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Today's CGC is introducing a revamp to my deck discussions. You see, I've recently rediscovered my love of budget decks for standard (more on how I rediscovered it in a bit), so we will be talking about our (my) ABC...D's; as in A Budget Constructed Deck. Want to know what's great? If I'm showing the progress of the decks, we can have the ABCDE's (Evolution). Then for the last segment on that particular deck: ABCDEF's (Finale). Yes, I like word play. Deal with it ,,v. ~_^
Ok, back on topic... You all know that I love my Deadeye Control deck, and that will be my focus for the majority of Innistrad's stay in standard. However, it's not like I want it to go stale on me. Which brings me to today's post and why I rediscovered my budget love. I was thinking about a deck I could just randomly throw together to have fun at a random FNM in November. Since it was just to take a break from my main deck, I wasn't going to put too much time or effort (i.e. trading for pieces I needed). What I came up with is...
Night Terrors:
Creatures: (20)Duty-Bound Dead x4
Diregraf Ghoul x4
Butcher Ghoul x4
Blood Artist x4
Diregraf Captain x4
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Artifacts: (1)
Runechanter's Pike x1
Spells: (19)
Bone Splinters x3
Ghoulcaller's Chant x3
Altar's Reap x3
Spectral Flight x3
Murder x3
Forbidden Alchemy x3
Lands: (20)
Drowned Catacomb x1
Swamps and Islands x19
One thing you may notice is the lack of Gravecrawler's. Well, if you remember I said I was just throwing this together. I don't have the Gravecrawler's. Now, I know what you're thinking: why Duty-Bound Dead though? I wanted another one drop in black, and Hunted Ghoul was my first thought. Awesome! Another zombie! Then my eyes fell on DBDead, and I started to think: DBDead would do a better job of supporting the deck as opposed to filling the deck by not only mucking up the ground, but also pumping up my early turn attacker. Would Gravecrawler's be better? Most likely (they don't muck up the ground). Would I love to have them in the deck? Definitely. Will I try and add a few? Well, that's where we get to the interesting part of this post...
YOU are going to decide. I am going to do something a little different. I have a second deck I am going to discuss with you in a few seconds, and I want you to pick which one I focus on for my ABCDE's. Which ever one is the most popular is the one I will discuss and tweak. Simple as that. If you pick the Night Terrors, Gravecrawler's would probably be my first choice in upgrading the deck as long as it stays a budget card (which it barely is right now. More on this at the end though). Before you snap pick that deck though, let's talk about it's competition...
Reani-Shrieker:
Creatures:
Mindshrieker x4
Bruna, Light of Alabaster x2Archon of the Triumvirate x2
Drogskol Reaver x2
Spells:
Thought Scour x4
Mizzium Skin x4
Unburial Rites x4
Rise from the Grave x2
Righteous Authority x2
Unhallowed Pact
Artifacts:
Azorius Keyrune x4
Ring of Evos Isle x2
Lands:
TBD
Any horror director worth his salt will tell you that things you imagine are scarier than any monster that can be put on the screen. Well this deck has the chance to prove it with another of my favorite, underrated cards from IND block: Mindshrieker. At first, I saw this card as Jace's go to creature instead of an illusion (tell me you can't imagine how majestic it would look to see Jace launch a wave of blue magic at someone, have it form into a bird that buzzes over the person, clawing at his head, not doing any physical damage, and flying back over and landing on Jace's arm like a falconer and his pet).
The problem with that though is you are at the whim of your opponents deck, you never know what kind of card you are going to mill with it. With THIS deck though, you have full control, and what better way to take advantage of all the high costed cards you want to mill with the bird than to reanimate them after they have pumped it up?
And so, Reani-Shrieker was born. Now, I will say right of the bat (and it may/should seem fairly obvious) that this deck is not nearly as "fine-tuned" as the Night Terrors, simply for the fact that I've had that deck assembled for a while now so I can use it at this week's FNM. It will look more streamlined after I've had some more time to think about it.
My first pick for a reanimation target was Bruna, which also allowed me to tap into another form of reanimation, and include the aura that just screams "BRUNA!" for me: Righteous Authority. Other possible targets that I am considering are Avacyn and Griselbrand, but again, that's up to you and the whim of the budget.
So there you have it. Now it is up to you. Which deck would you rather see me evolve? Or do you just want to see me evolve my Deadeye Control deck? Leave me a comment with the deck and any suggestions you have for that deck. On the topic of suggestions, I am going to leave you with two criteria I will be basing my decisions on for whichever deck you decide on:
1) Price. Obviously! Each card should be no more than $10 (since different sites have different prices, this is somewhat flexible), hence why I called Gravecrawler barely acceptable. I will mention that the closer the card is to $10, the less likely I will add it. Lands do NOT count for this, but you probably won't be suggesting those anyway.
2) Availability. I am TRADING for these cards. I am not spending any actual cash on them. As such, if I can't find them for trade, they won't be going in. This is less likely to be a hindrance though, since I can usually find most cards on Pojo, the site I trade on. You also don't know what the availability is for me, so this is more of a "if I don't use the card you suggested, don't think I ignored it" stipulation. I will seriously consider each suggestion.
I'm going to leave you with one last comment on these decks I feel should be kept in mind: Gatecrash will have both Dimir (BU) and Orzhov (WB). JUST SAYIN'. I am really excited for both of these decks. Now all that's left is for you to tell me which one to use. Leave a comment or tweet me @NerdPop140.
Now, if you excuse me, I think I just heard a Bump in the Night...
-JT
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