I revamped Athreos! I discovered that relying on death triggers is the wrong way to go! Sac a creature, can it go back to my hand or are you going to pay three life, let me draw two cards, you sac three creatures, I get X tokens, etc etc. more often than not it goes back to my hand. Surprise! So how can I abuse the fact that they would rather send it back to my hand than see it die and lose three life? Easy play and sac creatures like Priest of Gix or Cathedral Sanctifier ! "Well gee Stacey!" you cry, "What's that gonna do?" Well is something like Ashnod's Altar out? Sac the Priest and make lots of mana! Then once you have a good amount maybe someone will get upset and pay the three life. Or you could have Edgewalker out. How much life can I gain with Cathedral Sanctifier before someone says enough is enough? With Conspiracy, Edgewalker, a sac outlet, and Tidehollow Sculler I could permanently exile someone's hand. You know.... Fun things. Sooner or later incentives for letting things come back to my hand increase, can I keep gaining 3 life off the Cathedral Sanctifier or do they let Martyr's Bond, Dictate of Erebos, and/or Grave Pact trigger. Not to mention Black Market, Harvester of Souls , Blood Artist, Falkenrath Noble, etc.This deck depends on psuhing the limits. How many times can I play that card until someone says "enough is enough." When can I get someone to say no to a Cathedral Sanctifier or a martyr of the sands? How much mana can I get by sac-ing a Priest of Gix with an Ashnod's Altar? Just once gets me 2BBB. A second time gets me 2BBBBB. And so one. Not to mention Ashnod's Altar + Edgewalker + Priest of Gix . Who draws the line and where? This is about playing your audience. Which oppenent will take the life loss? Which one won't? Are you asking a specific opponent because you know they'd rather lose the life?

Also I figured, why stop with some clerics? Let's have a lot of clerics! With all the indestructible gods I have, isn't Shaman en-Kor pretty... sexy? Plus it combos with Daru Spiritualist + High Priest of Penance + Shaman en-Kor . Want to make friends? Battletide Alchemist + Conspiracy is good for exactly that.Got mana to burn? Or just want to mess with a player's draws? Reassembling Skeleton + Thoughtpicker Witch . It's great to ensure some remains mana screwed or mana flooded!

I'm looking for some more suggestions. More/repeatable card draw, more/better/repeatable recursion, repeatable removal, etc. But if you make a suggestion, PLEASE suggest something to exclude along with your sugesstion to include. If I knew what to exclude then it wouldn't be in the current decklist. Make both suggestions and a reason why I'm an idiot to include whatever card you think should be omitted. I may argue you back to defend my idiotic ways, but please make a counter arguement. If you are unconvinced the gospel of my idiocy, then tell me why my logic isn't correct. Hopefully I'll learn.

Ignore the first 6 comments, they commented on this deck before I decided to make it about clerics. This once had a human tribal theme. But it sat on itself most of the time so I decided to revamp it.

So YES! Comment, critique, and/or compliment. Thank you.