Created: Sat Jul 27 18:13:55 UTC 2011 Design philosophy: Two for one for discard, for cheap creatures' effects, removal (with life gain). If cheap creatures, see that they have heavy B mana commitment so that devotion mechanics can be utilized. Legend: 1: part of the initial build (Created) +1: added/to be added to the build -1: removed/to be removed from the build ?1: maybe to be removed Mana: 26 Swamp 1 Bayou 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Marsh Flats 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Polluted Delta 1 Windswept Heath 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Cabal Coffers 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth More mana & utilities: 1 Chrome Mox 1 Dark Ritual 1 Expedition Map 1 Wayfarer's Bauble 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Bitterblossom 1 Shadow of Doubt 1 Golgari Signet 1 Krosan Grip 1 Kodama's Reach 1 Cultivate 1 Pernicious Deed 1 Sorin Markov Disruption & Draw 1 Duress 1 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Thoughtseize 1 Mind Sludge 1 Sensei's Divining Top 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Night's Whisper 1 Sign in Blood 1 Rhystic Tutor 1 Phyrexian Arena 1 Beseech the Queen 1 Cruel Bargain 1 Infernal Contract 1 Necropotence 1 Diabolic Tutor 1 Promise of Power 1 Yawgmoth's Bargain 1 Skeletal Scrying Removal: 1 Ghostly Demise 1 Chainer's Edict 1 Diabolic Edict 1 Slaughter Pact 1 Unmake 1 Maelstrom Pulse 1 Tendrils of Corruption 1 Consuming of Vapors 1 The Abyss 1 Mutilate 1 Massacre 1 Damnation 1 Contagion 1 Spinning Darkness 1 Corrupt 1 Soul Spike 1 Suffer the Past 1 Drain of Life 1 Consume Spirit Critters: 1 Veteran Explorer 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Death's Shadow -1 Nantuko Shade (+1 Misery's Shadow) 1 Gatekeeper of Malakir 1 Vampire Nighthawk 1 Graveborn Muse 1 Abyssal Persecutor 1 Shriekmaw 1 Tombstalker 1 Solemn Simulacrum 1 Masticore +1 Wurmcoil Engine -1 Persecute 1 Death Grasp 1 Gerrard's Verdict 1 Land Tax 1 Path to Exile 1 Feith's Fetters 1 Unmake 1 Razormane Masticore 1 Plains 1 The Abyss 1 Slaughter Pact 1 Shadow of Doubt 1 Tainted Pact SB: http://mtgsuomi.fi/keskustelu/index.php?topic=68009.0;topicseen 1 Phyrexian Crusader 1 Exile into Darkness 1 Dismember 1 Reanimate 1 Liliana of the Veil +1 Liliana's Triumph 1 Go for the Throat 1 Doom Blade 1 Funeral Charm 1 Darkblast 1 Engineered Explosives +1 Flaying Tendrils +1 Yahenni's Expertise +1 Fatal Push +1 Aetherborn Vampire +1 Bontu's Last Reckoning +1 Dread Shade +1 Cabal Stronghold +1 Burglar Rat +1 Unearth +1 Cuombajj Witches +1 Force of Despair +1 Dead of Winter +1 Dread Presence +1 Yarok's Fenlurker +1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth +1 Murderous Rider +1 Ayara, First of Locthwain +1 Castle Lochtwain +1 Gifted Aetherborn +1 Gatekeeper of Malakir +1 Withered Wretch +1 Witch's Cottage +1 Cling to Dust +1 Erebos's Intervention +1 Snuff Out (since deck has life gain) +1 Fabled Passage (if splashing green ramp spells) +1 Plague Engineer +1 Grimdancer +1 Bloodchief's Thirst +1 Misery's Shadow