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Pow, Right In The Sack!

Modern Devotion Lifegain Mono-Black

RaSkipper


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This is my old Ravnica/Theros standard deck. In it's day it got first place at FNM and earned me the Journey to Nyx platmat. Gets nasty except against U/W creatureless control. To this day, Sphinx's Revelation is the bane of my existence and I will not rest until it has been annihilated. But in any case, in casual modern settings, it's absolutely brutal.

The theme of it is to force your opponents to sack creatures at your whim while you steal their life away before their eyes. Agent of the Fates , Desecration Demon , Hero's Downfall , and Pack Rat all wipe out your opponents creatures while Gift of Orzhova and particularly Gray Merchant of Asphodel earn their keep by quickly draining your opponents life and boosting your own for defense. By charging at their life total and their creature base with equal ferocity, your opponent won't know where you're swinging next, leaving them guessing while causing a bit of psychological warfare.

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Agent of the Fates Goes for creatures. Given his heroic ability and his deathtouch, he'll make you sac creatures two different ways. Even if he's about to die, shooting him with your own Hero's Downfall triggers the sac ability.

Desecration Demon He either forces a creature sac or swings at your life for 6. Very useful buddy to have on your side.

Gift of Orzhova Perfect turn four drop onto an Agent. Creates a 4/3 flying lifelink while sniping at your opponents creature base. Useful enchantment that works for any creature, even letting Grey Merchant swing on occasion. And speaking of...

Grey Merchant of Asphodel Seriously, how is this guy a common? Holy gadzooks this thing is incredible! Much love and much hate go out to the five drop that can hit for obscene amounts of life.

Herald of Torment Only card that doesn't directly go for creatures or life. However, it's bestow triggers Agent, and it pumps creatures quick, allowing me to swing for their life total. Has come in handy on multiple occasions.

Hero's Downfall Cuts through creatures and planeswalkers alike.

Spiteful Returned Another hidden gem I never saw used much. Bestow onto Agent, or bestow Herald onto it for a 4/4 flier that hits for 6. Or just swinging with a 1/1 and hitting for 3 life is still a good day.

There are other cool tricks in here, most are self-explanatory. It's got some great synergy and can swing for massive amounts of damage.

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(8 years ago)

-1 Archfiend of Depravity maybe
+3 Bile Blight main
+4 Brain Maggot side
+2 Corrupt side
+3 Erebos, God of the Dead side
+1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel main
+4 Hero's Downfall main
-1 Mortician Beetle maybe
+3 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx main
-3 Read the Bones main
+3 Stab Wound main
-3 Swamp main
+4 Thoughtseize main
-4 Tragic Slip main
-4 Typhoid Rats main
+2 Whip of Erebos side
Date added 10 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 3 Mythic Rares

15 - 6 Rares

18 - 6 Uncommons

4 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.92
Tokens Copy Clone
Folders My Decks, mono black, deck I wanna try, Decks, mono black, Black i like, Souls sister idea, Cool decks, sound fun, DEVOTION
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