Death By Inches (EDH)

by CountBasarab on 01 May 2013

Main Deck (100 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

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Deck Description

I've been thinking of building an Extort deck since the mechanic was printed, and I think that there are enough cards to do so. The general is the new Teysa, but primarily for colors and theme.

How to Play

The goal of the deck is to kill your opponents with extort triggers and other misc life loss spells while making it unpalatable to attack you with cards like: grave pact, royal assassin, martyr's bond, mindslicer, high priest of penance, vault of the archangels, and Teysa.
Meanwhile there is a fair amount of spot removal coupled with a healthy amount of card draw to take care of outrageous threats without wiping the board.
There is also quite a bit of land search because the deck loves having a ton of mana, and doesn't want to miss a single land drop no matter what the opening hand.

Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • Commander
  • Extort
  • Teysa
  • Orzhov

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

4606200

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Death By Inches (EDH)

I would very much appreciate any feedback people have. Is there anything that is very in theme (everyone loses life, and I gain it; a bit at a time) that I have missed?

is there anything that looks like it doesn't belong?

I have been building this deck in my head for a while, but have not actually put it together so I am not sure how it will actually play, so what do you think? Is it playable?

Thanks in advance!
~John

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Posted 01 May 2013 at 22:26

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Add in the Legendary Land that turns all lands into Swamps to enhance Crypt Ghast (I can't remember the name).

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Posted 01 May 2013 at 23:07

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Urborg, good call. I will add it now.

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Posted 01 May 2013 at 23:09

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I just built a very similar deck, but mine relied on a lot of enchantments to do the things your spells do. I would suggest using serra's sanctum for extra mana if you up the enchantments.

I did not have well of lost dreams, that is a nice touch in a commander extort deck!

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Posted 02 May 2013 at 03:18

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Can you put a link to your deck so I can take a look at it?

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Posted 02 May 2013 at 03:33

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http://www.mtgvault.com/jestersmind/decks/orzhov-done-right-edh/. No problem.

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Posted 03 May 2013 at 03:15

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