Rate my Magic: The Gathering Discard Deck (Mostly M11 Based)?

Question

Please note that I am broke and really don't have the money to be buying expensive cards like Jace or Liliana, who both should be in this deck. I take what I pull from packs and use that.

Without further adieu, this is my Blue and Black (UB) discard deck. I'll give the card list first then explain the deck's strategy.

Sphinx of Magosi x1
Echo Mage x1
Surrukar Spellblade x1
Hedron Crab x1
Grixis Battlemage x2
Screeching Sliver x3
Tome Scour x4
Jace's Erasure x4
Traumatize x2
Haunting Echoes x1
Sign in Blood x3
Temple Bell x2
See Beyond x4
Doom Blade x3
Wall of Bone x2
Howling Banshee x2

LANDS:
Creeping Tar Pit x2
Drowned Catacomb x1
Mystifying Maze x1
Island x12
Swamp x8

How the Deck Works:

The initial idea of the deck is to turn the game not into a matter of life, but a matter of libraries. The deck has little concern with attacking the opponent, but the abilities and attacks of Sphinx of Magosi, Howling Banshee and Creeping Tar Pit are there just in case. The idea of the deck is simple yet complex: you want to deck the opponent by decking yourself, almost like attempted suicide. The reason I say that is because to play this deck you'll be using a ton of draw spells and essentially using at least half your deck very quickly. On turn one, a Tome Scour or Screeching Sliver should be played to begin the assault on the opponents deck. By turn two, you should begin using draw spells such as See Beyond to work on pulling Jace's Erasure, a key card in this deck.

Once you pull this card, you wanna keep adding mana and playing draw spells, and you can also play the weenie-ish creatures in the deck for defense... if your opponent does not attack, however, be sure to use the Sliver's ability at the end of his turn, and use Doom Blade to clear out the big threats. (Not the black ones, of course.) In the late game, you will most likely have two Erasures out at least, and by now you should have Traumatized him at least once. It is also key to get Sphinx of Magosi, Surrukar Spellblade and Echo Mage out, because they can ultimately draw you tons more cards, and Echo Mage can redefine Tome Scour and Doom Blade for you.

Your ideal game finisher here is none of these cards, however... if you truly want to reveal the theme of this deck, Haunting Echoes will do that for you. Near the end of a game when the opponent is Traumatized and then some, Haunting Echoes could ultimately leave your opponent with a deck full of lands until they inevitably get decked.

So what do you think? You like it?

Answer 1

I think your deck could do wonders with Elixir of Immortality. It will allow you to use your decking spells over and over again, and also allow you to gain life. Plus it will prevent you from decking yourself. My other thought, you may not like, but it may help you. For one, if you only have one copy of haunting echos, it may be worth it to trade that one copy for two more traumatizes and go completely blue. Here would be a good deck list for you. I'll explain why i'm including each card. The other thing I'm making this type two. This deck can actually be very competitive in a type two format.



2x Sphinx of Magosi - Its a powerhouse, helps you draw cards while decking your opponent

4x wall of frost - big blocker, best card against weenie rush decks.

4x Aether Adept - Unsummon + 2/2 body = good



4x Mana Leak- Basic counter magic, good against anything

4x Jace's Erasure - great card when combined with tons of card drawing

4x Tome Scour- Basic mill

4x Traumatize- powerful mill

2x Temple Bell -keeps you fueled, keeps your opponents milling

2x Elixir of Immortality- Allows you to rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat.

4x Forsee- Card draw + scry = helps out a ton.

4x Preordain - see above



22x island -this may seem a little low, but with all your card draw, you should see plenty of lands.



Hope this helps, and best of luck!

Answer 2

That's a very intriguing deck. It seems like a really strategic way to play, but what if you deck yourself before your opponent is decked, or if the strategy isn't going as planned? I for one would try out this deck though because it seems very appealing!

Answer 3

well im not familiar with much of the m11 stuff but one card that is extremely good in a discard deck that you do not have listed is:

- Keening Stone http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193441



i highly suggest checking this card out and getting two of them to put in your deck