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Mono Black Dragons

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Bladewing the RisenEnlarge

Bladewing the Risen

{3}{B}{B}{R}{R}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Dragon

Scourge

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Flying When Bladewing enters, you may return target Dragon permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield. {B}{R}: Dragon creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

4/4

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Animate Dead

{1}{B}

Enchantment — Aura

Fifth Edition

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Enchant creature card in a graveyard When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

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Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 11:37 am

Darth_Mahruk
Posts: 109
Joined: 07-Sep-11

First of all - Hello! I am Darth Mahruk, just joined, long time player!

Okay, the combo:

Play the swamp, tap for B, cast Dark Ritual and Cabal Ritual (or 2 Dark Rituals), for 4 (or 5 Black Mana floating), cast Buried Alive for 3 to place Karrthus, Bladewing, and a Thrall into the graveyard. With the remaining 1 black, cast Reanimate on Bladewing. His ability resolves, bringing out  Karrthus, and the Thrall bounces back in automatically. You now have 3 flyers out on turn 1, with 11 points of hasted damage!  Turn 2 win capability, and yes, I have had this godhand go off before, as it only needs 5 cards in hand to go off on turn 1.

You can use the 2 dark rituals instead of the cabal ritual, for use on an Animate Dead, but then you only have 10 points of turn one damage.
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 11:46am

Twogunkid
Posts: 2610
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Its not mono black if it use karthuss and bladewing
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 11:48am

Darth_Mahruk
Posts: 109
Joined: 07-Sep-11

The mono black refers only to the spells used. My deck uses no mana other than Black. Karrthus and Bladewing are not cast, simply animated or returned to play.
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 1:14pm

TheCaptain
Posts: 909
Joined: 13-Apr-11

Cabal ritual is no good for turn one, because its not good until you've hit threshold, which you wouldn't have yet. But yeah sounds like a lot of reanimation decks.
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 1:45pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund is three colors. Mono Black refers to all the cards, not just the mana. Can you play this is a EDH deck with a Black general?
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 2:00pm

Darth_Mahruk
Posts: 109
Joined: 07-Sep-11

I don't know. I don't play EDH (a horror, yes, I know). Perhaps I should have called it 2nd turn FTW reanimator dragons. All I know, is that most people simply pack up and concede the game if this comes out first turn.
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 2:16pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

The only problem is that it takes a Swamp, double Rituals, Buried Alive, Reanimate, and Animate Dead, which is 6 cards, nearly a god-hand.
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 2:46pm

Darth_Mahruk
Posts: 109
Joined: 07-Sep-11

No, you only need the reanimate OR the animate dead, not both. You need 2 dark rituals for the animate dead, but one dark ritual and one cabal ritual for the reanimate. Though it is better to not have to lose the 7 life for reanimating Bladewing.

Therefore, the easiest godhand is swamp, dark ritual, cabal ritual, buried alive, reanimate. I have pulled this off 3 times (the godhand draw) 3 times in about 20 plays, with one of those being a mulligan. Either way, though, this usually goes off by turn 4, where most people still won't have adequate defenses against so much flying.
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 3:09pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

out of curiousity, how long is long?
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 6:12pm

Dakkon Thued
Posts: 312
Joined: 15-Mar-10

i'd rather just use dark rit, buried alive, and search for 3 Demigod of Revenge.
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 10:21pm

Sly
Posts: 31
Joined: 07-Sep-11

Isn't nine cards kind of alot for a combo?

^^^Dakkon Thued has the right idea maybe throw in a demonic tutor and a dark ritual for a fourth turn kill if you're lucky.

[Edited by Sly on 7/Sep/11 at 10:25PM]
Date Posted: Wed Sep/07/11 at 10:24pm

TheCaptain
Posts: 909
Joined: 13-Apr-11

he added a lot of unnecessary cards as options to other cards, so you don't need as many as listed. This has no more cards to any other "god hand" listed, but still, even if you pull off a turn 1 win, wheres the fun in that? That doesn't show skill or ability, it shows luck really. Let your opponents actually have a turn. Thats what I think at least.
Date Posted: Thu Sep/08/11 at 7:02am

Darth_Mahruk
Posts: 109
Joined: 07-Sep-11

Actually, this combo is the basis for a deck that I have built. I have 4 diabolic tutors in the deck, also 4 dark rituals and cabal rituals. As I said, my godhand draws are only 15% of the time, though one was with a mulligan. The deck usually does let the opponent have a turn or three, but after that, it is pretty much over.
Date Posted: Thu Sep/08/11 at 2:16pm

E-n-S
Posts: 189
Joined: 16-Aug-10

There's nothing wrong about a turn 1 win once in a while.
Date Posted: Thu Sep/08/11 at 2:21pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

It's a turn 2 win.
Date Posted: Fri Sep/09/11 at 10:48am

E-n-S
Posts: 189
Joined: 16-Aug-10

Yeah, I was talking turn 1 wins generally.




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