Mono Black Infect (Modern) (Modern MTG Deck)

Mono Black Infect (Modern)

Modern Budget Control

Ryukami

Creature (7)

Land (22)

Artifact (3)

3x Runechanter's Pike

Instant (14)

Sorcery (14)

Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

4x Leyline of the Void

Artifact (2)

2x Pithing Needle

Instant (5)

Sorcery (4)

4x Duress

While Infect combo and U/G Infect are more popular, I've always been a black player and a control player at heart so I decided to try mono black infect instead. Out of all the "controlling" decks in modern, this one is by far the most budget and it has a nice Phyrexian theme to boot. The basic idea of the deck is to use your plentiful removal and discard to destroy your opponent's hand and take care of any threats they can field, controlling the game so ylou can finish them off with poison.

Phyrexian Crusader while not as good as he was back when he was standard legal is still a great card, dodging bolts and paths to exiles, which are some of the most widely used pieces of removal in modern. The main control element of this deck, however, is the discard. It has a lot of powerful hand control options and can get an opponent into topdeck mode quite quickly. This deck is still very much a WIP so any help or ideas would be appreciated. Just make sure to suggest a cut if you suggest an addition, that is always helpful to me,

Suggestions

Updates Add

April 26, 2013

Edit

1 go for the throat- Tron and Affinity are a thing and this deck has issues dealing with stuff like wurmcoil. Thus I'm cutting one of these to make room for devour flesh mainboard. -2 Vatmother- She's good, but not spectacular. May eventually cut her entirely and move nighthawk to mainboard, not fully sure. -1 Swamp- To make room for more cards. May go back to 23 lands depending on how 22 tests. -3 Geth's Verdict in sideboard- Maining devour flesh now, so these are no longer nessicary.

+3 Devour Flesh- kills hexproof things like geist, which this deck has issues with. +1 Skittles- just testing him. He may be cut for more land or something if I don't like him. Just feel like I need another threat now that I cut 2 vatmothers. +3 Duress to sideboard- against creaturless decks and control this is a good card and since I don't need the verdicts with mainboard devour flesh, yeah.

After more testing I found I missed having 4 vatmothers. the vatmother while not as good as crusader and inkmoth is still a solid threat, so I cut a singleton go for the throat and Skittles for 4 vatmothers. Will continue to test and see if I prefer vatmother or skittles.

Image View Timeline

Card Odds v1 Draw hand

Add to folder Copy

Download / Export / Embed Code

Comments

Attention! Complete Comment Tutorial! This annoying message will go away once you do!

Comment:

Become a supporter of TappedOut and hide ads for only $3/month!

Important! Formatting tips — Comment Tutorial — markdown syntax

Please login to comment

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 9 Rares 10 - 2 Uncommons 18 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.92
Folders	modern monoblack, Cool Decks, Modern Decks, Decks made by others, Modern
Votes
Ignored suggestions
Shared with
Views

Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This site is unaffiliated. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site.