Shadows, Walls, and Stuffy Dolls

Legacy* Aggro Budget Mono-Black

aleckermit

Creature (21)

• 2x Dauthi Ghoul
• 3x Dauthi Horror
• 4x Dauthi Slayer
• 2x Dauthi Warlord
• 3x Nether Traitor
• 3x Stuffy Doll
• 4x Wall of Souls

Instant (11)

• 3x Dark Ritual
• 4x Lose Hope
• 4x Simulacrum

Land (21)

• 21x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Endless Scream
• 3x Predator's Gambit

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Sign in Blood

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This is my version of a Shadow deck. Instead of going pure aggro I have chosen to add some nasty attack countering in Wall of Souls, Stuffy Doll, and Simulacrum to allow the deck to survive and win against a much wider range of deck types. It's a fun deck to play and can win in multiple exciting fashions.

How the deck works: The first goal is to get Wall of Souls or Stuffy Doll out for basic defense. Use Lose Hope during opponent's turn to kill/weaken their creature as it attacks you which also let's you scry 2 (controlling your draws greatly improves the deck's chances of success). Use Dark Ritual to get Stuffy Doll out on turn 3, or to bring out up to two creatures + an instant if you've already got a defense out. If heavy unblockable damage gets through to you you can use Siumulcrum to heal yourself of that damage and send it directly back at the opponent's life through Stuffy Doll. Use Sign in Blood to speed the deck up.

If the opponent disables a Shadow creature (with Pacifism for example) it will remain on the field to make Dauthi Warlord stronger, if they remove the creature instead they may make Dauthi Ghoul Stronger or help bring a Nether Traitor back into play. Dauthi Ghoul is rarely targeted for removal when Dauthi Warlord or another higher power creature is in play but he can sneakily become a 3 or 4 in power by the end of the game if left alone. In the scenario where the opponent turns a Shadow creature into a liability with a harmful enchantment, the creature can be removed via Simulacrum or Lose Hope (which would also pump up Ghoul). If Stuffy Doll is not out when you are hit for heavy damage you can use Simulacrum to send it to a Shadow creature instead such as Nether Traitor which will boost Dauthi Ghoul if he happens to be in play and setup the Nether Traitor to come back into play. Endless Scream is there to bury the opponent with damage when the time comes if the game lasts long enough.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.95