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Standard*

slashx24

Creature (16)

• 3x Blood Artist
• 4x Blood Seeker
• 4x Geralf's Messenger
• 4x Ravenous Rats
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Veil

Land (22)

• 22x Swamp

Instant (8)

• 2x Doom Blade
• 2x Geth's Verdict
• 4x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (13)

• 2x Distress
• 2x Duress
• 2x Mutilate
• 3x Sign in Blood
• 4x Smallpox

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Vampire Nighthawk

Land (1)

• 1x Swamp

Artifact (4)

• 2x Grafdigger's Cage
• 2x Torpor Orb

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Consume Spirit
• 2x Distress
• 1x Sign in Blood

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A mono black deck I built based around Smallpox and Duress/ Distress . I am considering splashing white for Lingering Souls but I'm not sure what I should be taking out to make this happen. Also please note that the sideboard is completely up in the air. at the moment, I have it so that it can handle some of the most difficult cards it can come up against, and so that I can transform into a different kind of black deck with Consume Spirit s.

The whole point is hand and board disruption. The idea was to either stop them playing threats or to convince them that playing those threats is a bad idea, while I beat down with my vampires and zombies.

Note: I am also considering splashing red simply for burn and some more land destruction. The land base would be a lot more stable, but things like my Mutilate would become weaker, and the ability to utilise Lashwrithe + Inkmoth Nexus (another win condition idea) becomes less likely.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 2 Mythic Rares 6 - 2 Rares 8 - 7 Uncommons 23 - 3 Commons
Cards	61
Avg. CMC	2.13