Lotho's Corruption (Treasures, Taxes, Life Drain)

Update by Neldoran 1 year ago

Description

Roles in the deck
Here are the cards I choose divided into the roles they have in the deck.

> Mana (55/50): 37 lands +
Lotho Corrupt Shirriff, Discerning Financier, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Master of Ceremonies, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Bucknard's Everfull Purse, Fellwar Stone, Orzhov Signet, Talisman of Hierarchy, Treasure Map, Tempting Contract, Black Market Connections, Monologue Tax, Smuggler's Share, Smothering Tithe, Life Insurance, Blood Money.

> Card Draw (14/10):
Esper Sentinel, Academy Manufactor, Braids Arisen Nightmare, Discerning Financier, Bennie Bracks Zoologist, Mangara the Diplomat, Master of Ceremonies, Treasure Map, Black Market Connections, Smuggler's Share, Search the Premises, Oblation, Castle Locthwain, War Room.

> Targeted Removal (13/9):
Braids Arisen Nightmare, Underhanded Designs, Dispatch, Mana Tithe, Swords to Plowshares, Despark, Reprieve, Anguished Unmaking, Generous Gift, Lapse of Certainty, Oblation, Stroke of Midnight, Utter End.

> Board Wipes (3/3):
Farewell, Blood Money, Ondu Inversion.

> Recursion (3/2):
Treasury Thrull, Vat of Rebirth, Hall of Heliod's Generosity.

> Flexible Tutors (2/2):
Demonic Tutor, Beseech the Mirror.

> Graveyard Hate (3/1):
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Farewell, Bojuka Bog.

> Surprise "I Win" Card (4/1):
Marionette Master, Pontiff of Blight, Debt to the Deathless, Exsanguinate.

I've added some roles in line of the main strategy:

> Create Treasures (15):
Lotho Corrupt Shirriff, Discerning Financier, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Master of Ceremonies, Bucknard's Everfull Purse, Noble's Purse, Treasure Map, Tempting Contract, Black Market Connections, Monologue Tax, Smuggler's Share, Smothering Tithe, Life Insurance, Blood Money, Treasure Vault.

> Create Other Artifact Tokens (2):
Academy Manufactor, Search the Premises.

> Extra Tokens (2):
Mondrak Glory Dominus, Anointed Procession.

> Lifegain (17):
Leonin Elder, Thrull Parasite, Basilica Screecher, Syndic of Tithes, Tithe Drinker, Kingpin's Pet, Nadier's Nightblade, Pontiff of Blight, Treasury Thrull, Scrapheap, Blind Obedience, Underhanded Designs, Life Insurance, Debt to the Deathless, Exsanguinate, Restless Fortress, Shambling Vent.

> Drain Opponents (19):
Disciple of the Vault, Thrull Parasite, Basilica Screecher, Syndic of Tithes, Tithe Drinker, Braids Arisen Nightmare, Kingpin's Pet, Nadier's Nightblade, Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Master, Pontiff of Blight, Treasury Thrull, Blind Obedience, Underhanded Designs, Agent of the Iron Throne, Revenge of Ravens, Life Insurance, Debt to the Deathless, Exsanguinate.

> Defense (5):
Mangara the Diplomat, Windborn Muse, Ghostly Prison, Revenge of Ravens, Search the Premises.

> Protection (3):
Mana Tithe, Reprieve, Lapse of Certainty.