Weedwhacker Deck: Necrodrain

This is the priliminary 5th edition Necrodrain deck. I will play it a bit, and modify it to fit the environment. Seems strong (as always).

Necrodrain (May '97 Type 2):


Necrodrain = 61 cards
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4 Drain Life   
3 Necropotence  (no idea why this was reprinted)
4 Contagion  (throw these around freely)
2 Lake of the Dead
3 Coercion  (so strong...)
3 Choking Sands  (lots of good lands still)
1 Mind Warp
4 Quicksand  (these replace Mishra's very nicely)
2 Thawing Glaciers
4 Dark Ritual
1 Nev's Disks
1 Mangara's Blessing
17 Swamps
1 Plains
2 Vampiric Tutor  (very nice)
=52 non-creature

2 Necrosavant
3 Nekrataal
4 Pump Knight
=9 creatures

Sideboard: (15 fine cards)
1 Choking Sands  (vs. outpost and trading post and quicksand)
1 Coercion  (vs. control, or other slow decks)
1 Nev's Disk  (vs. winter orb, and the like)
4 Dystopia  (lovely little card)
1 Nekrataal  (vs. big non-black creatures)
2 Gloom  (white hardly uses sleight anymore)
2 Ebony Charm (vs. Hammer, Stairwell)
1 Spirit of the Night (vs other black decks)
1 Mind Warp (vs. control, slow decks)
1 Mangara's Blessing (vs. burn and Anvil of Bogarden)