Blackburn

Standard Burn Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

dal1011

Creature (25)

• 3x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 4x Aven Skirmisher
• 3x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 3x Brutal Hordechief
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 3x Ruthless Ripper
• 2x Sungrace Pegasus
• 2x Wall of Essence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (24)

• 4x Caves of Koilos
• 10x Plains
• 10x Swamp

Enchantment (6)

• 4x Palace Siege
• 2x Sunbond

Instant (4)

• 2x Bile Blight
• 2x Harsh Sustenance

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Brutal Hordechief
• 2x Erebos, God of the Dead

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (4)

• 4x Murderous Cut

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Crux of Fate
• 4x Revoke Existence

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Mardu Shadowspear

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Thoughtseize

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Basically, this deck was my idea for a controlled burn of the opponent's life, along with a fair, albeit hefty, lifegain. In addition mass creature control between Archfiend of Depravity and Sorin, allows me to keep the opponent's creatures to a minimum.

Archfiend lets me keep the number of creatures they have to two, and sorin can drop that to a mere one if i can get his ult off.

In terms of lifeloss/gain, I have palace sieges, which cause them to lose two and I to gain two. In addition the Brutal Hordechief does a similar effect, except it does it for each creature I have attacking, which quickly adds up. It even helps me with big creature removal by allowing me to force a large creature to block a 1/1 deathtoucher.

The grey merchants have the same effect as an incoming devotion card, which lets me get a big hit off if I have

Lot of cheap blockers, Sunbond to try and take advantage of the lifegain. I have some flyers as well.

Sideboard to deal with enchantment/artifact heavy deck, plus some more creature removal, and even a one sided global nuke.

Bit slow for my tastes, but seems like a decent deck to me.

Any suggestions would be welcome

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 3 Mythic Rares 14 - 4 Rares 9 - 4 Uncommons 12 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vampire 2/2 B