Infestation of Goblins and Rats

Modern Combo Lifegain Tokens WUB (Esper)

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Land (23)

• 2x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forbidden Orchard
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 2x Marsh Flats
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Plains
• 3x Polluted Delta
• 2x Swamp
• 3x Watery Grave

Enchantment (14)

• 3x Illness in the Ranks
• 3x The Meathook Massacre
• 4x Trespasser's Curse
• 4x Tribute to Horobi  ^Flip

Creature (8)

• 4x Hunted Phantasm
• 4x Suture Priest

Instant (10)

• 4x Ephemerate
• 3x Rapid Hybridization
• 3x Swan Song

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 3x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Parting Gust
• 2x Strix Serenade

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Leyline of Sanctity
• 2x Leyline of the Void
• 2x Stony Silence

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ashiok, Dream Render

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Tribute to Horobi   and Hunted Phantasm give your opponent lots of creatures. Trespasser's Curse and Suture Priest punish your opponent for getting creatures. The Meathook Massacre kills creatures and punishes your opponent for creatures dying. Get the picture?

A good sequence is T1 Thoughtseize, T2 Trespasser's Curse, T3 Hunted Phantasm to drain 5 life, T4 attack with Phantasm for 4 unblockable damage, Trespasser's Curse, Ephemerate the Phantasm to drain 10 life, and finish with Rapid Hybridization, Swan Song, or even Forbidden Orchard.

Why not Rakdos Charm? It's a versatile card that offers some anti-graveyard and anti-artifact tech, on top of a damage spike. Well, this deck is based around the "drain 15" combo of Hunted Phantasm + Ephemerate + Trespasser's Curse, and I couldn't find space for a fourth color, even with Forbidden Orchard. The discard suite of Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek can handle artifacts before they come out, Otawara, Soaring City is another failsafe, and against graveyard decks, just sideboard Leyline of the Void and Ashiok, Dream Render and hope for the best.

Top Ranked	Achieved #14 position in Modern 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Tokens 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 8 Rares 9 - 7 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.62
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Fish 1/1 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Goblin 1/1 R, Rat Rogue 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Decks I did not make