Liliana's Deathly Domain

Update by Heartoftheland 9 years ago

Description

The 3rd of my fifteen 'Planeswalker' themed decks.

Description:
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As the mistress with the motto; "Death is no excuse to stop working", Liliana is the embodiment of the saying; "power corrupts". She knows this, but shrugs off the thought as easily as taking a life. In her eyes taking a life is not the same as 'killing'. To her, it's a 'transformation' into something more suitable for her needs; More power. Her addiction to power is as much her weakness as her strength and makes her a slave to her minions as much as she is their mistress. This doesn't matter much for her rivals though. They tend to stay out of her reach, lest they be corrupted or 'taken' by her deceitful charm. As we all know; "Death is a cruel mistress", but nothing is more cruel than being a slave of Liliana in the afterlife.

* Keep creatures at bay early game with the 'Black Cat'.
* Sacrifice 'Black Cat' (or any other dying creature) to 'Altar's Reap' before lethal damage resolves.
* Return discarded copies of 'Korlash, Heir to Blackblade' as often to your hand as you can.
* Cast 'Grim Harvest' at the end of your opponents turn to avoid it getting exiled.
* Be patient. Swamps are power. Swamps are life. Swamps are death. The longer the game lasts, the more powerful you'll become.

Optional Strategies:

Option 1: Grave Expectations.
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Every living creature is expected to die at some point.
Only, in this case, to rise again and serve a different cause; Yours.
Just make sure the human casualties don't start tripping over themselves...

Add:
+ 4x Death Cultist
+ 4x Xanthrid Necromancer
+ 1x Altar Reap
+ 1x Unmake the Graves

Remove:
- 4x Black Cat
- 2x Liliana's Specter
- 2x Liliana's Shade
- 2x Corrupt

Option 3: Grave Intentions.
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If you intent to be less patient then the average necromancer, bury your subjects alive to save time.
And let the call sound forth; none shall escape the inevitable, final (uncertain) resting place!

Add:
+ 2x Buried Alive
+ 2x Call to the Grave

Remove:
- 1x Altar Reap
- 1x Tendrils of Corruption
- 2x Corrupt

Option 3: The Dark Arts.
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If you prefer a dark line of work without all the heavy duty corpse hauling, then reap the rewards from your underlings and corrupt the soul of your adversary.

Add:
+ 1x Altar Reap
+ 1x Corrupt
+ 1x Liliana's Spectre
+ 1x Liliana's Shade
+ 2x Call to the Grave

Remove:
- 2x Unmake the Graves
- 4x Grim Return

Evaluation:
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Speed: ***``
Control: ***``
Difficulty: **```