It Only Hurts If You Allow It To Hurt

Modern* BR (Rakdos) Competitive Theme/Gimmick

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Land (25)

• 4x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 4x Dragonskull Summit
• 2x Ghost Quarter
• 5x Mountain
• 2x Stensia Bloodhall
• 4x Swamp

Creature (3)

• 3x Olivia Voldaren

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Curse of Death's Hold
• 4x Curse of Misfortunes
• 1x Curse of the Pierced Heart
• 1x Curse of Thirst

Instant (10)

• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 3x Terminate
• 3x Tribute to Hunger

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 3x Barter in Blood
• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Pillar of Flame
• 2x Sever the Bloodline

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Curse of Echoes
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Torment of Scarabs

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Sorcery (7)

• 2x Anger of the Gods
• 2x Slaughter Games
• 3x Thoughtseize

Creature (2)

• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Instant (1)

• 1x Rakdos Charm

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Heretic's Punishment
• 1x Rain of Gore

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

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This is the rebuilding of my first deck I played when I started (started playing during the RTR block) playing the game. This list was based off a similar list by Alex Crappel, but I obviously have made modifications to it. The object is very simple, hold off opponent's attacks with your removal spells until you can land Curse of Misfortune to gather more curses which will eventually burn the opponent out with no need to do a thing but protect your life total.

The sideboard is pretty self explanatory as well. Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet for the life gain and defense against aggressive decks. Thunderbreak Regent came in to replace Desecration Demon because of its ability to hurt our opponents for targeting it, this is helpful to our overall plan. The hand destruction cards are brought in for control or midrange match-ups where they purely depend on something big. Rakdos Charm serves as artifact removal (plenty of that in the format these days), graveyard hate (plenty of that as well), and a way to hurt our agrro opponents who love playing multiple creatures a turn.

Any suggestions are very much welcomed! Enjoy playtesting too plz! :)

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 7 Mythic Rares 23 - 5 Rares 17 - 3 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.83
Tokens	Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	1, Cool Decks