[Legacy] Kaya's Denial

[Borg]

Ever since I had my Wand of Denial set ( Visions era ) I've wanted to make a competitive deck with it.
It never really worked ... until now.
If you check the cards in the deck, you'll understand why it took so long. ( Most of them weren't released until long after Visions )

Wand of Denial is a wonderful control card imo.
At best, you'll give your opponent nothing but land to draw, at worst you'll still throw his key spells into his graveyard.

It doesn't take much explanation to figure out what a fantastic combo card this can be with Deathrite Shaman.
Any life you lose through the wand can be gained again through the Shaman ( Creature Cards ) or inflicted upon the opponent as well ( Instants and Sorceries ).

Kaya, Ghost Assassin is the perfect Planeswalker for this deck imo.
She can remove blockers for your Flying Lifelinkers with her 0 ability.
Gain life and make your opponent lose life with her -1 ability and
give you card draw and discard options with her -2 ability.

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad fits in perfectly as well being able to generate free Lifelinkers, being able to pump them ( thus gaining more life ) and being able to kill creatures and planeswalkers.

Aerial Responder is superb because of his Vigilance which allows him to possibly gain life on your and your opponent's turn.
Vampire Nighthawk is his back-up and Tymna the Weaver is 2/2 Lifelinker with a Phyrexian Arena built in.

Lone Rider is a cheap, potentially very dangerous addition.
His transform ability can be triggered in may ways. The most efficient way imho through Gerrard's Verdict.

So, overall :
16 creatures that can all generate life
2 ( 5 total ) planeswalkers that can generate life.
6 discard spells, 3 of which that can generate life.
6 removal spells.
3 ( 5 total ) card drawing spells.
4 control cards.
22 land.

Hope you like it too.

https://deckstats.net/decks/51702/803075-kaya-ghost-assassin

[crimsonking]

It looks like the Lantern Control deck that exists in Modern.
Perhaps you could take a look at some lists and primers to pick some advise.
Also, Zur's Weirding could be a cool option.

[Borg]

It looks like the Lantern Control deck that exists in Modern.
Perhaps you could take a look at some lists and primers to pick some advise.
Also, Zur's Weirding could be a cool option.

Thanks for the tip. I'll check out this "Lantern Control".

[Borg]

Revision 91

Added/removed cards:
-3 Gerrard's Verdict
-1 Phyrexian Arena

Changed amounts:
+1 Thoughtseize
+1 (Main) -1 (SB) Vampire Nighthawk
+2 (Main) -2 (SB) Vindicate

[Borg]

Revision 95

Added/removed cards:
+1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal

Changed amounts:
-2 (Main) +2 (SB) Damnation
+1 (Main) -1 (SB) Swords to Plowshares

[Borg]

Major upgrade.

Thoughtseize was not a fit for this deck as this deck does not attack the hand but the opposing library. Too much early damage too when combined with the Wand of Denial.

Bonesplitter means more agressive creatures, more life gain and a T1 drop.

Enlightened Tutor increases my odds to have multiple Wands/Bonesplitters.

Elspeth's +3/+3 is again perfect for agression and lifegain.

Umezawa's Jitte ... well

Revision 96

Added/removed cards:
-1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
-4 Thoughtseize
+4 Bonesplitter
+1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
+2 Enlightened Tutor
+1 Umezawa's Jitte

Changed amounts:
-2 (Main) +2 (SB) Kaya, Ghost Assassin
-1 (Main) +1 (SB) Sorin, Lord of Innistrad