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The Demon is Only in Your Mind

Standard Budget Discard Mono-Black

DaShPrime


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Creature (2)

Enchantment (3)


I'm thinking of taking this to my local FNM, was wondering how it would fare. I'm a very budget player so that's why I'm doing a mono color deck.

Basically the idea is to generate card advantage through things like Mind Rot, Triumph of Cruelty, Sign in Blood and Harvester of Souls, then punish them for it through Shrieking Affliction

Vampire Nighthawk is an obvious include, Desecration Demon is horribly efficient.

Tragic Slip, Ultimate Price and Victim of Night for removal, Curse of Death's Hold to prevent me from being overrun by stupid things like Assemble the Legion

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

PS: I think my sideboard costs more than the rest of the deck :P

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Went 1-2 at FNM recently, I need better sideboard tech.

Game 1: Grixis Aggro 2-0

This was a fairly strange deck, even stranger than mine. He was counting on small creatures like Spike Jester and Cloudfin Raptor to get through quickly while delaying his opponent with Unsummon. I won handily both rounds by removing his early threats and simply having bigger creatures.

Game 2: Selesnya 1-2

Misplayed these games several times, forgetting to destroy the creature targetted by Rancor AS it was being cast instead of after it was cast. I deserved to lose, but my deck didn't. First game I won by slowly whittling him down after forcing him to discard, second game he managed to get a Loxodon Smiter and Wolfir Silverheart on the board after I had spent my removal on his other creatures, third game he was just too fast

Game 3: Junk Aristocrats/Tokens 0-2

This matchup would have been a totally different story had I brought along Illness in the Ranks, but unfortunately I didn't. Lingering Souls and Sorin, Lord of Innistrad do very well against my single target removal, and Gavony Township pumps everything to make it huge. Pithing Needle from the sideboard did well to delay my death by locking down Sorin and Cartel Aristocrat, but it wasn't enough. The fact that token death doesn't grant me card draw from Harvester of Souls also didn't work in my favour.

Overall changes: -3 Blood Scrivener from the sideboard and +3 Illness in the Ranks

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Date added 11 years
Last updated 11 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 9 Rares

14 - 3 Uncommons

12 - 3 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.92
Folders Black, save
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