Golgari Hard Spot

Standard* BG (Golgari) Rock

NeoHazard

Creature (16)

• 4x Desecration Demon
• 3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Nightveil Specter
• 3x Pack Rat
• 2x Sylvan Caryatid

Land (25)

• 4x Forest
• 4x Golgari Guildgate
• 3x Mutavault
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 8x Swamp
• 2x Temple of Mystery

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Underworld Connections

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (10)

• 4x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Doom Blade
• 4x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 2x Reaper of the Wilds

Artifact (2)

• 2x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (7)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 2x Golgari Charm
• 2x Pharika's Cure
• 2x Putrefy

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Duress

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This is the proverbial Rock and Golgari Hard Spot. I started with the solid Mono Black deck as a base and added the best cards in green, namely Abrupt Decay main and Golgari Charm in the side. As well as giving the black deck something it was missing in ramp via Sylvan Caryatid.

Lots of creatures that are basically win cons if not answered Pack Rat gets out of control quick, Desecration Demon forces hard choices, Gary Gray Merchant of Asphodel can change a game in a hurry, can be sacced via Devour Flesh and then Whipped back the same turn if you have the mana. Nightveil Specter can just tear apart an opponents library. Reaper of the Wilds can come in from the side board for match ups against MUD. Score a bunch of Scry from hitting a Golgari Charm.

Get to play 4 copies of the best removal Abrupt Decay and Hero's Downfall. Also playing 1 Doom Blade both main and side to allow for a little more flexible removal structure. Only have the 3 Thoughtseize but would play 4 if I got it. Duress in the sideboard as there are still a couple people playing Esper and U/W control in my shop and early Duress followed by Thoughtseize knowing there is something worth taking is nice. Pharika's Cure as there are a couple weenie decks of different takes floating around my shop.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 1 Mythic Rares 39 - 4 Rares 0 - 4 Uncommons 9 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Copy Clone