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Author Topic: Help me with some black high dam/ low mana cost creatures  (Read 7326 times)
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« on: December 17, 2009, 02:02:26 pm »

I want to make an aggro deck with some high damage / low mana cost creatures.

Like 4 x Juzam Djinn, 4 x Plague Sliver, 4 x Phyrexian Scuta, 4 x Hidden Horror and so.

Does anyone know any other black creatures, who has the unusual stats of having a power higher than its converted mana cost?

Or some stats, that just makes it a must in a black creature deck?

Then please tell me here.
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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2009, 02:10:26 pm »

I guess Phrexian Negator, but if you're willing to plot down over $500 for some Juzan Djinns, why put that money towards a good, competitive deck?
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2009, 02:31:15 pm »

Already got the 4 Juzams.

And I dont think they are competative in a tournament deck. Juzams are more like show-off cards, than tournament cards.. IMO.

Not that I want to use em for show-off, just think they fit into this theme-deck.
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2009, 08:15:19 pm »

Flesh Reaver, Ashenmoor Gouger, Barrow Ghoul, Avatar of Discord, Canker Abomination, Desecration Elemental, Dross Harvester, Dusk Urchins, Grinning Demon, Mercenary Knight, Nyxathid, Nezumi Graverobber, Stenchskipper. Some of these are better than others, naturally. Grinning Demon is like Juzam on steroids, so I'd start with that, but at least some of the others could be made to work.
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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2009, 12:53:51 pm »

I don't know if I am alone in saying so but I actually don't much care for Grinning Demon as its drawback is worse than Juzam/Plague a non-negligible amount of time while its extra power/toughness isn't a faster clock in a vacuum (still 4 turns to kill on its own).

When it comes to efficient casting-cost-to-power ratio, Negator is the best of the best, imo.  I would play 4 of them before I even considered Scuta.  Hidden Horror is to be avoided outside of say, an Oversold Cemetary theme deck.

I think 4 Negator, 4 Juzam, and 3-4 Plague Sliver is all the creatures you need for any mono black fatty deck.  You'd be better off including Hymn/Sinkhole/Duress/Thoughtseize in the slots you were intending to run extra creatures in.  Sinkhole is insane in a deck with turn one Negators, btw.  There's a reason it used to be called the black Time Walk. Wink
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