Has anyone tested Night's Whisper in the deck?
I've played with it in a mono-B version of Easter Tendrils (more within my budget) on Apprentice, and it seems to work well with the deck. It doesn't synergize quite as well with cards like Spoils, Necropotence, or Yawgmoth's Bargain, but to me, Night's Whisper is more consistent in terms of mana cost than Thoughtcast. I havn't played against live competition, but in goldfishing, the loss in life didn't seem too much of a hindrance except for possibly a first turn Spoils that places me close to death.
Also, Vampiric Tutor isn't that bad in the deck because it can occasionally set up an egg, Spoils, or any other draw card, to draw Tendrils. It also obviously helps to find Helm of Awakening.
I've also experimented with one Skeletal Scrying in my deck. I know it takes away from potential Will targets, but if you can Scrye enough cards, then it replaces the cards removed from the graveyard with new ones. It also requires mana to get a good Scrye, but in my experience, I've been able to generate enough mana to Scrye and keep the combo going.
Does anyone know what's supposed to be a decent goldfish for Easter Tendrils? My mono-B version has averaged about 2.7 turns over 80 trials when going first and packing zero disupruption. It has also loss 5 times to bad consults or spoils over the 80 trials. I generally keep any hand that nets me a Swamp.
If anyone is interested here's my super budget, mono-B version of Easter Tendrils, which I like to call Black Sunday.
//NAME: Black Sunday
// Kill
1 Yawgmoth's Will
3 Tendrils of Agony
// Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Consultation
2 Spoils of the Vault
// Draw
4 Night's Whisper
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Necropotence
1 Skeletal Scrying
// Draw Engine
4 Helm of Awakening
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Darkwater Egg
4 Mossfire Egg
4 Skycloud Egg
4 Shadowblood Egg
// Mana Sources
12 Swamp
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
I have 3 Tendrils to safeguard against bad Spoils or Consults. I see some builds having 4 Spoils, but 2 Spoils have worked well enough for me. I have Yawgmoth's Bargain in my deck because I usually can build up enough mana to get it into play (Helm of Awakening helps too). I would have Mana Crypt in the deck if it was in my budget, but I'm cheap. I don't have Sol Ring, Mana Vault, or Lotus Petal in the deck. They provide acceleration and might help to produce more turn 2 kills, but for some reason, I didn't like them after some goldfish tests. The Skeletal Scrying is there for experimentation and has done a decent job. I have yet to create a sideboard although it would probably contain Duress and any other cards that would help force through the combo.
The decklist is suboptimal for more serious meta's, but I'm a casual fan who plays with casual players.
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