Creatures (25) 4 Dark Confidant 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 4 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor 4 Deep-Cavern Bat 4 Preacher of the Schism 4 Cecil, Dark Knight Lands (22) Spells (13) Starting Town has seen some play in the three-color Pixie decks, Jeskai Oculus, and the Dimir Midrange deck, working as a City of Brass-type land that also taps for colorless mana for no pain
9 Shadow-Rite Priest Taking Volunteers Every typal strategy could use a good lord effect, or something that gives a bonus to your creature type of choice, usually +1/+1
If another effect modifies how much damage a source would deal, including preventing some of it, the player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses an order in which to apply those effects
Speaking of Consider, Councils Deliberation is also great if you can get it into the graveyard without paying its casting cost