Evil Rhino

Standard Aggro BGW (Abzan, Junk) Mono-Black

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Creature (24)

• 4x Brain Maggot
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Herald of Torment
• 4x Master of the Feast
• 4x Rakshasa Deathdealer
• 4x Siege Rhino

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (24)

• 3x Caves of Koilos
• 2x Forest
• 4x Llanowar Wastes
• 2x Plains
• 4x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 7x Swamp
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (6)

• 3x Bile Blight
• 3x Murderous Cut

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Despise
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 3x Spiteful Returned

Artifact (2)

• 2x Tormod's Crypt

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Drown in Sorrow

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Mono-Black Beaters, splashing for seige rhino , Rakshasa Deathdealer and Sorin, Solemn Visitor. Planning on taking this to TCGPlayer.com $5k in Cleveland next month. Need to fix the manabase before I do, though.

Mono-Black has lost many of the creatures that it depended on pre-rotation, but I believe this can be more than compensated for by splashing for Rhino and Deathdealer, two very powerful cards. Deathdealer is near-impossible to kill barring Anger of the Gods , and Rhino is...well, the lynchpin of Standard. This deck has enough size and tempo to withstand the early game from any hyper-aggro or Sligh build. It beats midrange by going over the top with Master of the Feast and by bestowing Herald of Torment onto Rhino or Deathdealer, and also through the damage racked up if you can land a Rhino into a turn 5 Gray Merchant of Asphodel. Murderous Cut gets the nod over Hero's Downfall because we want to be spending as much mana on creatures as possible, and being able to pay 1 or 2 to kill is a lot easier on the mana.

I'm still considering my sideboard, so please recommend what you would put in there for different matchups!!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 20 - 5 Uncommons 0 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	Decks to build