Golgari Midrange

Standard BG (Golgari) Competitive Midrange

madgoat33

Creature (17)

• 4x Courser of Kruphix
• 4x Desecration Demon
• 4x Reaper of the Wilds
• 2x Scavenging Ooze
• 3x Sylvan Caryatid

Land (25)

• 5x Forest
• 2x Golgari Guildgate
• 2x Mutavault
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 8x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Malady

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Underworld Connections

Instant (11)

• 4x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Bile Blight
• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Putrefy

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 3x Lifebane Zombie

Instant (7)

• 2x Dark Betrayal
• 2x Devour Flesh
• 2x Doom Blade
• 1x Golgari Charm

Sorcery (4)

• 3x Duress
• 1x Gaze of Granite

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I built the deck because I think the interaction between Courser of Kruphix and Underworld Connections is extremely strong. The access to Abrupt Decay and Golgari Charm makes both the Mono-Black Devotion and UWx Control matchups fairly good since I can destroy enchantments that Mono-Black cannot.
~Against aggressive creature decks, Courser of Kruphix and Sylvan Caryatid help slow them down. ~ Against burn decks, the lifegain from Courser and Scavenging Ooze buy time until I can land a Desecration Demon and/or Reaper of the Wilds.
~ Against GRx midrange creature decks, I have the access to both the removal and Lifebane Zombies that make black decks a tough matchup

So far, this deck has played very well against the majority of the field, but it is soft to decks with Blood Baron. Naya Hexproof has also been a tough matchup, but Abrupt Decay helps a lot in removing things like Unflinching Courage and Ethreal Armor so I have less dead cards than the average Mono-Black deck. And the Gaze of Granite in the sideboard is there to help against both aggressive creature decks and hexproof decks.

Looking for suggestions to shore up the BW matchup, and the deck is still in the very early stages as I wanted to get a jump on the shell before Temple of Malady and other Journey into Nyx cards enter standard.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 34 - 4 Rares 7 - 3 Uncommons 2 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.69