[EDH] Necro-Drain.edh

[FTW]

I've been working on this Erebos deck too... Erebos + ramp lets you basically play EDH like the old Necropotence + Drain Life decks from the mid 90s. So nostalgic.

Any suggestions of cards that are very strong in MBC?


//Commander: 1
Erebos, God of the Dead

//Life Drain: 9
Exsanguinate
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Consume Spirit
Drain Life
Bloodchief Ascension
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Polluted Bonds
Pontiff of Blight
Thrull Parasite

//Mana Ramp: 13
Sol Ring
Mana Crypt
Jet Medallion
Charcoal Diamond
Mind Stone
Worn Powerstone
Thran Dynamo
Gilded Lotus
Extraplanar Lens
Gauntlet of Power
Caged Sun
Crypt Ghast
Nirkana Revenant

//Tutors/Draw: 12
Vampiric Tutor
Imperial Seal
Expedition Map
Demonic Tutor
Grim Tutor
Diabolic Tutor
Increasing Ambition
Skeletal Scrying
Necropotence
Underworld Connections
Phyrexian Arena
Planar Portal

//Removal: 10
Damnation
Decree of Pain
Life's Finale
Black Sun's Zenith
Nevinyral's Disk
Oblivion Stone
Ashes to Ashes
Hero's Downfall
Barter in Blood
Massacre Wurm

//Stupid Combo: 2
Sanguine Bond
Exquisite Blood

//Good Stuff: 10
Yawgmoth's Will
Wurmcoil Engine
Sepulchral Primordial
Grave Titan
Bloodgift Demon
Avatar of Woe
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Myojin of Night's Reach
Elixir of Immortality
Sensei's Divining Top

//Planeswalkers: 4
Liliana Vess
Sorin Markov
Liliana of the Dark Realms
Karn Liberated

//Lands: 39
Deserted Temple
Cabal Coffers
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vesuva
Thespian's Stage
Dark Depths
Thawing Glaciers
Scrying Sheets
Volrath's Stronghold
Cavern of Souls
Lake of the Dead
26 Snow-Covered Swamp
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Reliquary Tower

[Davran]

Am I missing Phyrexian Arena in your list somewhere? I think I'd run Arena before I ran Underworld Connections.

Also, Yawgmoth's Bargain is banned in this format IIRC...despite whatever it says over on the mothership.

[FTW]

Am I missing Phyrexian Arena in your list somewhere? I think I'd run Arena before I ran Underworld Connections.

Also, Yawgmoth's Bargain is banned in this format IIRC...despite whatever it says over on the mothership.

Hmm.. you're right. I cut Arena for something else but didn't realize I was leaving Connections in over it.
- Bargain
+ Arena

[HammafistRoob]

Since Cabal Coffers is such a tank, maybe you should be playing Expedition Map? Probably black fetches too since you have Top and want shuffle effects whenever possible. I could also see Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx putting in work here, acting as an almost 'Coffers. Looks like a fun deck for sure.

[TestMonkey]

Whenever I play Necropotence I usually add Reliquary Tower because t's nice to draw 20 cards off of Necro and then keep all of the cards.

[FTW]

Changes:
-2 Swamp
+1 Nykthos, Shrine of not quite Cabal Coffers
+1 Reliquary Tower

Expedition Map is "hidden" under Tutors