Sunday 29 April 2012

Innistrad Tribal Block Constructed: The Skaabs

Okay, so at first I wasn't really sure what to do for this zombie list as most all of the mono-blue zombies sucked, though I eventually decided on a build revolving around Grimgrin, Corpse-Born as our main wincon.

Once I decided on that, I realized I would definitely need some fodder for the cannon and luckily there were a few zombies that fit the role, such as Gravecrawler, Geralf's Messenger, and Black Cat. Most of the time we're going to be casting Gravecrawler from our 'yard several times per match, so why not profit from that with Secrets of the Dead? Though, I figure we'll need more support for the enchantment than just Gravecrawler, so we'll add Think Twice, and Havengul Lich.

Now, we can't go putting all our eggs in one basket so as an alternate wincon we can throw in some Endless Ranks of the Dead (also provides food for Grimmy if need be) as well as some Diregraf Captains to make our meagre tokens slightly more threatening. Diregraf Captain also works pretty well when we are constantly feeding our Gravecrawlers to Ol' Grimmy. 

At this point we'll just add some removal a la Barter in Blood and Tribute to Hunger, assemble our mana base and we're done. Our finished product looks something like this:

Creature: 17
3 x Black Cat
4 x Diregraf Captain
2 x Geralf's Messenger
4 x Gravecrawler
3 x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
1 x Havengul Lich

Enchantment: 7
3 x Endless Ranks of the Dead
4 x Secrets of the Dead

Instant: 8
4 x Think Twice
4 x Tribute to Hunger

Sorcery: 4
4 x Barter in Blood

+ 24 Land


Of course, Cavern of Souls was added to the mana base , though from this point I'll just leave that as a given.  

Any suggestions or cool ideas, just leave a comment! =)

Next up are the B/R Vampires. 

Thank you for reading, 'till next time.

No comments:

Post a Comment