My concept for this deck was to build a quality deck using only 2 rare, while the rest of the deck is common, and uncommon cards. The theme for the deck works around abilities that activate when permanents enter the battlefield, or enter the graveyard, or are sacrificed. There are some key cards in this deck, which clearly work well for this theme, and in combination with other cards in the deck.
What I consider to be the most useful cards in the deck are:
1) Cache Raiders
2) Soul's Attendant
3) Spine of Ish Sah This is one of only 2 rare in the deck
4) Nim Deathmantle This is the second of the 2 rares in this deck
5) Vedalken AEthermage
| Colors |
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| Artifact | 6 |
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| Black | 14 |
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| Blue | 22 |
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| Land | 21 |
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| White | 4 |
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| Converted Mana Cost |
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| 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 7 |
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| 2 | 19 |
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| 3 | 5 |
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| 4 | 5 |
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| 5 | 7 |
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| 6 | 1 |
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| 7 | 1 |
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| Type |
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| Artifact | 5 |
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| Artifact Creature | 2 |
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| Basic Land | 20 |
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| Creature | 23 |
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| Enchant *Target* | 2 |
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| Enchantment | 4 |
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| Instant | 5 |
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| Land | 1 |
|---|
| Sorcery | 5 |
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maybe you should give the pauper format a try. You are restricted to commons, but if everybody is playing using the same restrictions, you might get to see how the deck really works instead of getting curb-stomped.