dusty mulch
I'm currently working on a mono black Vincent Valentine deck, the most obvious way to make the deck super strong quite easily is with the edicts - plaguecrafter etc, but does this feel too unfun to play into? targetted removal is almost expected, but it feels like if you're constantly having to sac creatures the game can be really unfun?
Am I overthinking this, or if you were against the deck would you prefer it if it was built a bit differently?
[[vincent valentine]]
ornate tinselBOT
viral pewter
That play style is very common in aristocrats decks - not something you can really avoid with Vincent. It's only to be expected though and I wouldn't worry too much
dusty mulch
Tempted to run a deathtouch subtheme, and use some sort of goad style, like [[maddening imp]]
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Creature — Imp
Flying
: Non-Wall creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy each of those creatures that didn't attack this turn. Activate only during an opponent's turn and only before combat.
1/1
dusty mulch
But fishing for other ideas than edicts really haha
viral pewter
Unfortunately board wipes and edicts are kinda Vincent's thing. Same with Sephiroth and Zodiark, just mono black things!
Deathtouch will usually mean you either won't get attacked or won't get blocked, and even when you do, it'll likely just be a trade and so you won't get value
But something like a [[soul shatter]] will pump up Vincent massively
ornate tinselBOT
viral pewter
Maybe do edicts but not the giga oppressive [[Grace Pact]] type shit
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viral pewter
[[grave pact]]
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viral pewter
You could also mess with giving opponents creatures for lols
dusty mulch
Yeah, I realise they are the strongest spells for the deck - but I'd rather have a slightly weaker deck that's enjoyable to have a game against.
The deathtouch would work in a battlecruisery meta - youre right they wouldnt necessarily be the ones dying giving vincent value, but combined with the maddening imp they'd make my oponents swing into each other rather than me
giving opponents cards isn't a bad shout
dusty mulch
[[grave pact]]
I know your advice was not to run grave pact, but actually that may be an answer to the problem haha. Aslong as I dont run sac outlets myself/destroy my own things, my opponents can puzzle over it
formal spruce
I know your advice was not to run grave pact, but actually that may be an answer...
[[tombstonr stairwell]]
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World Enchantment
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard.
At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.