28 lands 1 {Sheoldred, Whispering One} 2 {Shadowborn Demon} 2 {Reaper from the Abyss} 10 {Shadowborn Apostle} 2 {Abhorrent Overlord} 2 {Harvester of Souls} 1 {Rune-Scarred Demon} 20 creatures 1 {Grave Pact} 2 {Altar's Reap} 1 {Attrition} 1 {Undercity Plague} 1 {Bone Splinters} 1 {Nettlevine Blight} 1 {Consuming Vapors} 1 {Mind Slash} 1 {Curse of the Cabal} 1 {Conjurer's Closet} 1 {Increasing Ambition} 12 other spells Sideboard Notes: Went with a 60 card Casual deck for this. I had the perfect idea the moment I saw the card.

[DirtyMustachio]

As soon as I get outta this meeting

[Brawler_1337]

This is my first EDH build. I'll be tweaking it as the week goes by.

Karador Sac Everything! 100 cards, 0 sideboard 1 {Karador, Ghost Chieftain} 1 general 1 {Command Tower} 1 {Verdant Catacombs} 1 {Strip Mine} 1 {Miren, the Moaning Well} 1 {Marsh Flats} 1 {Deserted Temple} 1 {Overgrown Tomb} 1 {Cabal Coffers} 5 {Plains} 1 {Woodland Cemetery} 1 {Sunpetal Grove} 1 {Murmuring Bosk} 1 {Godless Shrine} 1 {Bojuka Bog} 1 {Windswept Heath} 1 {Tainted Wood} 1 {Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth} 1 {Tainted Field} 1 {Isolated Chapel} 1 {Temple Garden} 1 {Temple of the False God} 1 {Reliquary Tower} 1 {Grim Backwoods} 6 {Forest} 6 {Swamp} 39 lands 1 {Savra, Queen of the Golgari} 1 {Falkenrath Noble} 1 {Soul of the Harvest} 1 {Artisan of Kozilek} 1 {Skullbriar, the Walking Grave} 1 {Harvester of Souls} 1 {Deadwood Treefolk} 1 {Reaper from the Abyss} 1 {Archon of Justice} 1 {Phyrexian Obliterator} 1 {Ashen Rider} 1 {It That Betrays} 1 {Seedguide Ash} 1 {Lumberknot} 1 {Demonlord of Ashmouth} 1 {Wickerbough Elder} 1 {Fleshbag Marauder} 1 {Viscera Seer} 1 {Angel of Despair} 1 {Woodfall Primus} 1 {Sheoldred, Whispering One} 1 {Acidic Slime} 1 {Qasali Pridemage} 1 {Blood Artist} 1 {Ghoultree} 1 {Sylvan Primordial} 1 {Reaper of the Wilds} 1 {Solemn Simulacrum} 1 {Eternal Witness} 1 {Puppeteer Clique} 30 creatures 1 {Black Sun's Zenith} 1 {Swords to Plowshares} 1 {Return to Dust} 1 {Wrath of God} 1 {Sign in Blood} 1 {Read the Bones} 1 {Yawgmoth's Will} 1 {Greater Good} 1 {Ashnod's Altar} 1 {Planar Cleansing} 1 {Momentous Fall} 1 {Path to Exile} 1 {Altar of Bone} 1 {Mercy Killing} 1 {Entomb} 1 {Killing Wave} 1 {Condemn} 1 {Altar's Reap} 1 {Skulltap} 1 {Austere Command} 1 {All Is Dust} 1 {Damnation} 1 {Cauldron Haze} 1 {Attrition} 1 {Life's Finale} 1 {Living Death} 1 {Grave Pact} 1 {Sol Ring} 1 {Phyrexian Altar} 1 {Beast Within} 30 other spells Sideboard Notes: This is my first submission for LasyGrixis' Altar Reap challenge. I will be making improvements to it as time goes on, and I may actually try building it. The whole idea of the deck is to get out creatures, sac them, then bring them back with Karador or by other means. I threw a few Treefolk in there to reveal with {Murmuring Bosk}, and some other utility creatures. It's still a bit scattered, but I'll hone it with time. I literally brewed this in two hours. Feel free to comment and make suggestions!

[Spencer Addington]

Can you build a commander deck around one card that isn't your commander?  I mean what are the odds of you actually using 1 card in 99 in a game?

She didn't really say built around. It's more like it's an important part of the deck or so I remember. Of I am incorrect I apologize.

[LadyGrixis]

Taysby, this Challenge is purely for the joy of building and seeing others creations. These decks have nothing to do with whether or not they could win in a pro tournament; they just have to have a concept and, above all, flavor. I stated in the video that you could build any type of deck you wanted, from Standard to EDH, so long as Altar's Reap was included.

[Brawler_1337]

I built mine in the spirit of the card—mainly, the saccing part of it—, not just the card itself. I made a deck that would like sacrificing its creatures and recurring them. This allows Altar's Reap to work, but also opens up avenues for other plays.

[LadyGrixis]

Sidenote: By building around Altar's Reap, I don't just mean make that care useful. You can build a "Graveyard" or "Demon" flavored EDH from the Flavor text of Altar's Reap