The Joyous Work

Standard Artifact Mono-Black

CaptainSwordsman

Creature (18)

• 1x Demon of Catastrophes
• 2x Diamond Mare
• 1x Howling Golem
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 3x Juggernaut
• 1x Mishra's Self-Replicator
• 2x Phylactery Lich
• 4x Sparring Construct
• 2x Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
• 1x Voltaic Servant

Artifact (7)

• 1x Arcane Encyclopedia
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Rogue's Gloves
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway
• 2x Weatherlight

Instant (4)

• 2x Cast Down
• 2x Murder

Land (23)

• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 21x Swamp
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 4x Phyrexian Scriptures

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Sovereign's Bite

---

Sideboard

Artifact (3)

• 1x Fountain of Renewal
• 1x Navigator's Compass
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass

Instant (2)

• 1x Cast Down
• 1x Murder

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Divest
• 2x Duress
• 2x Sovereign's Bite

Creature (2)

• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Plague Mare

---

A silly fun idea for a black-and-artifact deck utilizing Phyrexian Scriptures to asymmetrically wipe the board, with cards like Murder and Cast Down to clean up any artifact creatures the opponent may have had lying around, or for early removal before the Scriptures can be preached. The deck should balance removal/disruption/control, aggro, and card draw. Since Phyrexian wipes non-artifacts, the number of non-artifact creatures is limited. Phylactery Lich is indestructible, and Demon of Catastrophes can be added to the steel ranks with the Scriptures itself.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 11 - 1 Rares 15 - 5 Uncommons 7 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Copy Clone, Golem 4/4 C