Here's a fun deck i've been playing lately, and thought i'd share it. It
needs something to put it over the top, so any suggestions are welcome!
An easy deck to play. The most important thing to do when playing it is:
get as many creatures in the graveyard as possible, then get your lands in
play. The Entomb/monger/Death combo is great for turn two beats and
often wins that way alone, but if this gets foiled the deck has great
late-game potential. The Harrows/Farmhands/Entombs/Buried Alives thin
your deck tremendously to allow drawing quality cards almost every time, and
with the Lifes/Muscle Bursts in your deck even a land is not a wasted draw.
It should be pretty easy to swarm someone with several lands, using only
one to cast Life and two for Muscle Burst on one that doesn't get
blocked. One great thing about this deck is your ability to get critters
back from the dead at will with the Deaths and Zombifys. Re-using a
Farmhand as a quick blocker/land grabber is useful if no biggies are hanging
out in your graveyard. Also, all the land grabbing allows for the use of
deeds on the same turn
As for sideboarding, the duresses are against control decks (take out
the Bursts; the Harrows help with mana advantage which is crucial against
blue). Innocent bloods are to take care of fast big-creature decks,
since you don't really care about swarms (deeds) or losing your own critters
too much (Death/Zombify). They are also MAJOR against "Balancing
Tings"! Just hold a swamp and a 'blood, and after toasting their
dude you have a good chance of Deathing a critter in your 'yard
quickly. The Lyrists are for more enchantment control, while the Calls
are for discard decks and a surprise that catches people sometimes
(especially after entombing it!). The Hurricanes wipe away fliers, and with
the enormous mana you generate they can be used as an alternate path to
quick victory (be careful though - Death hurts!).
So, there it is...it does seem to lack something to make it a tier-I deck,
so if anyone has suggestions please feel free to e-mail me!
Thanks -
da Black Mage