What good is inkmoth? Its the only source of infect in the deck, if anything you're asking for someone to kill one of your lands when you turn it into a creature.
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19 land, you're going to be mulliganing down to nothing yet alone be able to ever cast spines or elesh norn. Also with only one venser you wont likely see this combo getting off.
Spines would be awful here. 7 casting cost without any reasonable ramp. If you haven't won with infect by turn 7, its likely your opponent is in a good position to stomp you.
Thats a great idea, thank you. I'll have to work on getting a few more.
Mortician Beetles? Everytime someone sac's a creature, +1/+1 counter. Probably run Geth's Verdict over Go for the Throat then.
Same basic concept was posted in daily magic back in 09. http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/sf/43
Why make this deck all standard, however shortly, except then put in damnation and F it all up?
You have nothing that shuffles an opponents deck, so Cosi's is kinda wasted here.
Wouldn't it be worse if you had lands that weren't plains? then you couldn't even cast your one creature... that sounds worse to me...
You should also add Etched Monstrosity since you're using Melira. 10/10 for 5 isn't shabby.
Rule 112.6h covers Etched and Melira issue, below is the link. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/141a&page=4
Without something like Breeding Pit you might be better off with something like Baron Sengir, demonic hordes, or Nightmare than Lord of the Pit. Definitly gives revised-era flashbacks.
Charisma, attached to a tim allows you to gain control of any creature and control the board.
Comboing with Black Lotus isn't really all that impressive.
Where'd the 2nd blue mana come from? 1st was from mox opal and used to cast master transmuter with the 3 black mana gained from the 2nd dark ritual. That leaves 0 mana in your pool. How'd you pay the activation cost for MT?
Its a great idea, but harrow and cultivate wont ramp this enough and you have no way of keeping your creature ramp alive. Compete this with your goblin deck (not standard but close and nearly identical to goblins you see everywhere in standard) and this will be lucky to see a dragon during a handful of games. Also dump the wurm really goes against the spirit of the deck.
You don't even need Healing leaves. Black Lotus for 3 green, channel 19, mountain + 19 colorless + 1 green = dead opponent. Welcome back to the 90s.
Would add more Death Barons, Lord of the Undead and another Zombie Master. Drop Korlash down to 2, by the time you're able to cast him the additional 2 swamps from grandeur wont be nearly as powerful as the bonuses from the other creatures. Dark Rituals and perhaps some lower CC zombies like Festering Goblin or Boneknitter. You'll want some smaller, faster critters while you build a mana pool to get out your larger zombies. Grave Titans, while not zombies themselves, are useful also.
Hex Parasite will see that this combo rarely ever works and will likely be far too popular.