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Standard Budget Competitive Cruel Control Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (25)

• 4x Burglar Rat
• 2x Gravedigger
• 4x Plaguecrafter
• 4x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 3x Ruin Raider
• 4x Seekers' Squire
• 4x Stitcher's Supplier

Land (24)

• 20x Swamp
• 4x Zhalfirin Void

Enchantment (4)

• 4x The Eldest Reborn

Instant (3)

• 3x Necrotic Wound

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Find / Finality
• 2x Gruesome Menagerie

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Sideboard

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Duress
• 3x Ritual of Soot

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I kinda feel bad for playing this deck, constant discarding and sacrificing has got to feel awful. It’s super grindy, so you can slowly see the light die from their eyes as the game progresses. If you like being the guy everybody hates, this is the deck for you.

Also it’s pretty budget

Turns 1-2:

Stitcher's Supplier : in a deck that uses its graveyard, this one’s obvious

Seekers' Squire : you NEED your land drops in this deck

Burglar Rat : A nuisance at first, gets really good later when they have only 2-3 cards in hand

Turns 3-4:

Ruin Raider : pure gas for your engine

Plaguecrafter : my favorite card in the deck, it’s amazing

Ravenous Chupacabra : just solid value

Turns 5-?:

The Eldest Reborn : does everything this deck wants with an added bonus at the end

Gruesome Menagerie : mostly just five mana get back Burglar Rat + Plaguecrafter

Find / Finality : get what you need

Gravedigger : get what you need on a body

Necrotic Wound : easy instant speed exile

Sideboard:

Ritual of Soot : for tokens

Duress : for control

This deck curves out really well, and late game there are lots of different paths you can take, lots of ways to torture the other person. It's pretty fun... for you

I need help with the sideboard, mainly how to deal with artifact/enchantment graveyard hate

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	G
Key combos	Burglar Rat + Plaguecrafter
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 3 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.17
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