This deck was originated from "finding a good nightfall themed deck that can beat aggro", and I made this list. It looks like a bunch of irrelevant cards together but I have to say it does better in ladder than I've expected.
The main problem with this deck is the horrible mana base. This deck is super greedy in terms of influence requirement in the early game, so I added
Trail Maker to help, and so far it's been pretty good. Still, I'm considering taking out all the
Ayan, the Abductor and put in more fetch spells for the sake of consistency.
Darkveil Agent is not as good as he is in Unseen tribal decks, but he is still usually a 2 mana 2/2 with Aegis that continuously buff your other Unseens in the late game. He is also part of the reason why I decided not to run
Lightning Storm.
Lunar Magus and
Nocturnal Observer are just great. They trigger nightfall as well as keep you alive and draw you cards. Personally I think
Nocturnal Observer should be a 4-off.
We usually expect
Deadly Confrontation to be a 6 mana kill 2 unit. It's not that good, but I'll test it a little longer.
Rindra, the Duskblade and
Zelia, the Vain are great cards against aggro and midrange.
Black-Sky Harbinger is a win condition against aggro, and
Lida, Most Skilled is a solid body that gives you a free removal.
Finally,
Encroaching Darkness is something we want to see in the late game, Usually the continuous ping effect can win you some control matchup. If it appears in you hand in the early game, toss it with either strategize or observer.
Alu, Death-Dreamer is just a personal interest. I freaking love this card.
I do think this deck has some potential (just scored a 5-0 in master rank), but I'm sure it is far from good, and it requires a lot of tweaking. So feel free to leave a comment or advice below! Thanks!
Enjoy the game!
Permafrost
x4
2
Annihilate
x3
2
Darkveil Agent
x4
2
Strategize
x4
2
Trail Maker
x3
3
Ayan, the Abductor
x4
3
Banish
x2
3
Feeding Time
x2
3
Lunar Magus
x2
3
Nocturnal Observer
x3
4
Deadly Confrontation
x2
4
Rindra, the Duskblade
x4
5
Alu, Death-Dreamer
x1
5
Lida, Most Skilled
x3
6
Black-Sky Harbinger
x4
6
Zelia, the Vain
x4
8
Encroaching Darkness
x1
Primal Sigil
x3
Shadow Sigil
x3
Time Sigil
x2
Amber Waystone
x1
Amethyst Waystone
x4
Cobalt Waystone
x1
Crest of Cunning
x3
Crest of Wisdom
x2
Seat of Cunning
x2
Seat of Mystery
x2
Seat of Wisdom
x2
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Played with your deck list, it is really amazing and I really enjoyed couple of games, but have questions...
1) Why u play Ayan, the Abductor, and may be 2 copies I can understand, but 4 really a lot. Hope u read this and give me an answer, I really interested.
2) Why u don’t use Steward of the Past, he saves from echo-makto-revenge and all white decks. A lot of those now in meta.
3) What do u think about Vara's Choice? Why u don’t use it? If it is a control deck, think this card must take her place here.
4) Also I added 1 copy of Lumen Reclaimer, may be this card doesn’t have synergy with nightfall and unseens, but it really powerful for it’s manacost, returns ur void back in library and gives u 4 copies of itself - very useful.
But thank you for ur list, I tried something like this, but didn’t find cards for synergy, u showed me them! Thumb up, added to favorite!
If u still working on this deck, try some of my advices.