Dementia's Shadow (Mono-Black Discard)

Pioneer* Budget Control Discard Mono-Black

Saub

Creature (12)

• 4x Burglar Rat
• 4x Fell Specter
• 2x Guul Draz Specter
• 2x Cavern Whisperer

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Vicious Rumors
• 4x Skull Raid

Land (22)

• 2x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 20x Swamp

Instant (8)

• 4x Funeral Charm
• 4x Poison the Cup

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Megrim

Artifact (6)

• 2x The Rack
• 4x Mind Stone

Planeswalker (4)

• 4x Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage

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Sideboard

Artifact (4)

• 2x Tormod's Crypt
• 2x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (2)

• 2x Cling to Dust

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Duress
• 3x Extinction Event

Creature (4)

• 4x Vampire Nighthawk

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Gloom Surgeon
• 1x Tinybones, Trinket Thief
• 1x Nyxathid
• 1x Guul Draz Specter
• 1x Vindictive Lich

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Quest for the Nihil Stone
• 1x Shrieking Affliction
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Liliana's Caress

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Drill Bit

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A creature heavy 8-rack deck. Lots of room for tinkering especially if you have some money for Thoughtseize , Liliana of the Veil , Rankle, Master of Pranks and Waste Not . Maybeboard has some other alternatives and/or upgrades, but I want to stick to a lower budget. Thanks for the suggestions.

Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage and The Rack ping on your opponents upkeep. Asylum Visitor is a small card draw engine that triggers on each players upkeep. Fell Specter is a Megrim with wings plus discarding as it ETBs. Megrim is a worse but cheaper Liliana's Caress , the deck would probably be better of with a playset of Mind Stone in the main-board instead. Cavern Whisperer is a fun card with some good creatures to mutate onto, like Vampire Nighthawk .

Early game you'll want to drop Brain Maggot to get some early plays out of your opponents hand. Discarding as much as you can if you want with Distress , Whispers of Emrakul , and Funeral Charm which acts as a instant speed discard, limited removal and can buff your creatures with +2/-1 or swampwalk. Late game if you have Megrim or Fell Specter , Geier Reach Sanitarium is a recurring discard ability if your opponents empty handed.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 5 Rares 22 - 8 Uncommons 12 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.74
Tokens	Foretell
Based on	Modern Discard v2 marypopins MDN