***TRIALS RESPONSE***This is quite similar to some unupped darkness decks that I've used, always with great success. There are only some very minor changes that I would like to see made to this deck.
Firstly, although I usually like to insist on decks being 30 cards, this seems to operate quite well with 32. If you would like to slim it down to 30 cards, I would recommend removing the Vampire Stiletto and possibly one Drain Life, although I do feel like 32 cards is perfectly fine in this case.
Secondly, I'd like to see one drain life replaced by a steal. With only 2 in a 32 card deck, you'll have trouble really getting around Dim Shield chains, which the Aether elder can pull off. Having 3 steals may not seem like such a significant change, but it will greatly increase your chances of drawing them when you need them (drawing them an average of every 8 turns instead of 11 makes quite a difference).
Thirdly, and this is very minor, switch out six or seven of your 13 pillars into darkness pendulums - this will slightly improve your chances against earthquake, which one of the elders uses.
Finally, you may want to try and add in some nightfalls. The +1|+1 effect will multiply as you put out more creatures, and this can quite easily turn into a +6|+6 blanket effect quite quickly. I'm avoiding doing so in the final product because I don't want to trade anything out for it, and the deck is big enough as is, but you may want to try -1 Stiletto, -1 Drain Life, +2 Nightfall
After making these changes, you should hopefully see some slightly improved results (but I may be wrong!).
Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5uo 5uo 5up 5up 5up 5ur 5us 606 606 606 606 606 606 8ptWith nightfalls:
Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5uo 5uo 5up 5up 5up 5uq 5uq 606 606 606 606 606 606 8pt
