[EDH] Demonlord Belzenlok - Demon Tribal

[ronco]

For the hell of it, I wanted to make a demon tribal deck, and have Demonlord Belzenlok be thy profane commander. This is VERY MUCH a work in progress as this is just the first draft of the deck. The goal is for casual multiplayer/1 on 1 games, where I may be loaning out a deck to let some newer people play kind of thing. So I won't be putting mana crypts in here (unless they get super cheap with mystery booster cards) but I will be making the deck reasonably competitive for kitchen table standards. It has a long way to go but I'll start this here and if there are any glaring omissions, I'm open for suggestions.

39 Lands

Swamp x36 Lake of the Dead Barren Moor Bojuka bog

22 Metalheads

Overseer of the Damned Bloodgift Demon Abyssal Persecutor Demon of Wailing Agonies Archfiend of Depravity Doom Whisperer Herald of Torment Archfiend of Spite Embodiment of Agonies Harvester of Souls

Desecration Demon Vilis, Broker of Blood Rune-scarred Demon Reaper from the Abyss Indulgent Tormentor Pestilence Demon Grinning Demon Kagemaro, First to Suffer Kothophed, Soul Hoarder Reiver Demon Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis Archdemon of Paliano

Those are the demons. Goal was to have a mix of splashy cards without having a horrible curve, hence why some of the smaller ones are in there (Grinning Demon for example). This may be the wrong way to go about it, so expect changes once the cards come in. Its tough for me to playtest with proxies. Fortunately this is very much a budget endeavor from a creature standpoint.

36 Other Cards

5 Planeswalkers Liliana Vess Liliana, Death's Majesty Liliana of the Dark Realms Sorin Markov Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath	11 Board Wipes/Removal Bontu's Last Reckoning Toxic Deluge Ritual of Soot Damnation Decree of Pain Sudden Spoiling Languish Mutilate Black Sun's Zenith Price of Fame Hero's Downfall	3 Card Selection Demonic Tutor Razaketh's Rite Bolas's Citadel
9 Mana Rocks/Reducers/Spells Mana Vault Sol Ring Heartless Summoning Herald's Horn Belbe's Portal Bontu's Monument Urza's Incubator Jet Medallion Caged Sun	7 Misc accessories Whip of Erebos Exhume Reanimate Swiftfoot Boots The Eldest Reborn Mark of the Oni Lashwrithe	1 Token Generators Demonic Rising 2 Alt win Con Liliana's Contract Hatred

Quick notes - The mana base is lacking cards like Cabal Coffers, Lake of the Dead, and so forth. Dark rit/Cabal rit are probably useless in this deck, and Exhume is likely a bad idea in a creature based format. Those will be cut, likely for more bad dudes, more protection/removal, and card filtering. Note - with the current curve the Dark Prince Belzenlok "draws" a fair amount of cards when cast, so late game (as long as I can get him in play) there isn't much of an issue refilling the hand, it's just being able to cast stuff.
Heartless Summoning is a MAJOR boost, however it doesn't play well with the token generators (which is why Bad moon is in there). There aren't nearly as many required sacrifice cards as I initially thought, so I'll reevaluate and see if that is still necessary. If not that will open up 3 more slots. I thought about going the Shadowborn Apostle route, but I didn't feel like taking up that many slots, plus the impact of any one Demon wasn't particularly worth it. Plus, removal and all that.

So, right now the plan is to board wipe until I can start flooding with evasive fatties and win in the air. There are some glaring omissions right now, but bear with me as it comes together. I find this posting format helps tremendously with that.