8-Rack (My first Modern deck-to-be)

Modern 8-Rack Discard

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Planeswalker (4)

• 4x Liliana of the Veil

Land (22)

• 2x Dakmor Salvage
• 4x Spawning Pool
• 16x Swamp

Enchantment (7)

• 3x Bitterblossom
• 4x Shrieking Affliction

Artifact (8)

• 4x Ensnaring Bridge
• 4x The Rack

Instant (4)

• 4x Funeral Charm

Sorcery (15)

• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3x Raven's Crime
• 4x Smallpox
• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Leyline of the Void

Artifact (7)

• 4x Grafdigger's Cage
• 3x Torpor Orb

Instant (6)

• 3x Dismember
• 3x Extirpate

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Spellskite

Land (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Night of Souls' Betrayal

Instant (2)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Plunge into Darkness

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Blightning
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Infernal Tutor

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As per the title, this is going to be my first Modern deck. As such, I know very little about the format so I'd appreciate any pointers, especially regarding sideboard options.

I planned this deck using information found in the deck:modern-format-primer, Tolarian Community College's video, and glancing around at several decklists both here and around the net.

About some of the choices I've made:

• I like Smallpox. I've seen arguments that this isn't really the deck for it, but frankly I don't care. Pox is one of my favorite cards ever and I would run it if I could - this is just the closest I can get.
• Because of Smallpox, I've chosen to go creatureless with Bitterblossom and manlands. Bitterblossom isn't unusual, but Spawning Pool is. I chose it because I already have them, they produce B, and at 1/1 they get around Ensnaring Bridge better than something like Mutavault. Maybe coming into play tapped and the higher activation cost are too big for drawbacks - I'll find out and replace them if necessary.
• I chose Funeral Charm because again I already own them, and I like the flexibility of instant-speed discard or killing an x/1.
• The distinct lack of targeted removal is just because I ran out of room. Kinda hoping I can defend against creature assaults between Liliana and Smallpox sacrifice effects along with Ensnaring Bridge and "free" chump blockers.
• I think the rest of the deck is pretty standard. Liliana, Bridge, racks, and discard.

About the sideboard, I pretty much just copied some commonly-used cards I saw in other decks. Since I don't know the format or even my local meta well I don't know what I really need here.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 3 Mythic Rares 4 - 9 Rares 22 - 3 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.61
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B