Modern Suicide Black

Modern Aggro Discard Mono-Black Shadow Suicide Black

Chasmolinker

Creature (28)

• 4x Banehound
• 4x Bloodghast
• 4x Dauthi Slayer
• 4x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 4x Death's Shadow
• 4x Grief
• 4x Vampire Lacerator

Land (18)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 3x Mishra's Factory
• 3x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 7x Swamp
• 4x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (14)

• 4x Bond of Agony
• 4x Bone Shards
• 2x Duress
• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Sorcery (10)

• 4x Feed the Swarm
• 2x Rain of Tears
• 4x Smallpox

Instant (3)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 2x Imp's Mischief

Artifact (2)

• 2x Engineered Explosives

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Final Punishment
• 1x Mind Rake
• 1x Persist
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Remorseless Punishment

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Contaminated Bond
• 1x Contaminated Ground
• 1x Visions of Brutality

Land (1)

• 1x Cabal Coffers

Artifact (1)

• 1x Charcoal Diamond

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Modern take on Suicide Black

Main Win Conditions

Run out as many low to the ground creatures with Shadow or Haste as possible and swing with them until victory.

Discard their answers/counterspells and play Bond of Agony to finish them off. (Gets around Leyline of Sanctity too!)

Mana Base

Fast Mana is hard to come by in Modern. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx does well to fill this gap providing mid game ramp to pump out a big Bond of Agony. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth helps ensure we have enough Black sources. Mishra's Factory adds additional fire power after our main threats have been killed off. A couple copies of Bojuka Bog for insurance and it's off to the races.

Inspiration for the deck

While largely based on my PreModern Suicide Black, the idea for this came mostly after suggesting Bond of Agony for Balaam__ deck : 101% Mono Black Burn and immediately seeing Modern legal Hatred.

Why So Much Discard?

Discard spells help to ensure we don't run Bond of Agony into a Counterspell.
Duress/Thoughtseize are solid T1 plays to slow down the opponent.

Grief: Free discard that checks for counterspells and saves our mana to max out Bond of Agony.

Creatures

Vampire Lacerator: T1 2/2 body to apply early pressure. (See Goblin Guide)

Banehound: T1 Hastey creature with lifelink to better set up Bond of Agony.

Bloodghast: Recursive threat to keep the pressure on.

Dauthi Slayer: Shadow creature to get through damage.

Dauthi Voidwalker: Shadow creature to get through damage. High impact bonus abilities. Shutting off GY decks and giving us access to the top of the opponent's deck.

Grief: Free discard or a body with Menace.

Death's Shadow: An alternate win-con or follow up to Bond of Agony.

Removal

Bone Shards: Destroy any creature or planeswalker for cheap.

Sideboard

Fatal Push: Additional Removal for aggro matchups.

Feed the Swarm: Almost universal removal for problem permanents.

Imp's Mischief: Redirect burn and removal.

Rain of Tears: Land Destruction for big Mana decks.

Smallpox: For control and midrange matchups.

Engineered Explosives: Tokens and Chalice of the Void

Top Ranked	Achieved #70 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #62 position in Modern 3 years ago Achieved #3 position in Modern Suicide Black 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 4 Rares 7 - 7 Uncommons 15 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.57
Folders	aaa