What's Lurking Under the Bridge?

Modern Cruel Control Discard Mono-Black

Vediowave

Creature (5)

• 2x Blood Scrivener
• 3x Nyxathid

Land (20)

• 2x Howltooth Hollow
• 18x Swamp

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Liliana's Caress
• 4x Shrieking Affliction

Artifact (9)

• 4x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 4x The Rack

Instant (12)

• 4x Dismember
• 4x Funeral Charm
• 4x Smother

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Raven's Crime
• 4x Wrench Mind

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Vampire Hexmage

Land (3)

• 3x Bojuka Bog

Artifact (7)

• 3x Elixir of Immortality
• 2x Pithing Needle
• 2x Ratchet Bomb

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Soul Reap
• 2x Talara's Bane

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The answer to that question is a few Nyxathid and a lot of discard pain. I've yet to test this properly but I think it could be pretty good. It was made after testing another deck that I had made that was fairly silly. This is all the best points of that deck so we will see how it goes.

The main win conditions are - 1) Making the opponent struggle through discards and creature removal so I can batter them with a Nyxathid or two. 2) Hiding under the bridge strategy. Lots of discard and creature removal early game (and maybe a Nyxathid swing). Then outcomes the Ensnaring Bridge which stops me taking a kicking. I then continue to add The Rack Liliana's Caress and Shrieking Affliction, combo'd with the discard.

If the Isochron Scepter comes out it best serves as a constant funeral charm at the end of the opponents draw step. That way they can only play instants.

Blood Scrivener and Howltooth Hollow give me an advantage when hiding behind the Ensnaring Bridge.

Please let me know what you think! Any tips for the sideboard cards or anything else much appreciated, I'm still quite new to Modern.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 4 Rares 20 - 4 Uncommons 6 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.93