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I was making fun casual decks, when *BAM* I saw Cairn Wanderer.

This guy gets tons of abilities of creatures in ALL graveyards! I had totally forgotten about him!

I realized that this guy is really nice, especially given the recent printing of Vampire Nighthawk. If Nighthawk is in the yard, CW is almost a black Baneslayer. With more cards in the yard, he can be better than Baneslayer (though, he is fragile to grave yard hate) and you can run him in the same deck as Baneslayer if you want.

Example: Imagine if he had shroud, haste, trample (Giant Solifuge) lifelink, flying, deathtouch (Vampire Nighthawk), and double strike (Crypt Champion). For 5 mana. A 16 point life spread (+8 to you -8 to them) every turn that can't be destroyed except by board wiping or comboing and winning immediately...

Awesome.


My challenge is this: Design a good, fun deck that runs him. It doesn't have to be solely geared towards pumping him; you should play other good cards, and have a decent mana curve.

It can be tribal (he's a changeling), Monoblack, Bx, or even rainbow. I would recommend staying away from reanimator builds, as a full blown Legacy/Vintage reanimator deck is much better than anything running CW. It would just feel a bit wrong.


Black Cards to keep in mind: Pox/Smallpox, Damnation, Shriekmaw, Putrid Imp, Oona's Prowler, Mirri the Cursed, Crypt Champion, and more

Tons in every color. Especially protection cards. And changeling makes for fun possibilities (Vamps, Rouges, etc.)


Enjoy,
~Loki3