The Machine for Pigs

Standard BGW (Abzan, Junk) Control Lifegain Midrange

smithereen

Creature (21)

• 2x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 4x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Lifebane Zombie
• 2x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 4x Reaper of the Wilds
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid

Land (24)

• 4x Godless Shrine
• 2x Mana Confluence
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Temple Garden
• 4x Temple of Malady
• 2x Temple of Plenty
• 4x Temple of Silence

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Underworld Connections

Instant (11)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Bile Blight
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Selesnya Charm
• 1x Silence the Believers

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Planar Cleansing

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 3x Sin Collector
• 2x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Unflinching Courage

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (2)

• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Golgari Charm

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Planar Cleansing

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Erebos knows Theros is a machine. A machine for pigs. Fit only for the slaughtering of pigs. The tradgedy of the Aztecs was that they could not spill enough blood, and he can do better.

There are three things going on in this deck - we are running Blood Baron of Vizkopa, Obzedat, Ghost Council, and Reaper of the Wilds, a trifecta of threats that are all very hard to remove and provide a lot of added value in the form of lifegain and scries.

We are running Erebos, God of the Dead and Underworld Connections to turn that vitae into value in the form of cards.

And we are running all of the best removal in Standard.

The sideboard choices are a concession to the aggro in my meta, but are focused to shore up on this deck's weaknesses and with an eye towards synergy. Unflinching Courage is strong vs aggro and incredible on Reaper. Trostani stops aggro in it's tracks and is just dumb with Obzedat.

Sin Collector and Whip of Erebos are incredible against control and even better together. The removal package can be tweaked to hate on whatever our opponents are trying to do.

The most challenging matchup is burn with Satyr Firedancer.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 3 Mythic Rares 49 - 4 Rares 7 - 7 Uncommons 1 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance