Grixis Devoid Thopters

Standard Artifact Colorless UBR (Grixis)

ajmiam

Creature (27)

• 2x Eldrazi Skyspawner
• 2x Endless One
• 4x Forerunner of Slaughter
• 4x Hangarback Walker
• 2x Kozilek's Sentinel
• 2x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 2x Pilgrim's Eye
• 2x Ruination Guide
• 4x Vile Aggregate
• 3x Whirler Rogue

Land (24)

• 2x Bloodstained Mire
• 2x Flooded Strand
• 5x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 3x Polluted Delta
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 2x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 2x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Thopter Spy Network

Artifact (4)

• 4x Ghostfire Blade

Instant (2)

• 2x Murderous Cut

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Painful Truths

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 1x Complete Disregard
• 3x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Fiery Impulse
• 1x Negate
• 2x Rending Volley
• 1x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Arc Lightning
• 1x Exquisite Firecraft
• 1x Roast
• 1x Ruinous Path

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What's that? You cast Ugin? yawn Whatever. My turn, I swing with my 3-mana 7/5 Trampler. Had enough?

Devoid may not have the strongest individual cards, but as an archetype it does have several powerful synergy cards (especially Ghostfire Blade and Vile Aggregate), which this deck attempts to make the most of. I previously made a Devoid Aggro deck (Grixis Devoid Aggro-Midrange) but it failed because the mana curve is too 3-heavy for all-out attacking to be a viable game plan, and it couldn't really outlast midrange decks. It also tended to get mana screwed or run out of creatures. To fix these problems, I did the following:
1) Bumped the land count up to 24 + 2 Pilgrim's Eye
2) Added more token production and evasion (Eldrazi Skyspawner and the two 2-Thopter producers)
3) Added Thopter Spy Network, providing card advantage and a steady stream of creatures if the game goes long
4) Cut out some of the more aggressive-only cards, such as Nettle Drone and Dominator Drone

My initial test run of this deck consisted of me going 3-0 at a 9-person Standard event at my local game store, not dropping a single game against a RG monsters deck, a 4-color Rally deck, and an BG Elves deck. It still needs testing against several important matchups, such as Abzan, Dark Jeskai, R(x) Aggro, and Esper Dragons, but seems fairly promising so far.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	28 - 2 Rares 19 - 9 Uncommons 4 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.42
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C