New age 8-Rack (Modern MTG Deck)

New age 8-Rack

Modern 8-Rack Competitive Discard Mono-Black

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Land (23)

Instant (7)

Sorcery (14)

Creature (3)

3x Orcish Bowmasters

Enchantment (4)

4x Bandit's Talent

Artifact (6)

Planeswalker (3)

3x Liliana of the Veil

Sideboard

Artifact (6)

Sorcery (6)

Creature (1)

1x Hex Parasite

Instant (2)

2x Surgical Extraction

Maybeboard

Creature (7)

Sorcery (3)

Artifact (4)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage

Enchantment (4)

4x Leyline of the Void

Instant (4)

8-RACK!!!

Wins by 'racking' the opponent via The Rack once they have little to no cards in hand. You can also find the Rack via Urza's Saga (hence, 8 'racks'). If the rack isn't fast enough, some Mishra's Factory or construct beats can close it out quickly after you work to clear the board. Liliana is the most versatile card in the deck, acting as both creature removal and a repeatable source of discard.

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4-0 FNM Win! — March 16, 2024

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2-0 vs Yawgmoth

2-0 vs UR Murktide

2-0 vs GR Shaman aggro

2-0 vs RB Vampires (modern version of Pioneer PT-winning deck)

The deck suffered last time I played it due to not having enough pressure to close out games after initially controlling the first few turns. Adding Voidwalkers seems counterintuitive in a smallpox deck, but they helped tremendously in a few games acting as another source of damage and drawing additional cards out of my opponent's hand (re: removal) to allow The Rack to close out most games. Turns out when you're the one playing the Smallpoxes, Voidwalker works on your schedule just fine.

I think the fact that I didn't drop a single game this time proves that the deck is better-tuned and has solidified the MD for the most part. The SB will need updated once the meta adjusts to fewer Rhinos and Living End decks with the Violent Outburst ban (which I'm salty about since I have both those decks), but the changes will be minimal.

8-Rack in 2024?!? — Feb. 11, 2024

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Another 3rd place finish — June 23, 2019

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Results with Davriel and new cards! — June 16, 2019

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3-1 Modern Night — Feb. 14, 2018

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Got my Lilys! Time to dust off this deck! — Feb. 13, 2018

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Fatal Push makes for a more competitive deck! — Feb. 8, 2017

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Tom Ross got a top 8 playing 8-Rack! — Sept. 19, 2016

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SOI possibilities — April 7, 2016

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And its rebirth! — July 6, 2015

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The death of this deck.... — Nov. 24, 2014

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1st place MNM! — Aug. 26, 2014

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My Meta — April 30, 2014

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Revision 53 See all

(1 month ago)

+4	Bandit's Talent	main
-1	Bloodchief's Thirst	maybe
-1	Break the Ice	side
+2	Cursed Totem	side
+2	Damping Sphere	side
-1	Liliana of the Veil	main
-1	Orcish Bowmasters	main
+1	Path of Peril	side
-4	Shrieking Affliction	maybe
+3	Surgical Extraction	main

Date added	10 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 8 Rares 16 - 7 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.57
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Orc Army
Folders	Favourites, decks, 8rack, Modern Ideas, monoBlack, rack, Favorites, 1. My Competitive Modern Decks, Modern Considerations
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