Darkness Unleashed (Gameday Top 8) (Standard MTG Deck)

Darkness Unleashed (Gameday Top 8)

Standard Aggro BR (Rakdos) Competitive Enchantment Mono-Black

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Creature (27)

Land (22)

4x Mutavault
18x Swamp

Instant (7)

Sorcery (4)

4x Thoughtseize

Sideboard

Creature (5)

Artifact (1)

1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (5)

Sorcery (4)

4x Duress

This is my rendition of monoblack aggro. This deck has been raising attention and im one of the first few advocates to love it. This is my personal brew and I hope it gets a little attention since I see a desirable future for this kind of deck.

So after trying 3 different color splashes for the deck namely G, R, and W I finally came to the conclusion that... monoblack still provides the best consistency and the fastest tempo. I however still encourage trying to splash different colors at the gameplay is more fun and provides more options. Here're the cards I put in the deck per color splash:

Green: Lotleth Troll , Abrupt Decay, Reaper of the Wilds , Golgari Charm
White: Athreos, God of Passage, Orzhov Charm , Sin Collector, Deicide
Red: Spike Jester , Rakdos's Return , Slaughter Games, Madcap Skills

***NOTE: my sideboard and build is built against a meta which is heavy on monored aggro, White Weenies and R/W burn decks.

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Top 4 FNM - June 6, 2014 — June 8, 2014

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It was a good run considering I tried the deck's new build this day with close to no playtests.

2-1 vs. R/W Burn

Lost game 1 as I played with a 1 lander. Game 2 and 3 wasn't even close. I put down a master on turn 3 and the clock was just too fast for him, even with the additional draw.

2-0 vs. R/W Heroic

I used a deck like his once so I knew its weakness is a shortage of creatures. A few removals and round 2 was over in 15 minutes.

0-2 vs. G/W Aggro

First round was at a loss due to me not being able to draw a doom blade or any kind of removal to destroy his Fleecemane Lion with Unflinching Courage. Game 2, he just had a lot of things going on with Brimaz, King of Oreskos, multiple Banisher Priests and Scavenging Ooze and my deck couldn't keep up.

2-1 vs. R/B Devotion to Rakdos

This is a match which I could've won if I just was more careful with my plays. Game 1 I could've won if I didn't tap the wrong mana as I was left with an untapped swamp and Mutavault with a Bile Blight on hand as he dropped a Fanatic of Mogis on a board of 2 of it + a Burning-Tree Emissary with me on 4 life. Game 2 I won with Master of the Feast nothing fancy. Game 3 was a flop as he dropped 3 BTE's and a stormbreath dragon on turn 3. I was able to kill the dragon with a doom blade but the Bile Blight was a no-show to the party.

Top 8 at JOU Gameday — June 2, 2014

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Black is Back — May 18, 2014

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Time to take a Journey — April 24, 2014

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Wednesday Night Standard — April 16, 2014

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Top Ranked	Achieved #64 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 11 - 5 Rares 27 - 1 Uncommons 0 - 9 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.84
Folders	Standard Ideas, FNM To-do list, Decks I want to try sometime, competitive
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