Overview:

This is a Shadowborn Apostle combo deck that aims to sacrifice multiple Apostles to tutor powerful demons while generating value through death triggers and life loss effects. The commander, Taborax, Hope's Demise, serves as both a value engine and potential threat.

Primer:

The deck's primary strategy revolves around assembling six Shadowborn Apostles to tutor powerful demons from the library. With 30 copies of Shadowborn Apostle, the deck consistently draws into multiple copies early. The deck generates value through death triggers from cards like Grim Haruspex, The Meathook Massacre, and the commander itself, while also utilizing powerful mana acceleration through cards like Dark Ritual, Culling the Weak, and Songs of the Damned.

The secondary strategy involves leveraging life loss effects with cards like Vilis, Broker of Blood and Bloodletter of Aclazotz to draw cards and pressure opponents. The deck can win through demon beatdown, Liliana's Contract, or draining opponents through repeated sacrifice effects combined with The Meathook Massacre and similar effects.

Weaknesses:

• Vulnerable to graveyard hate, which can severely limit recursion options
• Heavily reliant on creature-based strategies, making it susceptible to board wipes
• Can struggle against heavy counterspell-based control decks
• Limited interaction with artifacts and enchantments outside of Feed the Swarm

Most Important Cards:

1. Shadowborn Apostle
2. The Meathook Massacre
3. Phyrexian Altar
4. Razaketh, the Foulblooded
5. Vilis, Broker of Blood
6. Cabal Coffers
7. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
8. Grim Haruspex
9. Dark Ritual
10. Songs of the Damned

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 6/10
• Resilience: 5/10
• Consistency: 7/10
• Interaction: 4/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a focused power level, typically able to establish its gameplan around turns 6-7. While it has explosive potential with perfect draws, it generally plays at a more moderate pace due to the need to accumulate Shadowborn Apostles. The deck's consistency is high due to the redundancy of Apostles, but its resilience to interaction and ability to interact with opponents is relatively limited. When compared to power level 7 decks that can consistently threaten wins by turn 5-6, this deck operates slightly slower but more consistently than power level 5 decks.

Final power level rating: 6.0 - 6.5

This rating reflects the deck's ability to consistently execute its strategy while acknowledging its limitations in terms of interaction and resilience. The deck can occasionally achieve faster wins through perfect draws but generally operates at a pace consistent with focused/optimized casual decks.