Cycle of Life and Death

Deck Focus:.............Slay to stack up Nasus, then strike or Atrocity.

Deck style:................Midrange

Format:.....................Standard

Period:.......................Empires of the Ascended >

Cause of death:.......Not yet

Recent Changes:

Core:

Atrocity x1
Nasus x3

Slay synergy:

Baccai Reaper x3
Rampaging Baccai x3
Thresh x3

Card Draw:

Glimpse Beyond x3
Spirit Leech x2

Staples and techs:

Vile Feast x3
Black Spear x2
Withering Wail x1
The Box x2
Rite of Negation x2

Dunekeeper x3 - double early bodies
Cursed Keeper x3 - Best target for slay effects.
Ravenous Butcher x2 - Slays and provides early pressure.
Blighted Caretaker x1 - Slays and spawns additional bodies.
The Wings and The Wave x2 - Doubles as either dual bodies or a slayer.

Cards that can be added depending on flavor:

Ravenous Butcher, Mask Mother - Additional triggers for slay.
Hapless Aristocrat, Dunekeeper, Fading Icon - Additional prey for slay triggers.
Ruinous Path, Doombeast - Burn for a more aggressive build.
The Undying - Infinite slay potential, but can be difficult to utilize.
Sanctum Conservator - fun and brutal, but extremely slow
Kindred - Slay synergy, but more control-oriented than the deck.

Techs:

Vile Feast, Black Spear - small removal
Weight of Judgment, Vengeance, Crumble - big removal
Exhaust, Baccai Sandspinner - vulnerable
Withering Wail, The Box, Passage Unearned, Spirit Fire  - AoE
Rite of Negation - deny
Quicksand - pseudo-silence