Traverse Shadow

Modern*

Ozuar

Land (17)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 2x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 4x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (14)

• 2x Assassin's Trophy
• 2x Dismember
• 3x Fatal Push
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 2x Lightning Bolt
• 3x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Temur Battle Rage

Sorcery (10)

• 2x Faithless Looting
• 2x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Thoughtseize
• 2x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Creature (15)

• 4x Death's Shadow
• 1x Ghor-Clan Rampager
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 4x Street Wraith
• 4x Tarmogoyf

Artifact (4)

• 4x Mishra's Bauble

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Abrade
• 2x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Stubborn Denial

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Collective Brutality
• 1x Radiant Flames

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Leyline of the Void

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana, the Last Hope

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Ceremonious Rejection
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Surgical Extraction

Creature (1)

• 1x Snapcaster Mage

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Maelstrom Pulse

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I cut Snapcaster Mage entirely, the card just seems too high on the curve for this strategy, especially in the current Modern metagame, it's essentially a 3-drop. The only 3 drop I think is worth it is Kolaghan's Command , maybe a Maelstrom Pulse in the sideboard.

The one change I'm hesitant on is cutting the third Traverse in favor of a third Inquisition of Kozilek . I think two Traverse is correct, but I'm not sure a seventh discard spell is the replacement I want for it.

I had not been running Assassin's Trophy in the past, but think that the diversity it provides as an answer outweighs its downside, so I replaced Terminate. I've especially been falling victim to Leyline of the Void and Rest in Peace post-board, so I have pretty consistently been boarding in two Trophy to replace Temur Battle Rage game two.

I think this might be the ideal build for Traverse Shadow currently, and I can't wait until the deck proves me wrong.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 2 Mythic Rares 27 - 9 Rares 21 - 4 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.70
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Zombie 2/2 B