Dimir beat down with a splash of red

Standard* UB (Dimir) UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (12)

• 4x Deathrite Shaman
• 4x Desecration Demon
• 4x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ral Zarek

Land (24)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 2x Dragonskull Summit
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 3x Island
• 3x Steam Vents
• 3x Sulfur Falls
• 4x Swamp
• 4x Watery Grave

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Soul Ransom

Instant (18)

• 2x Cyclonic Rift
• 2x Fling
• 2x Izzet Charm
• 2x Negate
• 2x Psychic Strike
• 4x Searing Spear
• 4x Thought Scour

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Breaking / Entering

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Nightveil Specter

Artifact (4)

• 4x Chromatic Lantern

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Hidden Strings

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Evil Twin

Instant (2)

• 1x Murder
• 1x Unsummon

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Duress
• 1x Slaughter Games

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This is a beat down deck. The main creatures it uses are Nightveil Specter and Desecration Demon. Both of these cards are fairly low cost and have very nifty abilities. I chose the Nightveil Specter because of its ability. Beyond being fairly cheap with a good body, the second ability thins opponents decks and give me more options to play. I can steal lands, creatures, counters etc. I paired this with Chromatic Lantern so I could be sure to use what ever I steal.

Desecration Demon is a very fast creature with a large body. The downside is that he can be forced to be tapped. I don't really have a problem with this since it thins out my opponents force and makes him grow. This also allows my Nightveil Specters to keep on hitting.

I choose Hidden Strings and Ral Zarek to help untap the Desecration Demon as necessary and to get extra mana available.

I decided to give the deck some light milling with Thought Scour and Breaking / Entering to remove some threats and to pair up with Deathrite Shaman which is an incredible 1 CMC drop. This will give me some extra damage, allow me to generate some graveyard hate as well.

I think my weakest cards are Soul Ransom and Psychic Strike. I went with Soul Ransom because I wanted some more card advantage and to help clear the way for my beaters. Psychic Strike was chosen for more mill and also a solid counter.

The one card I would like to include a set of is Fling but I am not exactly sure where to do it. Searing Spear is the most obvious choice but I feel like I still want some burn to help me out.

Anyway, your comments are appreciated!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 8 Rares 8 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.72