Yet another The Abyss Deck

[sauce]

I was thinking about a new take on black, here is something I brewed up:

4 the abyss
2 sorin markov
4 chalice of the void (to protect manlands/sb combo from stp)
2 umezawa's jitte
4 hymn to tourach
4 thoughtseize
3 smother
3 diabolic edict
4 phyrexian totem
4 dark ritual
2 chrome mox
2 crucible of worlds
4 mishra's factory
4 mutavault
4 wasteland
6 swamp
4 urborg, tomb of yawgmoth

// sideboard:
4 dark depths
4 vampire hexmage
4 leyline of the void
3 duress

problems i can see w/o playtesting:
1) ghostly prison hurts this deck
2) attaining 4 of the abyss
3) no way to tutor up dark depths or vampire hexmage w/o Shred memory and like Expedition map post board...

cheers

[santeria]

dark rit and thoughtseize seem kind of bad with chalice. no stax shell ?

[hi-val]

FOUR Abyss? They're still Enchant Worlds. I wouldn't really want more than 1, especially because Enlightened Tutor gets it.

[johanessen]

Chrome Mox? Isn't Mox Diamond just better here with Crucible and manlands?

[Mystical_Jackass]

I say run Stax shell, and run Juggernaut.


+ Mox Diamond
+ Trinisphere
- Disruption

[umbowta]

FOUR Abyss? They're still Enchant Worlds. I wouldn't really want more than 1, especially because Enlightened Tutor gets it.

But haven't we seen that most deck have an answer for an Abyss post board and many have maindeck Pridemage? Those who can't answer a single abyss either wont care if it resolves or are just scrubby piles that should be considered a bye. Thus, more than one copy is probably good, at least post board.

[Jedi Knight]

Take a look at what David Gearheart ran at the 5K Philly....Markov Control!
Kind of the same Idea...But his list looks a lot more polished!!I really like his list and have been testing it.