Quasimofo

I will say this about this deck having red in it -- It is a boon to have Form of the Dragon, Searing Meditation, and Etherium-Horn Sorcerer available. Though I suppose I would be saying similar praises towards black cards.

A tasteful form of evil. What a wonderful way to put it. I understand your need to try it out to fully understand it. It is, at times, a difficult and complex deck to play. Did you use proxies or some online program? I know Cockatrice was taken down (which is absolute bollox), thus my curiosity. I don't know if I would use Nefarious Lich if given the ability. The power of this deck is it is deceptively malicious, and there is nothing deceptive about Nefarious Lich. It is quite decidedly a bastard card. It does somewhat irk me that Zedruu is not Esper colored. To me, no part of what she does is 'red'.

Ah, I hadn't noticed how much Faithless Looting would come in useful. In those regards it makes perfect sense. I personally do not understand the need for 3-4 Griselbrand. Versatility is one of the most powerful intangible aspects of this game, and limiting such versatility seems a trifling endeavor.

Now, I hate to be a tiring little pest, but if I could ask you to look over my Zedruu EDH (or any others if you're so inclined), it would be most appreciated.

In my defense, I was playing against you to the full extent possible given the situation.

Most lists I've seen have a less, dare I say, 'masochistic' layout than you have here. I think, therefore, that Griselbrand and his lifelink is more helpful than you might initially believe. I do, however, notice this deck has but one copy of Animate Dead instead of two, which I believe is the norm. This seems like a risky play, even by this deck's standards, but I could be incorrect and am willing to admit to such errors. May I ask the purpose behind Extirpate in the sideboard?

Alright, in the rare case I need to destroy a graveyard, I have Bojuka Bog. It's not a full dedication to graveyard hate, but it IS there if needed.

Absolutely agree. I greatly attribute Wumps' capabilities with aggressive style decks in furthering me towards building the brutal machinations I am so ought to do.

Matt traded me his Venser, and I quickly realized how brutal all three of his abilities can be for this deck. The ability to re-trigger either Filigree Angel or Magister Sphinx is brilliant. I can also change the Metamorph, make Nether Void one-sided, and make Tidehollow Sculler function in a different way entirely. Yes, Paradox Haze is a boon to the deck, no doubt.

My lord, that's absolutely brilliant! Thank you.

Ah, what a breath of fresh air from (and excuse me for saying this) the cavalcade of mediocrity on the "new decks" list as of late. I like your use of the poxes to serve as land and mana denial in place of the Winter Void staple, Sinkhole. I must say, however, I dislike the use of Surgical Extraction. To me, at least, it seems out of place. Hymn or even Inquisition of Kozilek would do much better, I think. Hymn for obvious reasons (it's Hymn for Christ's sake), and Inquisition because CMC's of 3 or less are the only real threats to a mana denial deck such as this.

As a man of British blood, I must say this is a most wonderful name for a deck of its kind. A real shame you are limited to a budgeted land base, as my beloved Tabernacle would do brilliantly in here.

Mindlock sounds like a promising idea, as my deck does not deal in simple card advantage, but in 'library' advantage. Halting people from searching whilst I mull through my deck sounds brilliant!

A graveyard based Zegana EDH, well that's bloody brilliant. I am quite surprised not to see Doubling Season in here. I feel like it could be used tremendously well in the deck. As well, I find that even when not at the helm, Edric, Spymaster of Trest is a major boon to any Simic colored EDH. In any case, I have decided to "follow" you as I have found your comments on my EDH decks most helpful.

Yeah, that should work. Thanks.

I see your point about the Font and Mine, though they are a boon when I have Consecrated Sphinx out. Do you have any ideas for replacements that are one-sided (such as with Kami of the Crescent Moon)?

Both Teferi and Knowledge pool are great on their own and I would argue that the Pool is a tremendous amount of fun in large group games, and the lock is powerful, preventing my opponents from playing anything but their generals. So, in this case, I am going to have to disagree with you. Slaver was put in mostly as a joke, so I have no attachment to the combo. The opportunity was there, so I just put it in. Again, suggestions for replacement would be most welcome. As for Crucible and Strip Mine, that combo is not in this deck, it's in another deck I've been working on uploading, and I muddled the process. Thank you for your constructive criticism though. I do appreciate it.

You may have a point there with Altar of Dementia, but the reason I have no graveyard hate is because a number of my cards gain from having stocked up graveyards. In addition, anything substantial that is put into their graveyard (to be returned to play later) can be dealt with in a manner of ways, most notably by copying it with Lazav. Consuming Aberration is even more hilarious (especially now that I'm going to add in Altar).

You are most welcome. I am always happy to help out a fellow magic loving bloke, whether intentional or otherwise. Unfortunately my wife and I recently remodeled the entire house, so my decks are all haphazardly stuffed in all manner of places. I add them on here when I find them. The only tribal deck I have been able to dig up is my black and white zombies.

I would never even attempt to say I know a damn thing about burn, but I have seen a healthy amount of the card Guttersnipe. It might cost three mana to play, but it's hard to argue against a five damage lightning bolt.

That is why I have cards here and there to give my creatures indestructibility, and, incidentally, why I also use so many wither-like effects. Opponents can counter my constant destroy triggers with indestructible creatures, but even indestructible creatures are taken down by -1/-1 counters. As well, I think I could do well with adding Karn into the deck somewhere. His ability to turn artifacts into creatures could come in useful.

Thank you. And an apparent welcome back to you!

Thespian's Stage has been a boon to the deck, no doubt about it. The choice of a fourth Mox in place of another tutor does give the deck a more, dare I say, 'reckless', style to it. However, because I must discard a land whenever I play one of those said Moxen, I don't have as much of a loss on the toolbox side of things as you might think. The selection is limited to my hand, but even so, having an "effective" lockdown as early as turn one is powerful, and handily makes up for that originally lost breathing room in that way. Establish a soft lock fast, then use it to take your time finding the missing pieces to make it a full lockdown. I will have to look at your design though. Who knows what inspiration I could gain from a fellow control player?