Golgari Nighthowler

by tinytone on 30 June 2014

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Deck Description

Based off this article in 2014: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/snakes-and-spiders-2014-06-04
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The aim of this deck is to full your graveyard with as many creatures as possible.

This provides the following benefits:
- Nighthowler gets +X/+X where X is the number of creatures in your graveyard
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets the same +X/+X buff
- Shadowborn Demon wants 6+ creatures in your graveyard
- Deathrite Shaman can use your graveyard to either gain life or make the opponent lose life. He can even consume lands to produce extra mana!

Cards that help you fill your graveyard:
- Nyx Weaver
- Grisley Salvage
- Satyr Wayfinder
- Lotleth Troll (using his discard ability)

Once you have enough creatures in your graveyard, bestow the Nighthowler onto one of your creatures. The Lotleth Troll is a nice target as he has both Trample and Regeneraion! Even if the Lotleth Troll dies, the Nighthowler enchantment falls off and becomes a +X/+X creature, which is still a pain to deal with.

Using Jarads ability - you could even sacrifice the creature that Nighthowler is bestowed to... do massive damage, and then sacrifice the Nighthowler (the creature version, now that the host is dead) to do even more damage!

The Whip of erebos allows you to bring certain cards into the battlefield for some one off shenanigans i.e. return a Shadowborn Demon from the graveyard, in order to remove a flyer and punch through the skies. Return a nighthowler... attack... and then fling him at the opponent using Jarad's sacrifice ability.

Any board wipes or spot removal from your opponents side, actually helps you fill the graveyard with more creatures! It's all good!

Lots of fun interactions and synergies with the graveyard in this deck :)

How to Play

Turn 1:
- Play a Forest or Shockland (paying 2 life).
- Play an Elvish Mystic.

Turn 2:
- Play a Swamp.
- Play Deathrite Shaman.
- Play a Satyr Wayfinder (puts 3-4 cards in the graveyard).

Turn 3:
- Play a Forest.
- Play Nyx Weaver.

Turn 4:
- The Nyx Weaver makes you mill 2 cards.
- Play Shadowborn Demon.

Turn 5:
- The Nyx Weaver makes you mill 2 cards.
- You may have to sacrifice a creature to the Shadowborne demon - if this is the case, sacrifice the Satyr Wayfinder.
- Bestow the Nighthowler onto the Shadowborn Demon and attack in the air.

Turn 6:
- The Nyx Weaver makes you mill 2 cards.
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord.
- Attack with the Bestowed up Shadowborn Demon in the air.
- After combat, using Jarad, sacrifice the Shadowborn Demon and deal damage directly to the opponent.

Deck Tags

  • Golgari
  • Graveyard
  • Self Mill

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Card Legality

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

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