Heartless Ghast Demons

Standard Mono-Black WB (Orzhov)

eheitzman

Creature (16)

• 3x Bloodgift Demon
• 4x Crypt Ghast
• 4x Desecration Demon
• 3x Griselbrand
• 2x Shimian Specter

Land (23)

• 23x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Heartless Summoning

Instant (7)

• 3x Tragic Slip
• 1x Ultimate Price
• 3x Victim of Night

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Appetite for Brains
• 3x Duress
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 4x Mutilate

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Grave Betrayal

Artifact (4)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Witchbane Orb

Instant (6)

• 2x Devour Flesh
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 2x Ultimate Price
• 1x Victim of Night

Sorcery (4)

• 3x Appetite for Brains
• 1x Duress

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Artifact (1)

• 1x Staff of Nin

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 1x Slaughter Games

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Crypt Ghast, Heartless Summoning, Biggies.

The deck basically hopes to cast creature hate for the first couple turns, then either Mutilate or Desecration Demon (once I have 4 mana) if they have a bunch of creatures that need to be dealt with, or Crypt Ghast if the coast is clear and I'm ready to ramp. Of course, if I can squeeze a Heartless Summoning in on turn 2 or 3 that can become a big problem.

With one Crypt Ghast in play, I figure I could probably cast Immortal Servitude for X=5 (only 4 swamps!) and get back all the Bloodgift Demon, Desecration Demon, and Crypt Ghast (hmm... maybe I should put some self-mill in here).

I thought Grave Betrayal would be fun to try. Everyone is pretty down on in, but again a single Crypt Ghast puts it within reach, and with 3x Mutilate, 4x Desecration Demon, and 8x creature hate instants it seems like I might actually get some mileage out of it.

Clearly, using the shock lands to splash other colors is an option and I would consider it if I could figure out something compelling to splash. Suggestions welcome.

As you can probably tell, this deck is only recently assembled and still very much in an evolving state - I'm eager for feedback.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 1 Mythic Rares 18 - 3 Rares 2 - 6 Uncommons 10 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.35