Black Stars Rise

Standard BR (Rakdos) Control UB (Dimir) UBR (Grixis) UR (Izzet)

Sloanan

Creature (12)

• 3x Desecration Demon
• 2x Keranos, God of Storms
• 3x Master of Cruelties
• 2x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 2x Thassa, God of the Sea

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought

Land (23)

• 3x Blood Crypt
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 3x Temple of Epiphany
• 4x Temple of Malice
• 4x Watery Grave

Instant (13)

• 3x Cyclonic Rift
• 2x Doom Blade
• 2x Far / Away
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Izzet Charm
• 2x Swan Song

Sorcery (10)

• 2x Anger of the Gods
• 2x Dreadbore
• 2x Rakdos's Return
• 2x Thoughtseize
• 2x Toil / Trouble

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Sideboard

Artifact (2)

• 2x Elixir of Immortality

Instant (6)

• 2x Dark Betrayal
• 2x Rakdos Charm
• 2x Swan Song

Sorcery (7)

• 2x Drown in Sorrow
• 2x Mizzium Mortars
• 3x Slaughter Games

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Maybeboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Pithing Needle

Instant (4)

• 2x Countersquall
• 2x Izzet Charm

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"Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is Lost Carcosa"

Ashiok...Jace......Acolytes...

This is my take on a Grixis control deck. I've wanted to do control for a while, but thought Esper wasn't exciting enough for me (mainly because every control deck plays it the same way in Esper), so I went with Grixis!

The goal is to control the board with removal, counters, discards, and bounce spells until I can either swing for the kill with an unbocked Desecration Demon or a Master of Cruelties or ping them to death with Guttersnipe, Mogis, God of Slaughter, and Keranos, God of Storms (Definitely getting 1 more of Kerry, but for now I'm sticking with 1 on here).

Liliana of the Dark Realms was previously in here for mana ramp, but that was mainly when my deck was more black-focused. I've splashed in more red and blue this time. So now I've got superfriends in the form of Jace, Ashiok, and Ral Zarek (and Supergods as well). Ashiok is probably the most useful of the three in this deck, so I might squeeze another copy of him in.

As always, I'm looking for more advice on how to improve it.

You're in Carcosa now.

Come die with me, little priest.

"Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa."

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 7 Rares 8 - 6 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	61
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U
Folders	Black Stars Rise, Old Decks