Pestilence (B/W)

by Shayena on 05 May 2011

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (7 cards)

Sorceries (1)


Artifacts (1)

Enchantments (5)

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Deck Description

Self-explaining i think

Kill opponent with Pestilence and protect yourself with Pariah on Stuffy Doll & Runed Halo

Deck Tags

  • Experimental

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

2202200

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Pestilence (B/W)

This can be potentially deadly to you. Keep in mind that the way Circle of Affliction works is similar to that of the Circle of Protections. It states:

Whenever a source of the chosen color deals damage to you, you may pay {1}.

Since Pestilence deals one damage for every B spent, you would have to pay {1} for every B spent to activate the Circle. Pestilence doesn't deal X damage one time, it deals 1 damage X times. Therefore, the Circles are not a reliable way to protect yourself from the Pestilence.

What you need is Runed Halo, a white enchantment, in place of the Circle to make things far more manageable for you.

Hope this helps.

When you get a chance, I'd appreciate it if you could offer any advice or suggestions to any of the decks I have posted here. Any help is great!

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Posted 06 May 2011 at 15:45

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Doesn't "Whenever a source of the chosen color deals damage to you, you may pay {1}." state that you can also pay 20 for only one damage received?
If not I really have to think about the strategy of my deck >:O
Anyways thanks for your hints.

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Posted 07 May 2011 at 11:22

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The ability is a triggered one, not an activated ability. It reads 'WHENEVER' a source deals damage to you, you may pay 1. This means that the option to pay 1 only arises each time a source dealing damage to you -- which means it's 1 trigger of Circle of Affliction per instance of damage.

Considering Pestilence deals 1 damage X times (where X is equal to the number of B you pay), you would have to trigger the Circle X times to gain/prevent X damage from Pestilence.

This is why Runed Halo would be better for you in that you would never take damage from Pestilence, nor would you have the opportunity to gain life. It would just ignore the effect of Pestilence while your opponent gets rocked by it.

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Posted 07 May 2011 at 14:58

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ok thank you very much for explaining (:
i'll fix it!

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Posted 07 May 2011 at 15:26

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another thing is Runed Hallo and Pariah dont work toghter.

Since the dmg is prevented by runed Hallo, Pariah does not activad dmg and send it to ur stuffy doll.

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Posted 23 October 2011 at 19:48

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another thing is Runed Hallo and Pariah dont work toghter.

Since the dmg is prevented by runed Hallo, Pariah does not activad dmg and send it to ur stuffy doll.

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Posted 23 October 2011 at 19:49

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