Devoted to Obliteration

Modern* BR (Rakdos) Competitive Control Devotion Midrange

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Creature (14)

• 4x Bloodghast
• 3x Geralf's Messenger
• 3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Phyrexian Obliterator

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Liliana of the Veil

Land (23)

• 3x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Mountain
• 3x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 7x Swamp
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Phyrexian Arena

Instant (8)

• 2x Kolaghan's Command
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Terminate

Sorcery (10)

• 4x Faithless Looting
• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Fulminator Mage

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Blood Moon
• 2x Leyline of the Void
• 2x Vampiric Link

Instant (2)

• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Surgical Extraction

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Damnation
• 2x Drown in Sorrow

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Relentless Dead

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Retribution of the Ancients

Instant (1)

• 1x Mutagenic Growth

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 1x Syphon Life

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"Behold blessed perfection"

This is my first MTG deck, suggestions appreciated

In most cases mono-black devotion just wants to curve out well, Bloodghast=>Geralf's Messenger=>Phyrexian Obliterator=>Gray Merchant of Asphodel, to win the game. This deck is an attempt to give mono-black devotion the potential to play as an aggro, midrange, or even super control deck.

Adding {R} gives the deck the potential to play faster with Bloodghast + Faithless Looting combo, allowing for the occasional T3 Phyrexian Obliterator or Gray Merchant of Asphodel with Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx; as well as the access to Lightning Bolt for its extra damage

Adding {R} also on the other end give the deck more control in terms of mid to late game dig via Faithless Looting flashbacks for answer cards or sideboards, as well as Lightning Bolt, which give more potential removal.

Why?

Faithless Looting:

• Bloodghast discard for great ramp

• safe discard outlet to Liliana of the Veil

• digging for answers or sideboards

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth:

• makes fetches tapable to keep readily available Bloodghast revivals

• gives Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx {B} in a few needed cases

• gives 1x Mountain {B}, nice against aggro decks, less damage from shocks

Leechridden Swamp:

• fetchable land on a slow turn with extra utility

Considerations

Spawning Pool, Lavaclaw Reaches:

• because manlands

Quest for the Gravelord, Soul Stair Expedition, Sinister Concoction:

• permanent devotion addition with extra utility

Mirrorpool:

• utility, more Phyrexian Obliterators anyone?

• fun in concept at least

Bad Moon:

• because now you can't Dismember my Phyrexian Obliterator

• Bloodghast = Lightning Bolt on a stick

• Geralf's Messenger's second coming doesn't die to bolt (or doom blade :p)

{G} color splash:

• access to Abrupt Decay, Maelstrom Pulse to help weakness vs enchants

{W} color splash:

• Brave the Sands + Phyrexian Obliterator = cruelty

Maybe Board

Bad Moon, Big Game Hunter, Black Knight, Dakmor Salvage, Dark Prophecy, Dreadbore, Executioner's Capsule, Gatekeeper of Malakir, Gravecrawler, Graven Cairns, Guul Draz Assassin, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, Kuon, Ogre Ascendant  , Lavaclaw Reaches, Leechridden Swamp, Merrow Bonegnawer, Miren, the Moaning Well, Mirrorpool, Molten Slagheap, Mutavault, Nether Traitor, Plagued Rusalka, Quest for the Gravelord, Quest for the Nihil Stone, Ratchet Bomb, Reflecting Pool, Rimebound Dead, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Shadow Alley Denizen, Shrieking Affliction, Soul Stair Expedition, Spawning Pool, Stromgald Crusader, Thoughtpicker Witch, Thrull Parasite, Tragic Slip, Twilight Mire, Underworld Dreams, Vampire Hexmage, Vampire Nighthawk, Vampiric Rites, Viscera Seer, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Zulaport Enforcer,

Inspiration: Devoted to Obliteration..

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 months
Splash colors	R
Key combos	Bloodghast + Faithless Looting Brave the Sands + Phyrexian Obliterator
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 11 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.35
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