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    [EDH] Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed (formerly Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon)



    Lands (36):

    Cabal Coffers
    Bloodstained Mire
    Deserted Temple
    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    26 Snow-Covered Swamp
    Verdant Catacombs
    Marsh Flats
    Polluted Delta
    Vesuva
    Buried Ruin
    Thespian's Stage

    Acceleration (17):

    Sol Ring
    Mana Crypt
    Gauntlet of Power
    Basalt Monolith
    Candelabra of Tawnos
    Nirkana Revenant
    Caged Sun
    Mana Vault
    Worn Powerstone
    Thran Dynamo
    Gilded Lotus
    Crypt Ghast
    Black Market
    Everflowing Chalice
    Magus of the Coffers
    Grim Monolith
    Burnished Hart

    Card Draw/Selection (4):

    Sensei's Divining Top
    Memory Jar
    Promise of Power
    Necropotence

    Tutors (13):

    Diabolic Tutor
    Demonic Tutor
    Vampiric Tutor
    Expedition Map
    Beseech the Queen
    Shred Memory
    Praetor's Grasp
    Grim Tutor
    Demonic Collusion
    Cruel Tutor
    Imperial Seal
    Increasing Ambition
    Diabolic Revelation

    Removal/Sweepers (15):

    Damnation
    Barter in Blood
    Ashes to Ashes
    Innocent Blood
    Oblivion Stone
    All is Dust
    Karn Liberated
    Decree of Pain
    The Abyss
    Spreading Plague
    Toxic Deluge
    No Mercy
    Infest
    Withering Wisps
    Dread

    Graveyard Recursion (3):

    Yawgmoth's Will
    Crucible of Worlds
    Mimic Vat

    Miscellaneous (11):

    Leyline of the Void
    Helm of Obedience
    Rings of Brighthearth
    Exsanguinate
    Infernal Darkness
    Silent Arbiter
    Ensnaring Bridge
    Sculpting Steel
    Staff of Domination
    Ward of Bones
    Crawlspace

    It's a pretty straightforward deck. Punish people who attack you, and control the game until you're ready to kill with:

    Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth + Sensei's Divining Top/Exsanguinate
    Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void
    Cabal Coffers + Deserted Temple + Rings of Brighthearth + Sensei's Divining Top/Exsanguinate
    Magus of the Coffers + Staff of Domination

    Your best tutor target is usually Cabal Coffers, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Deserted Temple, Vesuva, or Candelabra of Tawnos, as these cards combine to generate an insane amount of mana in this deck. Later in the game, Yawgmoth's Will is your best bet.

    Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed is a deck that relies on subtlety and your opponents being more afraid of each other than of you. There's a saying in my EDH group: "The third player to be scary wins the game." Basically, the first person who does something insanely powerful gets hated out by the other players, the second player to do so gets whatever is left of the counters/removal, but by the third time someone tries to win the game no one has enough cards left to stop them. Your goal with Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed is to be the third player who tries to win the game.

    The best way to play is to sit back while building up cards and mana for the first six to eight turns of the game. Try not to do anything overtly threatening until your opponents have blown their loads. Tutor for cards like Cabal Coffers that set you up for the long game without drawing attention to yourself. Let your opponents over-commit to building up their board state then blow an Oblivion Stone or cast All is Dust. All those extra cards you drew and all that extra mana from Cabal Coffers should leave you better off than everyone else. If you're going for an instant kill like Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void, play and use it in a single turn whenever possible. Leaving half of a kill out there will draw attention to yourself and make your opponents target you every time you play a tutor.

    As the speed in which your playgroup kills varies, you're going to have to adjust the deck to continue being the third scary person.
    Last edited by Kuma; 11-16-2013 at 06:36 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Skeggi View Post
    How would Nitewolf have said this?... P_R went over the line. But it was about naming cats. Also, Anus Mittens is a good name for a cat.
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    "Casual sex, NO Touching/Licking/Sucking/Groping/Fondling/Riding/Tickling/Binding/Quitters/Italians. Play Fast, Be Polite, Have Fun."

    Sure as hell sounds like fun.

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    Re: [EDH] Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

    Looks very solid, I love decks with minimal creatures.

    Any reason Maze of ith didn't make the list?

    Some kind of GY hate should probably get fit in their somewhere, maybe Bojuka Bog?

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    Re: [EDH] Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

    Quote Originally Posted by TheArchitect View Post
    Any reason Maze of ith didn't make the list?
    If a land isn't a Snow-Covered Swamp I need a really good reason to run it. This deck uses Cabal Coffers a lot and needs a critical mass of swamps to work properly.

    I run so many ways to kill creatures. Why settle for untapping them?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheArchitect View Post
    Some kind of GY hate should probably get fit in their somewhere, maybe Bojuka Bog?
    I run Leyline of the Void and Shred Memory. I could run more, but my metagame has kind of moved away from graveyard decks.
    Quote Originally Posted by Skeggi View Post
    How would Nitewolf have said this?... P_R went over the line. But it was about naming cats. Also, Anus Mittens is a good name for a cat.
    Quote Originally Posted by MMogg View Post
    "Casual sex, NO Touching/Licking/Sucking/Groping/Fondling/Riding/Tickling/Binding/Quitters/Italians. Play Fast, Be Polite, Have Fun."

    Sure as hell sounds like fun.

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    Re: [EDH] Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

    Ya true about the maze of ith. Caged Sun will be a nice 2nd gauntlet after NPH.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kuma View Post
    I run Leyline of the Void and Shred Memory. I could run more, but my metagame has kind of moved away from graveyard decks.
    I am an idiot. I didn't even think of using them for that effect effect haha! I was just looking at them as a combo piece and a tutor.

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    Re: [EDH] Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

    Quote Originally Posted by TheArchitect View Post
    Caged Sun will be a nice 2nd gauntlet after NPH.
    True dat.

    After New Phyrexia, I'm going to make the following changes:

    - Strata Scythe
    - Extraplanar Lens
    - No Mercy
    - Crystal Ball

    + Lashwrithe
    + Praetor's Grasp
    + Karn Liberated
    + Caged Sun

    EDIT:

    More changes:

    - Necrologia
    - Temporal Aperture
    - Prototype Portal
    - Venser's Journal

    + All is Dust
    + Nirkana Revenant
    + Solemn Simulacrum
    + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
    Last edited by Kuma; 04-26-2011 at 11:51 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Skeggi View Post
    How would Nitewolf have said this?... P_R went over the line. But it was about naming cats. Also, Anus Mittens is a good name for a cat.
    Quote Originally Posted by MMogg View Post
    "Casual sex, NO Touching/Licking/Sucking/Groping/Fondling/Riding/Tickling/Binding/Quitters/Italians. Play Fast, Be Polite, Have Fun."

    Sure as hell sounds like fun.

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    Re: [EDH] Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

    + Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
    + Beacon of Unrest

    - Nevinyrral's Disk
    - Sigil of Distinction

    I want a way to get back a counterspelled Yawgmoth's Will, and Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed is about my only option. Since people keep destroying my Cabal Coffers, I want more ways to get it back besides Yawgmoth's Will and Crucible of Worlds. Beacon of Unrest lets me get back a destroyed Crucible of Worlds, while giving me lots of other options. Also considered were Ill-Gotten Gains and Grim Discovery.

    After adding All is Dust, Nevinyrral's Disk was slow and redundant. I don't like cutting the Sigil of Distinction, but it's been a long time since I used it to kill someone. Anyone have another suggestion for something I could cut?
    Quote Originally Posted by Skeggi View Post
    How would Nitewolf have said this?... P_R went over the line. But it was about naming cats. Also, Anus Mittens is a good name for a cat.
    Quote Originally Posted by MMogg View Post
    "Casual sex, NO Touching/Licking/Sucking/Groping/Fondling/Riding/Tickling/Binding/Quitters/Italians. Play Fast, Be Polite, Have Fun."

    Sure as hell sounds like fun.

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