5 Brutal Black/Green Combos

Nuking all of your opponent's lands is fun!
So is a 18/18 creature.
And so is causing 20 points of damage for 4 mana!

actually ob nixilis' ability does not deal damage. it causes life loss. which can't be prevented as easily as damage. so it is even better. :) gotta love life loss. :)

3 it is.
How do you like the deck?
The mana is expensive (have cards that pump the mana)...but the combos, if i get them off, are very nice!

Example: Opponent has 5 lands in play
You play, in order, Dingus Egg, Nature's Revolt, Massacre Wurm.
Opponent sacks all 5 lands and loses 20 life.

Another Example: Opponent has 5 lands in play
You play, in order, Dingus Egg, Living Plane, Screams of Pain
Opponent sacks all 5 lands and loses 10 life.

Yet another Example: Opponent has 5 lands in play
You play, in order, Dingus Egg, Living Plane, Massacre Wurm
Opponent sacks all 5 lands and loses 20 life.

That isn't even counting the Ob Nixilis combo.
That combo can do 15 damage to your opponent and give you an 18/18 creature.

The combos are freaking ridiculous. Even if your opponent sees it coming, he can't do a whole lot, since the combos neuter the land base.

Wouldn't the Petroglyphs pump up my opponent's lands too?
Thanks for the suggestions!
I will test around with them. :)

Yeah your right my bad, thought for a second it was just your creatures.

the wurm doesnt hit his guys anyways......

I think this one may be better. Just discovere Ob Nixilis cards:

http://www.mtgvault.com/jessie/decks/m15-ob-nixilis-unshackled/

Thank you!!!

That is very solid advice. Will look into something, to sideboard, that could replace it.
Thanks variable!

The other one with both Ob Nixilis? :)

With both of em. =). I would just quit if you showed up with that unholy thing. =).

I take that as a compliment :)

This is as evil as painter's servant in a protection deck. Only one circle of protection is needed ...

Did someone just shout out, "Grindstone!" :)

Hey ... Pentarch Paladin wants to be there, too!

Looks nice :) It would rock in a multiplayer deck!
And could be lights out in this deck.

Only thing is, where would it go?

put 2 in and drop 2 golgari signet?

Done :)
Thanks for the suggestion :)

just realized if u have dingus egg in scapeshift will hurt you to

Crap...missed that too.
Might need to take it out, then.

Thank you :)
This deck does look more consistent.
That is why i was surprised the other deck made it to the hot page, and not this one.
I think it was because of the other card was M15...and everyone, on this site, LOVES Standard cards.

haha yeh proberly because of that :)

Land nuke, to the max!!
Almost wish i wouldn't of posted this deck or my other Ob Nixilis decks today...that way my Static deck and Mutant Ninja Turtle deck would still be hot decks.

Guess i need to wait to my decks fade to the 2nd Hot page before i post other decks...or Magic Vault will just throw them away! I still think it is bs!

Crappy way to reward you for making new hot decks, huh?

hey... I have only had two or three decks actually make the hotlist. it really isn't a normal thing to have a ton up all at once. also, if the vault does do that... then it is probably to keep the same 2-3 people from having a monopoly on the hotlist. which keeps things from getting boring. new people means new ideas and more heads to answer questions.

Hmm ... Jessie is so far from boring.

The site should bump them to the second page, not remove it!

Finally!! Thank you, KnightoftheHokeyPokey!!!
That is the second time today, that i wished, I could upvote one of your comments a dozen times!!!

And Kazzong, yes, I do see that. It should even be an honor that they would have to remove my decks from the Hot Page. I am being a crybaby, i do see that.
Just hope people don't hate me for it, and never vote for my stuff again. lol

Knight, I never said that Jessie was boring. however, if all of the decks on the hot list were his, for about... 3 months or so, then I would be inclined to look away from the hot list page, simply to see what other people were building. because a deckbuilder has a certain... personality to them. they have certain cards that they prefer to use over others, and so things tend to get... repetitive.
so seeing people use different cards and seeing them use familiar cards in ways that you had never thought of before... like (for example) Jessie using Ob nixilis and Malaren together. ugly nasty combo, and one that I had never thought of.

admittedly I can understand why it sucks that your deck just dropped off of the list, and didn't even get bumped to page 2-3, but I can also understand why they would choose to do it that way.

either way the deck still exists, it hasn't been deleted, and people can still view/comment/like it... then really what have you lost? :)

Hmm ... why don't they remove North's leaving notice? He's back. If they are going to prune the hot decks, then remove that one so Northy's Return can be upfront.

I understand why they removed Jessie's deck, but wish the owners of this site applied it to all hot page decks, not just for fairness, but to keep the list moving.

I put my $ where my mouth is. I will remove my angel deck from the front page since no one has commented on it in a while.

Keep it on there!!!

Hope you didn't already remove it!!!

Here is how it breaks down (actually, because of Northy dominating the Hot Pages...i was informed!):
You get only 2 hot decks on the Hot Page.
IF YOU MAKE ANOTHER HOT DECK, YOUR OLDEST HOT DECK IS REMOVED.
That is regardless of where on the hot deck it is.

http://www.mtgvault.com/surewhynot/decks/death-walks-these-halls/
This is where it is explained by Quasimofo.

I ranted, believe you me. He let me have it. Probably rightly so.

Hmm ... I think I'll look ... and put my deck back up. :)

Phytotitan ... into Northy's plant deck!

I am very much liking Life's Legacy...it is under 2 bucks right now, interesting to see if/how much it goes up.

Yep, the Phytotitan is a very solid card!
I would suggest it to his page. :) Another solid call, KnightoftheHokeyPokey!

I ended up pulling one at midnight release, wasn't very impressed now if it had instant spell it would be insane.

phytotitan is pretty bad......and Life's Legacy is a sorcery, so that hurts its playability too.

I could see using a Life's Legacy on a Chasm Skulker then feeding it into a second Chasm Skulker.

Hey now ... Phytotitan isn't bad. I agree that Life's Legacy would be much better as an instant.

Phytotitan is good with Life's Legacy don't get me wrong but, now think if you had a Chasm Skulker in play when the Life's Legacy goes off on the Phytotitan.

Chasm Skulker is a very real card. Phytotitan is bad. a 7/2 with no evasion is a turn 6 timewalk for your opponent, which likely means you die on turn 7.

But in green with mana ramp a 7/2 with auto-return to battlefield is awesome ... especially if it is given trample. Then bring avenger of zendikar along and you one helluva ground-pounder.

it is a 6 drop with 2 toughness that you have to commit another card to to make it better......that is not the recipe for a good card.

saying thinkgs like "this card is awesome if its given (X) ability" is a typical argument from a player who really wants a card to be good. the counter argument to it is "this card is good, unless my opponent has (x) removal spell"

Anger of the Gods and Magma Spray both invalidate this card. and 2 power blocker does too....I think they had a lot of unused design space on this one, and it could have been very good, instead, its an OK limited card.

It returns to the battlefield when destroyed! How is that poor? Sure it isn't an absolute powerhouse, but in a green deck full of creatures ...

because in the Standard metagame right now, Anger of the Gods is in about half the decks. that does not bode well for Phytotitan

Banishing Lights a thing too.

It's still a good card, even if the format restricts it's use.

I mean, Chandra, Pyromaster is 5.80$ in the new set because the burn spells are lacking.

Chandra, Pyromaster is a $6 card because it has been printed in two core sets in a row, and for no other reason. she was $18 before she got spoiled in M15. The format is not restricting her at all.



Phytotitan needs help to be good, and that means it is a mediocre card, at best.

Hmm .... I still like phytotitan. It has potential. Especially if given trample and some defense.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! You got one of the best burn spells ever printed in M15..... Lava Axe lol

Hey now ... the lulz of whacking somebody with it and Chandra's ability is awesome. :)

Still, I had through a little humor in there.

Ult Chandra for Axe....gross....

Yeah you guys are right about that, just back before her this card was pretty much terrible, when you had lightning bolt and others but, to bad they didn't re-print Searing Wind instead.

Or searing blood. Man, that card is awesome.

what does searing blood have to do with searing wind?

Awhile ago I had a deck that ran this, Hidetsugu's Second Rite, and Mana ramp and Cloudposts. Not many people liked to play it so ended up taking it apart.

I run a one-of Second Rite in my Modern Burn deck. its suprisingly effective at times.

You run any Grove of the Burnwillows, I loved these for when they use pain lands and fetch lands. Gaining them life up to ten if needing to then blowing then up with the Second Rite.

no. its counterproductive to the point of the deck, the rite is simply in there as a one time blowout if the stars align

So, an all or nothing, gambling man I take it :)

well, its a burn deck that can win as fast as turn 3, Second Rite is a decent backup plan against the decks that mainboard Courser and Scavenging Ooze for incremental lifegain. they never see it coming, and then I board it out when they plan for it. its more for headgames than anything.

Interesting idea

I sorta like the Phytotitan...sure, it needs to be in a combo, to work it's magic...and I don't know about standard, but i can imagine some fun uses with it. Mainly, unless it is removed/exiled, it is a card that keeps your opponent having to answer to it. Any card like that, has to be half way decent. I will definitely be looking to make a deck around it, soon. Green already having mana ramp...yeah, it does show some sort of potential in a deck.

And i enjoyed the debate on it. Both sides have good points. I really do enjoy talks like this! Thank you HokeyPokey and NinjaStyle. It will be interesting, in the months to come, to see what becomes of it.

If you run Phytotitan in standard Burning Anger is a neat idea, doing seven damage each turn.

Yep, it does have lots of potential. I will agree with that one. :)

Seemed like it was too much...too much stuff trying to go on in one deck.
And i have a deck that has both of those Ob Nikilis cards already in it:
http://www.mtgvault.com/jessie/decks/m15-ob-nixilis-unshackled/

But it is worth consideration, sure. What would you recommend taking out?
The thing is...this deck has so many combos...that I feel adding Unshackled would neuter some of them.

Very true, you don't want to many combos, but what about replace Birds of Paradise with Sakura-Tribe Elder, putting a land into play for Ob Nixilis, the Fallen and also supplying a creature if Living Planes is on the board. Another option is Deathrite Shaman over Birds, great for graveyard removal and mana production as needed when lands hit the graveyard. Drown in Sorrow also maybe sideboard idea for those fast decks over wurm if needed plus takes out token decks very quickly.

I will look it over, for sure, thanks for the suggestions/comments ;)

Yep no problem, few years back I knew a guy who ran a Jolrael, Empress of Beasts and Damnation deck that pissed a ton of people off, another idea to check out too maybe.

Will look at my old Inquest mags...i remember they brought up a brutal combo involving Jolrael..can't remember now, though.

There is always Bile Blight and Jolrael but, thats just evil.

Jessie ... bile blight wants to be in your other deck. :)

Wait...i am confused...would Bile Blight work in this deck? If my opponent had all forests, I play Living Plane, and used Bile Blight against one of their forest (since living plane turns their lands into creatures)...would it nuke all of them? But if i have forests too...they will nuke mine, as well?

And if it works in my other deck, could you please explain how? I am honestly crappy with rules... often time miss stuff.

yes, it would hit yours too. unless you were clever, and used Snow Covered lands

Jolrael hits target players lands only, so yours are protected. The downfall is discarding cards but, running snow would fix it too.

I added 3 Bile Blight in this deck.
Question now, do i need to change the name of the deck?

Maybe to Rotten Eggs? But, change subjects I was thinking Goblin Sharpshooter and Living Plane would just own an opponent.

Wait for it...hells yes, it would be brutal!!! Great idea/catch there, ClockworkCopper!!

I didn't add the price of Living Plane...didn't want to scare too many people away from this deck (90 buck is already expensive enough for most people on here who love budget decks)...but it is uber expensive...

35 dollars a piece for a Living Plane.
2 dollars a piece for Sharpshooter.
Over 150 dollars to run 4 of each, in a deck.

But yes, that is an absolute brutal combo!!
One up on that post, for sure!!

Forgot about also bring up Curse of Death's Hold and Living Planes too.

Expensive mana wise, but yep, that works too. :)

I would really appreciate it. He is my brother, and really just getting started getting into deck building. so any encouragement you could give him would be great. :)

Well, this deck got kicked off the hot list...so doubt it gets anymore views, but i tried!
It is still posted on my Ob Nixilis deck, for people to see :)

If that joker is just getting started with deck building..then that is scary! He shows great potential!

Yeah... Still fairly new. He doesn't really know any cards before innistrad very well, so it is interesting to watch him did a cards that he hasn't heard of before and did a crazy new way to use it. :) he's designed a deck that he for babes from playing with. It was an early form of his Deck Theft deck.
It was funny because I didn't know he was going to build a deck. Usually he would have ask me for help choosing cards, but that one he didn't. He just came up to me and asked me to look at it after he had already outlined everything he wanted in it. And it blew me away to say the least. And as his first attempt building a deck by himself it was a runaway success. For a casual deck at least. :).

Yeah, give him a year, and a list of older cards...and he will be a force to reckon with.

Indeed. :). And he is a good player on top of that. He plays smart and understands how to manipulate the have in his favor. :). Super fun to play with.

Man ... my mtg meta sucks! You can play with a dude with freaking goats, and I'm stuck fighting with 2 parts mill decks and one part burn deck.

ouch... mill and burn. you got some mean spirited players in your meta if they mostly play mill and burn. I feel for you my friend. :(

What I'm I supposed to do? Run only super-aggro decks? I'll tell you, that gets old fast. :)

Make them design new decks. Here is how:

1) Find your friend's decks.
2) Build a fire.
3) Throw the said decks into the fire.

Ha. lol. "Throw the said decks into the fire"

Or throw them into a blender set on puree.

Great advice Jessie.

Thanks. Thank you for looking at a few of my decks.