This is a revised version of the Mono Black Aggro budget deck here:
Mono Black Aggro v1
Changelist:
2 Dictate of Erebos > 2 Stab Wound
4 Mardu Skullhunter > 4 Ruthless Ripper
2 Grim Haruspex > 2 Silumgar Assassin
3 Tormented Hero > 3 Sign in Blood
Matchups + Sideboard:
-- Mono-Red Aggro / Atarka Sligh --
Bile Blights and Drown in Sorrows are #autoinclude here. Duress (Thoughtseize) can remove vital burn spells.
+2 Bile Blight
+3 Drown in Sorrow
+4 Duress
Ultimate Price is inefficient compared to Bile Blight and Drown in Sorrow. Tormented Hero is too slow and dies to Wild Slash. Obelisk of Urd and Dictate of Erebos are both too slow in the matchup.
-2
Ultimate Price
-3
Tormented Hero
-2 Obelisk of Urd
-2 Dictate of Erebos
-- Esper Dragons / UB Control --
2 Pitiless Horde comes in for a pair of Master of the Feast to dodge sorcery speed removal. Merciless Executioner's edict effect gets around Ojutai and FRF Silumgar's hexproof. Duress (Thoughtseize) gets rid of control cards. Self-Inflicted Wound deals with Ojutai.
+2
Pitiless Horde
+1
Merciless Executioner
+4 Duress
+3
Self-Inflicted Wound
(Esper only)
Bile Blight and Ultimate Price are dead cards. Dragonlord Silumgar lacks hexproof and is vulnerable to Silumgar Assassin and Stab Wound. Tormented Hero makes way for Self-Inflicted Wound
-3
Master of the Feast
-2 Bile Blight
-2
Ultimate Price
-3
Tormented Hero
(Esper only)
-- Abzan Aggro / Abzan Midrange --
Self-Inflicted Wound is a great hate card to include. Rippers can force unfavorable trades and Duress does what it does best. Merciless Executioner provides an additional edict effect.
+3
Self-Inflicted Wound
+1
Merciless Executioner
+4 Duress
Pain Seers are easily blocked by early threats. Ultimate Price is dead against a majority of creatures.
-2
Ultimate Price
-3 Pain Seer
-3
Tormented Hero
-- GW Collected Company --
Self-Inflicted Wound does work once again. Merciless Executioner provides value as soon as it hits the board. Duress removes vital cards like Collected Company and Dromoka's Command.
+3
Self-Inflicted Wound
+1
Merciless Executioner
+4 Duress
Obelisks are easily removed by Dromoka's Command. Pain Seers and Tormented Heroes are also ineffective against early blockers such as Coursers and Fleecemanes.
-2 Obelisk of Urd
-3 Pain Seer
-3
Tormented Hero
-- RG Devotion --
Merciless Executioner and Self-Inflicted Wound do well here to remove enemy threats. Pitiless Horde provides a great body against Courser and can trade with Whisperwood Elemental and Polukranos.
+1
Merciless Executioner
+3
Self-Inflicted Wound
+2
Pitiless Horde
Tormented Hero is simply too slow against an average draw (T1 Mystic T2 Courser). Pain Seer is easily stopped by the same threats.
-3
Tormented Hero
-3 Pain Seer
-- Mardu Dragons --
Duress can remove many relevant spells (Crackling Doom, Draconic Roar, Mardu Charm, Crux of Fate). Merciless Executioner is great value for it's edict effect. An extra Bile Blight shores up against Rabblemaster and its tokens, as well as SFGM.
+4 Duress
+1
Merciless Executioner
+1 Bile Blight
Tormented Hero is again too slow. A Pain Seer and Mardu Shadowspear can be taken out as well (Shadowspear can't deal with Mardu Aggro's 2/2s). Only want 1 Obelisk of Urd since Kolaghan's Command can take care of it.
-3
Tormented Hero
-1 Pain Seer
-1
Mardu Shadowspear
-1 Obelisk of Urd
