Gnaw to the Bone

by tinytone on 29 July 2012

Main Deck (62 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Description

The more creatures in your graveyard, the stronger your deck becomes:

Self Mill creatures into your graveyard using Mulch, Satyr Wayfinder, Forbidden Alchemy and Splinterfright.

Cast Gnaw to the Bone when you need to replenish your health (twice with flashback).

Cast Spider Spawning to create an army of foot solider spiders (twice with flashback).

Finish your opponent with Bonehoard, Ghoul Tree and Kessig Cage Breakers.

How to Play

Turn 1:
- Play a Forest
- Elvish Mystic, Llanowar Elf or Birds of Paradise

Turn 2:
- Play an Island
- DawnTreader Elk
- Sacrifice DawnTreader Elk in your opponents Turn to put a Swamp (the 3rd land) into play.
- Graveyard Creature count: 1

Turn 3:
- Play a Forest
- You now have 5 mana at this stage (4 lands + 1 ramp creature)
- Satyr Wayfinder (land into hand - self mill 1-3 creatures)
- Flash in an Ambusher Viper in your opponents attack step to kill a creature. Your Ambush Viper dies too
- Graveyard Creature count: 2-5 (let's assume 4)

Turn 4:
- Play a Forest
- Ghoultree! (for 4 CMC due to a discount)
- Ulvenwald Tracker

Turn 5:
- Activate the Ulvenwald Tracker's fight ability. Ghoultree kills a creature on your opponents side.
- Kessig Cagebreakers!

Turn 6:
- Attack with the Kessig CageBreaker creating 4 x 2/2 green wolfs that are tapped and attacking.
- Gnaw to the Bone to regain some life.

Turn 7:
- Cast Spider Spawning creating 4 or more 1/2 spider tokens
- Attack with the Kessig CageBreaker creating 4 x 2/2 green wolfs that are tapped and attacking.

Deck Tags

  • Sultai
  • Self Mill
  • Creature-Based
  • Graveyard

Deck at a Glance

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Card Legality

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

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