This is a deck I've been very succesful with at the beginning of the season. The influence requirement is TTSSJ, which is not hard to hit. The deck is not to be confused with "Bruised Combrei" lists, as it packs more Shadow cards and doesn't just splash it in Combrei.
It packs a lot of removal and with 4
Desert Marshal, 4
Steward of the Past and 4
Banish the Praxis and Xenan Midrange matchups become very favourable. It can also deal with aggro efficiently thanks to
Ayan, the Abductor, removal, early blockers and powerful 4 drops.
Devour works very well in this deck as it can be used after declaring blockers on small units to gain some time, in response to an enemy removal and sometimes as a simple card draw engine. Since we don't run
Xenan Obelisk it should be used freely on
Temple Scribe and
Talir's Favored.