Deathtouch Abuse

Modern Beyond Horizons BG (Golgari) Budget Casual Deathtouch Equip First strike Theme/Gimmick

Lord_Olga

Creature (18)

• 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters
• 3x Glissa Sunslayer
• 4x Narnam Renegade
• 2x Pharika, God of Affliction
• 2x Unstoppable Slasher
• 4x Vampire of the Dire Moon

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Eternal Thirst

Land (22)

• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 8x Swamp
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Instant (2)

• 2x Tear Asunder

Artifact (11)

• 2x Chariot of Victory
• 2x Thornbite Staff
• 3x Viridian Claw
• 4x Viridian Longbow

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Nature's Way

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{BG} Deathtouch Abuse {BG}

The Purpose

{BG} The Purpose {BG}

Nobody likes Deathtouch. So here's a Deathtouch deck. Since the moment my n00b eyes saw the word "Deathtouch" on a card I wanted to make a deck around it. Never really knew how to approach that other than just loading the deck up with Deathtouch creatures. But I've finally decided to give it a go.

The main strategy is winning over the battlefield with a First Strike/Deathtouch combo, but I've found a few other ways to abuse Deathtouch as well.

Card Breakdown

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{C} Chariot of Victory {C}

• One of the 2 equipments that grant first strike.
• This one is a little more pricey to play than the other because it features trample. Which I wanted to at least feature once, because it has a very interesting interaction with Deathtouch. Since one damage is lethal with a Deathtouch creature, you only need to assign one damage and then the rest goes to the players lifepoints.

{BG} Chevill, Bane of Monsters {BG}

• This dude packs a lot in for a 2 drop. Basically, if you can keep removing creatures (easy) then this guy will give you 3 life and a card draw each turn.
• Mustache

{B} Eternal Thirst {B}

• This card will help your creatures get a little meat on them. They sure can kill creatures, but it'll be hard to kill your opponent with a bunch of 1/1's if that's all you end up with.
• It also will give your creatures lifelink, so while you're pinging away and winning every damage step, you can also just get a little life back while you're at it.

{BG} Glissa Sunslayer {BG}

• She's low cost
• She already has both Deathtouch and First Strike so there’s no need for additional equipment.
• She has a lot of versatility with her 3rd ability, which is a great bonus. Especially the draw, ability and enchantment removal.

{G} Nature's Way {G}

• With deathtouch, this really just serves as a removal spell.

{G} Narnam Renegade {G}

• One drop Deathtouch creature. Great way to make people uncomfortable with making any moves early game
• Combos well with Evolving Wilds, potentially giving you a 2/3 Deathtouch creature pretty early.

{BG} Pharika, God of Affliction {BG}

• Her primary function here is to recycle deathtouchers that die. She can exile one from the graveyard and make a new one. Then you can snap your artifacts back onto it and keep right on going. Makes it pretty hard to actually run out of creatures.
• She's also indestructible and has decent power and toughness, so if you manage to make her a creature she can be a real force in combat.

{BG} Tear Asunder {BG}

• This is some basic enchantment and artifact removal, just to help stop your opponents shenanigans.

{C} Thornbite Staff {C}

• It can do a little bit of ping action, like Viridian Longbow to be able to tap any target for fatal damage.
• It's real potential comes when combined with Viridian Longbow by using its tap ability, then untapping the creature with Thornbite Staff, then repeating till you've wiped the board.

{B} Unstoppable Slasher {B}

• This guy is scary. Being able to half your opponents life total is nothing to scoff at.
• He may end up being a target, but he's not so easy to kill either. You opponent is gonna have to kill him twice within 2 turns for him to stay dead, and then at least you've made your opponent blow 2 removal spells on him. I say spells cause if he has first strike, he wont be dying in combat.

{B} Vampire of the Dire Moon {B}

• Great 1 drop to kick things off with. Its basically a miniature Gifted Aetherborn.
• Fun to pair with Viridian Longbow because you can use it to both ping a creature for fatal damage, and also get 1 life back from lifelink.

{C} Viridian Claw {C}

• One of the main points of the deck, combining Deathtouch and First Strike.

{C} Viridian Longbow {C}

• Combos well with Deathtouch. Since the artifact's card text specifies that the creature itself is dealing the damage, this 1 damage ping becomes completely lethal.

{BG} Vraska the Unseen {BG}

• "What if Deathtouch worked on players?" Well, now it does. Kind of just a fun addition to add to the flavor.
• With her other 2 abilities, she's also very capable of protecting herself. With how capable you will be at killing creatures in general, she will be pretty hard to get at and it'll be easy to get her assassins through.

Other Decks

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I’m always looking for advice and suggestions on decks. Here’s some more of mine in the Modern format if you’re down to help me out!

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Revisions

{BG} Revisions {BG}

4/8/2024:

Removed 2 Evolving Wilds and 1 Vraska the Unseen and added 3 Verdant Catacombs in order to improve the speed of the deck and improve the odds of an early game Revolt proc on Narnam Renegade. An improvement made to my personal version that isn't reflected in my decklist here in order to keep this thing budget friendly.

10/1/24:

Removed 4x Gifted Aetherborn and added 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters

Removed 2x Pharika, God of Affliction and added 3x Nightshade Dryad

Removed 2x Lure and added 2x Nature's Way

Removed 2x Glissa, the Traitor *oversized* and added 2x Glissa Sunslayer

Removed 4x Sharpened Pitchfork and added 2x Chariot of Victory and 2x Tear Asunder

10/2/24

Removed 3x Nightshade Dryad and added 3x Unstoppable Slasher

Removed 1x Evolving Wilds and 1x Viridian Claw to add 2x Lure due to the new rules regarding combat damage assignment.

11/14/24

Removed 2x Lure and added 2x Pharika, God of Affliction

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern BG (Golgari) 1 year ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	1 month
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is Modern Beyond Horizons legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 9 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.00
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Enchantment Snake 1/1 BG
Folders	Modern, Deathtouch, Deck Ideas, Deck Ideas, maybe, For Izak, Deck Ideas, <$100, potential, Just modern stuff