I feel pretty unsure about the use of Unearth in this deck. The space is very tight in this deck, some I am unsure what I could take out for the Unearths. Maybe Brainstorm or Careful Study? I am hesitant to do this because I am worried about watering down the extremely consistent draw power that is contained in this deck. I find that this deck basically just needs to survive until it can get a Tortured Existence on the table and then I just start dredging as much as possible and get a Psychatog into play as soon as possible or stall my opponent with lifegain from the Golgari Brownscale/Tortured Existence combo.

In regards to your comment about buried alive, I agree with 100%. When I was play testing last night I found myself constantly wanting the ability to drop some Spellstutter Sprites, Wonder or Psychatog into the yard.

In play testing last night, I discovered what I lacked more than anything was creature removal. I've been thinking about adding in a Fleshbag Marauder to deal with this. Being able to recur a creature which forces my opponent to sac a creature would be huge for this deck. The only problem is that Fleshbag Marauder is an uncommon and as of right now I already have 5 Uncommons (2 'Tog, 1 Wonder, 2 Buried Alive). I've been think that it would be nice to include something creature that could act as targeted creature destruction but the only one I know of would be Nekrataal. Abyssal Gatekeeper is a common that would work well but it has a bad interaction if my opponent kills it and I have another creature in play, like Psychatog.

Another possible choice would be Man-O-War. Only draw back to this is that once I play it, unless my opponent kills it, I have no way of getting back in my graveyard.

Basically, I need to get some targeted creature removal.

Another possible addition I thought of was Lighting Greaves. The only drawback to this is that if Lighting Greaves ends up in the graveyard as a result of dredging I have no way to get it back.

Stinkweed Pimp, a deck for the Peasant Format

Engine
4 Tortured Existence

Dredge
4 Golgari Brownscale
4 Stinkweed Pimp Imp

Beatdown
2 Psychatog (U)

Toolbox
4 Spellstutter Sprites
2 Wonder (U)
1 Drift of Phantasms
1 Crypt Rats
1 Mulldrifter

Spells
4 Careful Study
4 Brainstorm
4 Deep Analysis
4 Accumulated Knowledge
1 Buried Alive (U)

Land
4 Dimir Aqueduct
8 Swamps
8 Island

Sideboard
3 Crypt Rats
4 Blue Elemental Blast
4 Ostracize
4 Hymn to Tourach

Swing across the board with a huge Psychatog.

Since I posted the first iteration of this deck, I have done quite a bit of playtesting.
Here is the recent form of this deck:

Dredgeatog

9 Swamp
9 Island

4 Tortured Existence

4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Brownscale
2 Street Wraith (U)
2 Psychatog (U)
1 Wonder (U)
1 Drift Of Phantasms
1 Crypt Rats

4 Brainstorm
4 Careful Study
4 Deep Analysis
4 Mana Leak
4 Rune Snag
4 Duress

SB:

3 Crypt Rats
4 Ostracize
4 Hydroblast
4 Hymn to Tourach


The main problems is discovered with my original decklist was that in decks that weren’t packing a lot of creatures (MBC, IsoBurn, ProsTides) I had four dead cards in Diabolic Edict, and nearly every time I had a Diabolic Edict, I wanted it to be more countermagic. The current list has plenty of counter magic and draw, so I can make sure I have a counterspell in my hand every turn. Basically this decks will play as combo/control, having you sit there til you know you can swing with a lethal ‘Tog.

Card Choices:

Brainstorm Vs. Accumulated Knowledge: I like Brainstorm because for U plus some dredgers I can easily load my graveyard with anywhere from 12-15 cards which can equal 6-8 damage, a huge advantage in Peasant, which is by it’s nature is a very fast format. I haven’t tested AK, however, I think it could be very good. Thanks for the suggestion!

Street Wraith: This card plus a Stinkweed Imp and Tortured Existence is amazing! B, Pay two life: Dredge five and return a Stinkweed Imp to your hand. I think that this ability is crucial in that you can load up your yard fast, without wasting a draw spell on dredging. However, I do agree that -2 Street Wratih, +1 Wonder and +Psychatog could be very good. I will test this.

Dimir Aqueduct: I like the idea, but it appears that it might be too slow. This deck is already slow by Peasant standards, and if you want stay alive you need to have a land drop every turn in order to outpace your opponent with countermagic. I will test it tho.

Rend Flesh: While I really like having a butt load of countermagic, I can see how if they resolve a creature like Goblin Lackey, Priest of Titania, then I simply must have targeted removal. I like the card, and I will definitely do some testing with it.

Here is an idea for a decklist I have been testing. Abuses dredge and Tortured Existence to smash with a fat flying Psychatog.

In playing this deck, is seems like to want to be combo/control.

Here is the list as is stands so far:

4 Tortured Existence

Dredge:
4 Golgari Brownscale
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Street Wraith (U)

Beatdown
2 Psychatog (U)

Toolbox
1 Wonder (U)

Spells
4 Careful Study
4 Brainstorm
4 Deep Analysis
4 Duress
4 Mana Leak
4 Diabolic Edict

Land
12 Swamps
8 Island

Sideboard
3 Crypt Rats
4 Blue Elemental Blast
4 Ostracize
4 Aether

The SB is very much in progress.

Please, hit me with your criticism