Golgari will Rise!

Standard BG (Golgari) BGW (Abzan, Junk) Midrange

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Creature (23)

• 4x Elvish Mystic
• 3x Herald of Torment
• 2x Polukranos, World Eater
• 3x Reaper of the Wilds
• 3x Scavenging Ooze
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid
• 4x Witchstalker

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Vraska the Unseen

Land (23)

• 8x Forest
• 3x Golgari Guildgate
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Gift of Orzhova

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (8)

• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Putrefy

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Mistcutter Hydra

Artifact (1)

• 1x Pithing Needle

Instant (11)

• 3x Bile Blight
• 3x Dark Betrayal
• 3x Golgari Charm
• 2x Unravel the Aether

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Okay so Golgari has had it rough these last few expansions... No Scry Lands, no Gods, no dual-color creatures of any note. It's just been rubbish...

But we will not be defeated! The following deck is simply the absolute best I have managed to come up with using B/G. It's certainly not perfect and will be considerably enhanced by any B/G additions from Journey into Nyx...

The idea is a simple mix of removal, auras and horrible creatures, but with the specific aim of providing answers to Mono Black / Blue / Red / White / Esper that are currently dominating Standard play.

The win-cons are quite simple: 1) Flying witchstalkers. Using Herald of Torment and Gift of Orzhova . (Flying Polukranos and Reaper is also amusing...) 2) Creature beat-down using kill spells, life gain and Scavenging Ooze. 3) Vraska Assassins (This almost never happens...)

We also have a versatile Sideboard that aims to shut down each common deck type. It's not perfect, but it's what I got... :)

Let me know what you think, Golgari fans!

Our time is coming!

PS: Just imagine this deck with a Temple of... Decay or a B/G equivalent of Fleecemane Lion... :)

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 4 Rares 8 - 11 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer