[Deck] 4 color Pox

[Mantis]

For this concept I was inspired by Sam Blacks Zombardment and especially the use of Faithless Looting in combination with Lingering Souls. However, I was unimpressed by Carrion Feeder, Bloodghast and Gravecrawler. After performing a search of all cards with the phrase graveyard on them and browsing through +1000 cards I came across Haakon, Stromgald Scourge. The other usable knights were Knight of the Reliquary, Mirran Crusader and Student of Warfare. Student really wasn't good enough so Mirran is my pick of choice. But just Looting is not enough to get Haakon and Souls in the graveyard thus I included Smallpox and Liliana. Life from the Loam helped smooth this out and it's dredge ability combines nicely with the afforementioned cards. The rest of the deck is fairly intuitive. The manabase is shaky at best, Flagstones and Urborg are needed to succesfully play Smallpox and then there really is no room for Wasteland or even basic lands when you need to support 4 colors.

Now I have been working on this deck for just 2 days now so obviously the deck hasn't been smoothed out yet. Especially the numbers in the manabase are almost certainly incorrect. Also, it might very well be that this concept is completely garbage, however I have had such a good time playing the latest versions that I wanted to share it.

// Lands
2 [B] Badlands
2 [B] Scrubland
1 [B] Plateau
1 [B] Bayou
2 [B] Taiga
3 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
2 [ZEN] Marsh Flats
1 [B] Savannah
3 [PLC] Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 [TSP] Flagstones of Trokair
2 [ON] Wooded Foothills

// Creatures
4 [CS] Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
3 [MBS] Mirran Crusader
1 [CFX] Knight of the Reliquary

// Spells
4 [DKA] Faithless Looting
4 [DKA] Lingering Souls
2 [EVE] Flame Jab
2 [B] Swords to Plowshares
4 [RAV] Life from the Loam
2 [ISD] Liliana of the Veil
4 [M12] Smallpox
3 [AP] Vindicate
1 [SHM] Firespout
3 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [ROE] Inquisition of Kozilek
SB: 2 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 4 [MR] Chalice of the Void
SB: 3 [LRW] Thoughtseize
SB: 1 [SHM] Firespout
SB: 4 [GP] Leyline of the Void

From my limited testing I found that Maverick and midrange decks in general is a fairly decent matchup. I would estimate the Stonblade matchup at 50/50. I have been struggling against Tempo based decks as they can punish the greedy manabase and finish me before I could stabilize. The Goblins matchup was pretty atrocious since it's hard to disrupt their hasty beaters. Against unfair decks such as ANT, Tide, Dredge and Reanimator the deck does surprisingly well. You flatout lose to decks packing Price of Progress unfortunately. I don't think this deck will break the format, but I do think it's a very fun deck to play with quite a bit of potential to be a lot stronger than it is now. The reason I am posting my list here is that I would love to find some interested members with whom I can share my ideas and perhaps you guys have some golden tips.

[Greenpoe]

Probably want more Firespouts since it'll kill delvers, help your Maverick matchup, and Mirran Crusader is immune to it anyway.

[Ppa0]

I like the deck idea and I have been trying to work on a 5 color control deck with mediocre results. Anyway, I think if you run 4 Haakon, a card like Crib Swap or Nameless Inversion would be very beneficial, maybe it could replace the Flame Jab or perhaps StP so you can Crib Swap and Flame Jab every creature. Also this card might be a bit out of place but I just love PWs, but try running Ajani Vengeant, he can be pretty useful at times for various match ups.

Edit: Another card which might be a bit too slow but still have some potential is Burning Vengeance.