I'm Gonna Syphon Your Life

by berndttoast on 21 October 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (4 cards)

Creatures (1)


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Deck Description

Casual life syphon deck. A good way to last a while and drain your opponent's life.

How to Play

Play lots of permanents to use the Gray Merchant and his devotion ability. Lots of ramp from the Cabal Coffers and the Nykthos can mean big exsanguinates. Does really well in multi-player formats since the main life syphon stuff affects all opponents.

Deck Tags

  • Casual
  • Devotion
  • syphon
  • Mono Black

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

2708600

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for I'm Gonna Syphon Your Life

Nighthawk, how I do love you!!!
Exsanguinate, what a bomb in multi! Play it against 4 or 5 people, that is a way to make enemies! :) Might up the count.

Maybe up the Dark Ritual count to 3...since you are low on 1cmc cards? I know drawing into mana ramp, when it is not needed, is pointless...so didn't recommend 4...but i love Ritual, and might consider 4.

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 18:42

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This is my most potent deck. It wins 80-90% of the time in my play group. It has evolved over time and is very hard to deal with once it gets going. Being able to play a 3rd turn Massacre Wurm is just silly. The bomb in this deck has really been Gray Merchant. Ever since doing a sealed deck in Theros and pulling two of those, I have loved that card. It single-handedly can swing the board especially since I play mostly multi-player games.

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 18:45

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And you use Gray, very well.
86 black mana in your mana occurrence proves that.

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 19:07

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I would be crazy if I DIDN'T hit the +1 like button.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 15:50

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Ha, this is my favorite deck to play in that it is the most lethal in my multiplayer play group. Usually, once I get to play 1 Gray Merchant, it's all over as the life swing in a 3-4 player game is pretty damn high. Thanks for the like. :)

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 16:08

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Anytime, friend.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 16:09

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