This is a revised version of my Mono Black Aggro budget decks here:
Mono Black Aggro v1
Mono Black Aggro v2
Changelist (from v2):
-1 Dictate of Erebos (MB)
-1 Obelisk of Urd (MB)
-2 Grim Haruspex (MB)
+2 Merciless Executioner (MB)
+2 Mardu Strike Leader (MB)
+2 Blood-Chin Fanatic (SB) - currently subbing 2x Mardu Strike Leader
Possible substitutions for Blood-Chin Fanatic:
Mardu Strike Leader, Merciless Executioner, Grim Haruspex
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. Merciless Executioner is too easily chump-blocked and dies to any burn.
-2 Ultimate Price
-3 Tormented Hero
-1 Obelisk of Urd
-1 Dictate of Erebos
-2 Merciless Executioner
-- Esper Dragons / UB Control --
Blood-Chin Fanatic can provide extra reach from mid to late game. Duress (Thoughtseize) gets rid of control cards. Self-Inflicted Wound deals with Ojutai.
+2 Blood-Chin Fanatic
+4 Duress
+3 Self-Inflicted Wound (Esper only)
Too many Master of the Feast can be detrimental by giving Control card draw. Bile Blight and Ultimate Price are dead cards. Tormented Hero makes way for Self-Inflicted Wound.
-2 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. Duress removes Elspeth, Downfall, and Dromoka's Command. Blood-Chin Fanatic can provide reach if Rhinos are on the board. An extra Bile Blight can help against Fleecemane Lions, Deathdealers and Raptors.
+3 Self-Inflicted Wound
+4 Duress
+2 Blood-Chin Fanatic
+1 Bile Blight
Tormented Hero and Pain Seers are easily blocked by early threats. Ultimate Price is dead against a majority of creatures (may keep if they play Courser). Master of the Feast is bad against Dromoka's Command
-2 Ultimate Price
-3 Pain Seer
-3 Tormented Hero
-2 Master of the Feast
-- GW Collected Company --
Self-Inflicted Wound does work once again. Duress removes vital cards like Collected Company and Dromoka's Command. Blood-Chin Fanatic allows damage to get through without getting combat getting bogged down from morphs and manifests.
+3 Self-Inflicted Wound
+4 Duress
+2 Blood-Chin Fanatic
Pain Seers and Tormented Heroes are ineffective against early blockers such as Coursers and Caryatids. Master of the Feast is again countered by Dromoka's Command.
-1 Obelisk of Urd
-3 Pain Seer
-3 Tormented Hero
-2 Master of the Feast
-- RG Devotion --
Self-Inflicted Wound does well here to remove enemy threats. An additional Obelisk allows all the 2/1s to fight without trading into morphs. Blood-Chin provides reach in the lategame once again. Some number of Drown may be necessary against a large number of manifests.
+3 Self-Inflicted Wound
+1 Obelisk of Urd
+2 Blood-Chin Fanatic
Tormented Hero is simply too slow against an average draw (T1 Mystic T2 Caryatid/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). An extra Bile Blight shores up against Rabblemaster and its tokens, as well as SFGM.
+4 Duress
+1 Bile Blight
+2 Blood-Chin Fanatic
Tormented Hero and Pain Seer are again too slow. We can drop one Shadowspear (blocked by Rabblemaster/Seeker).
-3 Tormented Hero
-3 Pain Seer
-1 Mardu Shadowspear
