{"ops":[{"insert":"Deck Philosophy"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck is a rather traditional graveyard recursion deck that aims to treat the graveyard as a second hand that I can bring back what I need when it is needed. Intentionally lacking any effects that exile cards from my own graveyard like Dredge, the Self-Mill strategy offers a lot of support towards building up those resources. The supplementary plan is to trade off as many of my creatures as possible with ETB/LTB effects and have them bounce or flicker between zones as much as possible for maximum effectiveness.\n\nThis deck can be a very slow control deck however, and as such can feel oppressive to opponents (thus the deck name).\n\nAs a deck that relies extremely heavily on its graveyard, it is vulnerable to graveyard hate like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grafdigger's Cage"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rest in Peace"}},{"insert":" so I may want to increase artifact and enchantment removal if the current options are insufficient.\n\nGameplay"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Throughout the entire game the goal is to be constantly self-milling and using the graveyard for the recursion of as many creatures as possible. Early game objective should be almost entirely to ramp and mill as many cards as possible. Every single card milled should be looked at as a card drawn.\n\nMid game objectives should be to trigger as many ETB/LTB effects as possible and filling the board with as many smaller creatures as possible in the process. This part of the game may be difficult to keep track of triggers as there may be quite a few that trigger simultaneously. With enough milling, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karador, Ghost Chieftain"}},{"insert":" should be castable from the command zone for {B}{G}{W} regardless of escalating Command Tax, and his role is simply to provide the means of recurring creatures from the graveyard.\n\nThe end game of the deck falls into the following:\nGet one of the four Finisher cards onto the board and ride it to a win. Once one of them lands on the board opponents will be hard pressed to prevent them coming back unless they get exiled."},{"attributes":{"list":"true"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord"}},{"insert":" sacrifice one of the several creatures that scale with the number of creatures in the graveyard."},{"attributes":{"list":"true"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBracket"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I see no reason this isn't a Bracket 2 deck.\n\nA Few Notable Cards:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Old Stickfingers"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nighthowler"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord"}},{"insert":" are a possible quick win condition nuke late game."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Since almost all creatures in this deck have some sort of triggered ability "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Strionic Resonator"}},{"insert":" seems a decent include, however may be mana intensive compared to other flicker effects like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Conjurer's Closet"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seedship Broodtender"}},{"insert":" is a surprise heavy hitter in this deck with his ability to pay five, sac himself and return a creature to the battlefield. This can cheat out big threats by turn five or earlier with ramp. There are also ways to get him back pretty effectively too."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deathrite Shaman"}},{"insert":" is there for his general utility but also as a little bit of counterplay to an opponent playing a graveyard strategy."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}