Mono-blackU (Standard MTG Deck)

Mono-blackU

Standard UB (Dimir)

Raqling

Creature (21)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Liliana of the Veil

Land (22)

Instant (7)

Sorcery (9)

Sideboard

Enchantment (2)

2x Illness in the Ranks

Instant (8)

Sorcery (5)

~Introduction~ Mono-black aggro control deck that I've been working on. So far its gone 3-1 at a 15 person FNM taking 3rd and 6-0-1 at 16 person Dragonmaze Game Day, splitting with a friend 4th round before top 8, and taking 1st without losing a round in any of the matches i played. They were mostly aggro decks.

~Game Play~ I use the diregraf ghouls,knights of infamy,geralf's messenger to get in some early damage before dropping a demon and sweeping the board with mutilatex4-5 leaving the demon alive and hopefully trigger undying on the messengers. Use tragic slip to deal with early threats if mutilate not in hand,otherwise don't be afraid to take some damage. Ultimate price plays a little better in my meta currently. Along with far and away for pesky mana dork and hexproof aura decks,also nice to far a messenger back to your hand after undying. Duress and blood artist to try and deal with sweepers. I play mostly against aggro at my LGS and desecration demon is just so hard for them to deal with. Hopefully i will get to play some more control variants soon to see how this deck will do.

~Sideboard~ The sideboard is mostly aimed at my meta so feel free to adjust accordingly.

~Considerations~ Ive considered dropping down by 1 swamp but not sure if i should, also considered taking out liliana but she has been helpful in a couple situations where just a duress or another far and away wouldn't work. I've also considered changing the sign in bloods to underworld connections but i feel that would slow down the speed of the deck somewhat, so maybe as a sideboard card against control.

~Thanks For Coming!~ Any suggestions and feedback is always welcome, thanks for taking some time to look at my deck!

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FNM, Oh it's gameday! — Aug. 10, 2013

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So went to my Favorite LGS tonight assuming it was just going to be just a normal FNM, when after round 2 i find out its my shop's game day! Which was great since i went 2-0 on my first 2 matches. Play 2 more rounds only losing one game out of both of the matches. Store closed at 9 since it's in a mall and it was 8:30 after round 4, normally they would just end there but we had 15 people so there were 2 undefeated still. I had gotten down paired in round 4.

So the undefeated and I played one more game to determine who would take first and the playmat. I pull out the victory 2-0 and I win 6 M14 packs and the champion playmat, which i gave to my fiancee because she really wanted it but her deck that is based off of BDW just didn't perform, and i already use Watery Grave and Grave Titan playmats i switch between.

Prize packs contained; Liliana of the Dark Realms, Planar Cleansing, Domestication. Liliana's Reaver. Xathrid Necromancer. Vastwood Hydra, andMountain

Here is a breakdown of the matches i played, for the most part none of the decks were too challenging which is fine, but i enjoy playing against more current meta decks,that give more of a challenge, then other homebrews.

Round 1vs GR Hydra Ramp I play against a guy playing basically monogreen ramp with splash of red for Savageborn Hydra. He was playing too much ramp, so his turns consisted of Elvish Mystic,Lay of the Land, Ranger's Path,play a land, play a land, play Vastwood Hydra for 5, me, doom blade hydra, Tragic Slip mystic. He has pretty much no cards in hands, zombies make short work of him. I win 2-0

Round2vsNaya-Seemed like an intro deck splashed with green. Really not much to this match, player was very inexperienced. ~Game 1~ we both get stuck at 2 lands, which was fine for me played a couple zombies waiting on third land for messenger, he played a Boros Elite which was tragic slipped away. Zombies break through.~Game 2~ he plays a Wojek Halberdiers which is soon meets a Doom Blade. Zombies again just overwhelm him before he actually does anything.

Round3vsRBWHasteAggro This was a fun match as it was against a friend so we had a blast playing. His deck consisted of Rakdos Cackler,Legion Loyalist,Lightning Mauler,Spike Jester,Boros Reckoner,Fiendslayer Paladin,Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch,Hellrider,Thundermaw Hellkite for creatures, and Searing Spear,Dreadbore,and Pillar of Flame ~Game 1~ we both mullgian to 6 and both step out of the gates swinging. both curving out nicely but in the end i had more removal and a Mutavault plus Gravecrawler that kept eating away at his life total. ~Game 2~ i keep an akward hand of 4 Swamp,Far / Away,Tragic Slip, and Mutilate I live for a while as he had a slow hand playing nothing until turn 3. But i get flooded after sign in blood to 1 life, digging for a removal spell, only to draw 2 more swamps :( on to game 3! ~Game 3~ I'm on the play for this one so i'm feeling pretty good. Again we both mulligan to 6. The hand i keep having 2 Swamp,Diregraf Ghoul,Gravecrawler,Doom Blade, and Geralf's Messenger. Seems pretty good for a mulligan! Again we are both going all out he drops Legion Loyalist me Gravecrawler, him Spike Jester me Diregraf Ghoul him pass me Lifebane Zombie eating a Fiendslayer Paladin, he didn't have the 2 white to play it. him Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch me Geralf's Messenger. We both had been swinging and blocking nothing this whole time, if he would have held back he could have lived longer after exava coming down but when he did finally hold back i had a Tragic Slip in hand for her and another [geralf's messenger]] to win the match.

Round4vs5colorSlivers I get paired down in this round, usually the guy i played is playing gruul aggro which Mutilate always eats up, but tonight he was playing slivers which was a nice change. ~Game 1~ I get a wacky hand with Swamp,Mutavault,3Tragic Slip,Gravecrawler and, Diregraf Ghoul. He plays 2 Manaweft Sliver both slipping to their death. I play a Duress revealing Sphinx's Revelation,Negate,Bonescythe Sliver and a land. he had 2 Cavern of Souls and 2 shocklands in play so i got rid of the negate, since i had board control and had a doomblade in hand i didnt want countered. Drew more zombies, the eat their way through the new ugly slivers. :D ~Game 2~ he keeps one land hand Cavern of Souls plays 2 Galerider Sliver and gets stuck at 1 land, i have 2 Swamp and 2 Mutavault , Mutilate the slivers and he stays at 1 land until the Mutavaults do him in.

Final RoundvsNaya Midrange Very good player with very good deck. I was excited for this match as it was going to be the most challenging one the night whether or not it was the final match. His deck consisted of,from what i saw, Avacyn's Pilgrim,Farseek,Boros Reckoner,Thragtusk,Thundermaw HellkiteAurelia, the Warleader,Gavony Township,Kessig Wolf Run,Pillar of Flame,Advent of the Wurm,Restoration Angel ~Game 1~ He keeps a bad hand with no pilgrim or farseek, i drop 2 Gravecrawler,Diregraf Ghoul, Knight of Infamy Geralf's Messenger, He tries to flash in a 5/5 wurm to block i away it of Far / Away next turn he flashes in an angel to block Gravecrawler who is a 3/2 because of exalted, i slip the angel and recast the crawler. He gets a Thragtusk out, which i Doomblade at the end of his turn, blocks crawler with the token i again recast it. He has nothing next turn and scoops. ~Game 2~ I get in early damage with 2 gravecrawlers one of them is exiled to Pillar of Flame i play a Knight of Infamy being able to get through a Boros Reckoner he plays a second boros reckoner with an Avacyn's Pilgrim and has a gavony township in play. he drops a Thundermaw Hellkite hit me for 5 and passes. I have a couple more zombies and Mutavault on the board at this point and i doom blade the hellkite play a Lifebane Zombie revealing Farseek and Aurelia, the Warleader which he could have played instead of the hellkite. He uses Gavony Township 2 times, im able to Mutilate for 5 clearing the board and leaving him no cards in hand. I have Mutavault in play and Gravecrawler in the graveyard with a Sign in Blood in hand. he was at 5 and precedes to draw a land, which means i win the match and go undefeated at another gameday!

Thanks all for reading, hope you have a great time at your gameday and i will keep updating and playing this deck as long as its legal! Cross your fingers with me that we get a good black sweeper in theros, so that i can keep playing mono-blackU!

adjustments — Aug. 9, 2013

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M14 Updates — Aug. 2, 2013

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5/31/13 FNM results — June 1, 2013

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Changes before 5/31/13 FNM — May 31, 2013

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 8 - 8 Uncommons 10 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.47
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander, RTR standard
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