No Hand for You (8-Rack KLD update)

Modern 8-Rack Competitive Discard Enchantment Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick

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Sorcery (15)

• 4x Blackmail
• 1x Death Cloud
• 2x Killing Wave
• 4x Raven's Crime
• 4x Wrench Mind

Artifact (4)

• 4x The Rack

Creature (10)

• 3x Asylum Visitor
• 4x Augur of Skulls
• 3x Nyxathid

Land (18)

• 4x Dakmor Salvage
• 14x Swamp

Enchantment (10)

• 2x Painful Quandary
• 4x Shrieking Affliction
• 4x Waste Not

Instant (3)

• 3x Bile Blight

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 3x Doom Blade
• 3x Dream Salvage
• 3x Victim of Night

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Duress
• 3x Harsh Scrutiny

Land (3)

• 3x Bojuka Bog

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 2x Guul Draz Specter
• 4x Oona's Prowler
• 2x Sangromancer

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Sink into Takenuma

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My take on an 8-Rack deck without Thoughtseize or Liliana of the Veil Due to budget constraints. This deck focuses on keeping the hand empty.

The Rack and Shrieking Affliction are essential As they increase in power as the game progresses... This is 8-Rack after all.

Without the Seize, I focus on Raven's Crime, Blackmail, Wrench Mind for hand control and use Augur of Skulls as a creature that can also serve as discard. Harsh Scrutiny from KLD is a godsend for 8-Rack as it gives us scry on top of what Despise did.

I also run Asylum Visitor from SOI which solves two classic problems for 8Rack... Draw engine and damage dealers. It also synergies great with the deck's core purpose of keeping the hand empty.

The classic Dakmor Salvage + Raven's Crime combo is here alongside Bojuka Bog to control Delvers.

Nyxathid + Shrieking Affliction are damage dealers here, both a wincon anytime the Rack deals damage. Painful Quandary becomes a lockdown and can secure board advantage late game.

Waste Not is here because it belongs. It can trigger tokens, mana, draw or force a planeswalker out if they want to do none of the above.

Much of the removal is intended for groups and swarms.... Something that this deck has a weakness against. Bile Blight contains early game and tokens but Killing Wave can do this plus be a board clear late game... Especially against an opponent already whittled down.

Comments and upvotes appreciated.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Key combos	Dakmor Salvage + Raven's Crime Nyxathid + Shrieking Affliction
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Rares 15 - 6 Uncommons 12 - 12 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.81
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B