B/W Evershrike

TekNique · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 157

Okay after being massacred on my previous post of a deck. I chose to check curve this time as well as take into consideration all that was told.

4 Evershrike
4 Oona's Prowler
2 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
3 Demigod of Revenge
1 Divinity of Pride

4 Unmake
4 Nameless Inversion
4 Cruel Edict
2 Spirit Loop
4 Edge of the Divinity
4 Smallpox

17 Swamp
6 Plains
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Land could use working but the deck can almost be mono-black.

Okay first off:

Nuts draw:
land
swamp- oona's prowler discard evershrike
swamp- edge of the divinity on evershrike attack with oona (3)
swamp- edge of divinity/spirit loop 13/13 or 7/7 lifelink (10-16 damage)
game

Okay realistically i know this will not happen so I must control the board until this does. 16 creature removal should be sufficient as well as smallpox that allows me to discard key cards as well as weaken their board. Haakon allows me to reuse nameless inversion and discarding demigod of revenge isn't too much of a hinder to me because it is able to recurr; Divinity, just like demigod, is another finisher and can typically get the bonus. This deck has enough removal for most aggro but RDW can be an issue.

Cards I was thinking about including but unsure of spots:

Syphon life
Raven's Crime
Restless Apparation
Nightsky mimic
Wrath of God
Bitterblossom
Vampiric Link

Please give suggestions. This deck has a low curve and deals with most of the stated things by verd except for a extirpate on shrike but that is why I have other finishers.

PonzaFreak · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 61

Why only three demigod? I mean seems like he is most effective at 4.

onecleanceli · Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 264

crib swap seems like it might like to be played in this deck, to deal with colossus and oversoul of dusk plus its re-usable via haakon

Vedrfolner · Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 1443

Evershrike's ability can be played as an instant.

Shogun · Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 17

play 3 or 4 flagstones of trokair, and 4 Fetid Heath (the new BW land).

Turn 1 flagstones Turn 2 fetid heath ---> smallpox sounds like a solid plan. You discard evershrike or Haakon and dont lose a land, while opponent is probably screwed.

Replace the random divinty of pride with 4th demigod, you really want to draw a 2nd one after discarding first one.

crib swap sounds like a plan - probably instead of the edict.

A massremoval might be good instead of a targeted one because you can replay most of your guys anyway.

And the most important part: I didnt test this, but you probably need a way to find evershrike and the auras, because you cant win a long game.

bagina · Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 105

does evershrike return to play with the aura attatched or can an opponent respond before the aura is attatched?

bagina · Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 105

-3 demigod
-1 divinity
-2 unmake
-4 cruel edict
-8 swamp

+4 stillmoon cavalier
+4 crib swap
+1 haakon
+1 urborg
+4 fetid heath
+4 caves of koilos

consider for sb:
disenchant
extirpate
wheel of sun and moon
runed halo

Vedrfolner · Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 1443

bagina · Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 105

thanks for the explanation vedr. its actually x(b/w)(b/w) unless i have a bogus patch. anyways, that makes evershrike pretty strong. cant be terrored, shriekmawed, slaughter pacted, nameless inversioned, incinerated, etcetcetc.

i guess unmake is goign to see alot of play because thats about the onl;y realistic answer to it if you can get him out early game

Vedrfolner · Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 1443

That, or Extirpate, Faerie Macabre, Withered Wretch, Tormod's Crypt, Pithing Needle (?), Yxilid Jailer Wink

, Venser, Riftwing Cloudskate, Boomerang, Cryptic Command, Condemn, Crib Swap, Oblivion Ring, Temporal Isolation, Flame Javelin, Goldmeadow Harrier or any other tapper, discarding the aura from hand (thoughtseize, mind shatter etc), killing the aura and block it (krosan grip, disenchant) plus a myriad other ways of dealing with the creature, the aura or playing around it even though you have it in play.

But it is still a strong creature. The question is if it is good enough to outweigh the sad fact that you need 6+ auras in the deck and ways to get Evershrike into your graveyard other than playing it and hoping it will get killed.

So far it doesn't seem so.

bagina · Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 105

3/4 of those cards are never or rarely in competitive decks, and the ones that are if you EOT evershrike you still get a hit in for 4 with lifelink or 7 without before they o ring it etc.

i think its a great card. i might marry it infact.