Thanks for the comment crimsonking
So, first off, this is a Modern Format deck, so
Dark Ritual and
Hymn to Tourach are not legal, as much as i wish they were. So
Wrench Mind seems to be my best 2 mana discard option, but i would side it out against Affinity.
As for
Grasp of Darkness, I agree, there are better options, and right now i am just testing the deck with them as a slot for an instant speed targeted kill spell, as they can kill the vast mojority of threats in my format. I will probably buy some
Doom Blade,
Go for the Throat, and
Smother though, as they might be more reliable for targeted spells.
Geth's Verdict is a really good sideboard suggestion for dealing with Bogle decks though =)
The
Gatekeeper of Malakir body is not irrelevant as it either gives me a blocker, an attacker to put my opponent on a clock, or an equip target for the swords. I would probably agree that that part was irrelevant though if i reconsidered having the swords in there all together, which has been suggested and i am not ruling out. But, at that point, i would probably just run mass removal like
Infest at 3cmc and
Damnation mainboard and just make sure nothing is ever on the field at all. As long as i am running creatures at all, getting a 2/2 body along with a
Cruel Edict effect is relevant.
The
Syphon Life is in there to help offset running up against burn decks, but i have found it inadequate and will drop it. I need to add
Sun Droplet,
Dragon's Claw, or
Golden Urn to the sideboard and just keep all those effects in the sideboard and out of the main deck.
The mill effect from
horrifying revelation is very relevant in this deck, as it gives you another target for
Surgical Extraction and
Extirpate. I have hit a ton of key cards with that added effect. I actually hit an
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn with the mill effect and hit it with a
Surgical Extraction when its last ability was on the stack. After that the Nahiri deck fell apart. I have considered
Funeral Charm though, in addition to
Isochron Scepter, an the +2/-1 ability is not irrelevant, as i can pop enemy
Dark Confidant, Activated
Inkmoth Nexus,
Blinkmoth Nexus, most creatures in Affinity actually,
Snapcaster Mage, etc. I will definitely consider switching those out, thanks =)
Dark Confidant just gives so much card advantage that it is hard not to use him in any black deck in Modern. He also gives another body for a sword equip, which again, is relevant unless i drop them.
Eternal Scourge is actually great in this deck. 1. It keeps coming back from targeted removal, and gives you a really sturdy body for a sword. 2. It is great discard fodder for
Smallpox and it is fine to sac as well if he is on the board because... 3. you can remove him from your own graveyard with
Surgical Extraction and
Extirpate, not only getting the 1 in the graveyard, but all copies from your deck. So a
Smallpox and a
Surgical Extraction turn into a tutor effect that gets you 4 3/3's that you have in an untargetable bonus hand outside the game. So i think they work pretty well.
Wasteland Strangler is also not random, as it gives roughly the same effect as the
Gatekeeper of Malakir. A body + a kill spell. Yes, there is a caveat there with the "return from
exile to opponents graveyard" bit, but i think that that has only stopped that ability going through in about 1 in 100 playtests. It is almost irrelevant with the 8
extirpate effects in the deck. And playing just 1 of those will give you ammo for all 3 of the stranglers on average.
Thanks for the critique, you had a lot of good reasons behind your arguments and you have given me a lot to think about
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