Necessary Sacrifice

Modern* BGW (Abzan, Junk)

Smileyfaceist

Creature (27)

• 3x Athreos, God of Passage
• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 4x Kitchen Finks
• 2x Mortician Beetle
• 2x Ranger of Eos
• 2x Scavenging Ooze
• 4x Viscera Seer
• 4x Voice of Resurgence

Land (20)

• 1x Forest
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 3x Marsh Flats
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Temple Garden
• 3x Verdant Catacombs

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Grave Pact

Instant (5)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 3x Path to Exile

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (4)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Surgical Extraction

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Creeping Corrosion
• 2x Maelstrom Pulse
• 2x Thoughtseize

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I was inspired to make this deck when the first Pod decks were being played and I saw Grave Pact. I looked at it and thought, "Why isn't this the most feared card in the history of M:tG?" I set out to make it so. Over time this deck has evolved with one central focus in mind: getting value out of creatures dying. Originally I tried to do this with cards like Golgari Germination and Pawn of Ulamog in order to create a constant stream of creatures. That sucked. I realized that the best way to have lots of creatures is to use efficient creatures that provide more than one body instead of using janky cards and a complex setup. Brimaz is in the deck because their aren't always enough threats, though Athreos may make that irrelevant.In most match-ups against creature based decks dropping a Grave Pact is unbeatable. The deck has evolved to focus more on getting value out of multi-body creatures with Viscera Seer and using that to scry through the deck. Otherwise it's just a decent Junk mid-range deck with a resilient creature base. The downside to having a strong match-up against "every" deck that tries to win with creatures is that the combo and control match-ups can be pretty weak. If you can think of generally good cards against combo/control for the main deck or sideboard let me know.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 2 Mythic Rares 30 - 12 Rares 10 - 1 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.02
Tokens	Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Elemental */* GW