Learn how to defeat UH's black counter/token deck in Magic: The Gathering Arena, featuring Undying and Morbid abilities.
Walkthrough
- 1UH runs a black counter/token deck with abilities like regeneration, Undying, and Morbid.
- 2Creatures in UH's deck include Rotting Fensnake [×4], Sightless Ghoul [×2], Somberwald Spider [×2], Wakedancer [×4], and Young Wolf [×4].
- 3UH's lands include Forest [×8], Swamp [×14], and Woodland Cemetery [×4].
- 4Be aware of UH's creature changes: [+4] Evernight Shade, [+2] Gravetiller Wurm, [+4] Innocent Blood, and [-4] Rotting Fensnake, [-2] Somberwald Spider.
- 5Bloodflow Connoisseur can sacrifice creatures targeted by destructive spells to power itself up.
- 6Noncombat damage can kill creatures' regeneration abilities.
- 7Flyers can attack freely unless Somberwald Spider is played.
- 8UH may trade kills then play a creature with Morbid, or activate Necrobite to attack your best blocker.
- 9On Planeswalker difficulty, Evernight Shade gains +1/+1s by expending black mana, and Gravetiller Wurm gains +4/+4 and trample via its Morbid ability.
- 10Innocent Blood forces both players to sacrifice a creature, triggering Morbid and Undying.
Tips
- Undying only activates if a creature enters the graveyard from play without a +1/+1 counter. It won't activate if the creature is exiled or received a +1/+1 from another source.
- Gravepurge is an instant and can be used to "stack the deck" to find replacements quickly. For example, using Arrest on a Gravetiller Wurm.
- Be wary of having only one creature on the field, as Innocent Blood can target it. This effect does not target and cannot be thwarted by Gods Willing or Cloudshift, but can be countered or rendered pointless by Undying Evil or Voyage's End.
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