GB Undying Wave

Standard Aggro BG (Golgari) Rock

Cassiel

Creature (27)

• 4x Blood Artist
• 3x Borderland Ranger
• 4x Diregraf Ghoul
• 4x Dreg Mangler
• 4x Gravecrawler
• 4x Strangleroot Geist
• 4x Young Wolf

Land (22)

• 9x Forest
• 9x Swamp
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Rancor

Instant (4)

• 4x Altar's Reap

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Killing Wave

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Ambush Viper

Instant (3)

• 3x Crushing Vines

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Memoricide

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So, there's a ton of GB aggro/midrange-ish decks out there, but the name of this deck is Blood Artist + Killing Wave - and we want to maximize this synergy. Artist wants to kill MASSES OF creatures; that means fancy things like Glissa do not belong in here. Demonlord of Ashmouth is cool here, maybe decent, but again, I do not see a need to go past the 3 CMC drop. We want to simply flood the board with small creatures, and we have enough efficiency to win the game quick and hard thanks to undying + zombies + Rancor.

My playtesting has been very solid here, the deck is often times fast enough to keep up with the heaviest hitting aggro decks, but when Blood Artist gets there things just get ridiculous. Every single trade being unfavorable for the opponent, the life swings easily buy you time and give you reach even against opponents who seem to stabilize. I believe the only reason this isn't a rampant deck archetype in standard now is the lack of a 2nd GB dual land. With the spoiled Dreg Mangler , I removed 2x Demonic Taskmaster and 2x Wakedancer , while fine cards, this guy is just insane. Gravecrawler/Young Wolf, Rancor/Strangleroot Geist, and now Dreg Mangler enables GB to be perhaps one of the fastest aggro hitters in a month.

The only thing in here I'd really wish to change post rotation are the 4x Butcher Ghoul, it's obviously just there for tribal relevant synergy and Undying. But a good 2 drop GB Zombie that offers more power could take his spot. Let me hear your thoughts on this, thanks for the read!

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 3 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.68