Barook
03-19-2015, 05:30 PM
I totally forgot I wanted to brew with that:
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death + Master of Cruelties
It's worth noting that this combo can be set up with Entomb, which can be run for further utility.
Alesha swings, trigger goes on the stack, Entomb in response, fetch Master, let the trigger resolve, bring back Master. Even if Alesha dies, they still have to deal with a swinging Master, which otherwise puts them on a rather uncomfortable 1 life without blocks in a deck that most likely features burn and DRS drains.
Now the question is how the rest of the deck should look like. Red and black are a given with the colors, but what about the support colors? Flashback/utility spells to consider which are fetchable with Entomb:
Life from the Loam
Cabal Therapy
Lingering Souls
Faithless Looting
Depending on the direction of the deck, the removal can include:
Lightning Bolt
Swords to Plowshares
Abrupt Decay
Punishing Fire
As for the creatures, Deathrite Shaman should be a must, since it can accel, hate on Graveyards and kill opponents weakened by Master. Stoneforge Mystic is good on its own and Alesha's first strike goes well with equipment. It can also be brought back with Alesha for the equipment fetching effect. If SFM dies during the attack, it can be recycled later again. Other possible options are Young Pyromancer and Monastery Mentor. Minister of Pain might be an interesting tutor target for Entomb. Same goes for Vengeful Pharaoh, although for different reason. With both Faithless Looting and the likely inclusion of Liliana of the Veil, I could see Pharaoh doing work. All those three cards also work very well with Loam if you decide to run it. A few Tasigur, the Golden Fang might fit in here, too.
There are also other paths like running additional discard and Reanimate to either reanimate a single Griselbrand after Entomb or creatures from your opponent, although that plan costs additional slots and I'm not really sold on it.
Main question is the color splash - either go white for SFM, StP, possibly Lingering Souls, Mentor and Mother of Runes or go deeper into green for better Loam support, PF combo and Abrupt Decay. Hard to say which one is more appealing.
Edit: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + suprise Filth for the lolz.
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death + Master of Cruelties
It's worth noting that this combo can be set up with Entomb, which can be run for further utility.
Alesha swings, trigger goes on the stack, Entomb in response, fetch Master, let the trigger resolve, bring back Master. Even if Alesha dies, they still have to deal with a swinging Master, which otherwise puts them on a rather uncomfortable 1 life without blocks in a deck that most likely features burn and DRS drains.
Now the question is how the rest of the deck should look like. Red and black are a given with the colors, but what about the support colors? Flashback/utility spells to consider which are fetchable with Entomb:
Life from the Loam
Cabal Therapy
Lingering Souls
Faithless Looting
Depending on the direction of the deck, the removal can include:
Lightning Bolt
Swords to Plowshares
Abrupt Decay
Punishing Fire
As for the creatures, Deathrite Shaman should be a must, since it can accel, hate on Graveyards and kill opponents weakened by Master. Stoneforge Mystic is good on its own and Alesha's first strike goes well with equipment. It can also be brought back with Alesha for the equipment fetching effect. If SFM dies during the attack, it can be recycled later again. Other possible options are Young Pyromancer and Monastery Mentor. Minister of Pain might be an interesting tutor target for Entomb. Same goes for Vengeful Pharaoh, although for different reason. With both Faithless Looting and the likely inclusion of Liliana of the Veil, I could see Pharaoh doing work. All those three cards also work very well with Loam if you decide to run it. A few Tasigur, the Golden Fang might fit in here, too.
There are also other paths like running additional discard and Reanimate to either reanimate a single Griselbrand after Entomb or creatures from your opponent, although that plan costs additional slots and I'm not really sold on it.
Main question is the color splash - either go white for SFM, StP, possibly Lingering Souls, Mentor and Mother of Runes or go deeper into green for better Loam support, PF combo and Abrupt Decay. Hard to say which one is more appealing.
Edit: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + suprise Filth for the lolz.