Suicide black splash white. Suggestions welcome. I am currently working on acquiring Thoughtseizes for the sideboard. Sideboards into a constellation sub-theme.
Descriptions:
Creatures:
4x Bloodsoaked Champion: In my opinion, this is the best creature (aside from siege rhino) in the standard format. It comes down fast, Hits relatively hard, and keeps coming back for more. Easy four-of.
4x
Tormented Hero
: A great one drop creature with a semi relevant heroic ability. There are enough bestow creatures in the deck to make use of it's heroic ability and the fact that it's a 2/1 for 1 is just fantastic. Another easy four-of.
3x
Gnarled Scarhide
: A third 2/1 for 1 in black. it doesnt do too much aside from being a 2/1 for one other than trigger the heroic on
Tormented Hero
. A three-of at best.
4x
Pain Seer
: Closest thing in tandard to Dark Confidant, which I hear is pretty good. This guy keeps your hand full by doing what aggro decks do best, attacking. Definite four-of.
4x
Underworld Coinsmith
: this is where the constellation factor kicks in. Since a good portion of the creatures in the deck are also enchantments, this guy's effect triggers quite frequently. Also, a slow life drain if I have mana leftover on their turn. Mainly in here to give me a small buffer on my life total for
Pain Seer
and Sign in Blood.
2x
Spiteful Returned
: Almost always cast as a bestow. The added two life from just an attack can easily make the difference in a win or a loss. Essentially a 3/1 for 2 which is really good. Also another heroic trigger for
Tormented Hero
.
4x
Mogis's Marauder
: Great way of getting through a line of creatures. Even against black decks, it's still a 2/2 haste for 3, although it would most likely come out during sideboarding if they have a good number of black creatures. Also lets you dump your hand onto the field with haste in the late game if you have enough mana.
4x
Herald of Torment
: A 3 mana 3/3 flyer is really good. Not only does this thing trigger constellation and act as another heroic trigger, It's just a threat on it's own. with a
Hall of Triumph
out, you have 4/4 flyer that is attacking before Stormbreath Dragon (barring any ramp).
Sorceries:
3x Sign in Blood: Fast card advantage in an aggro deck. Although I rarely cast it on turn two, which is why it's a three-of and not a four-of. Being able to generate card advantage for two mana is great. Also,
Read the Bones
is too slow.
Instants:
2x Bile blight: This card makes me not dead to a hornet queen in game one. Also helps me trade with certain threats like Siege Rhino and Courser of Kruphix.
3x
Heroes Downfall
: this is a fantastic kill spell. Gets rid of all of the creatures that give me trouble. The only reason that it's not a four-of is because I currently only have 2.
Artifacts:
1x
Hall of Triumph
: The only anthem in black in standard right now. Since there is so much enchantment hate with cards like
Erase
, most people don't have answers for artifacts in their sideboard.
Planeswalkers:
1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor: Sorin makes a comeback in khans of tarkir. He usually comes down and makes a token. then proceeds to pump my guys and give them lifelink. This guy is another way to keep my life total above killing range. (Plus, he is a sad tourist, I felt bad)
Sideboard:
4x
Despise
: soon to be Thoughtseize, disruption against midrange and control matchups is very helpful
2x Dark Betrayal: 1 mana "destroy target Siege Rhino", need I say more?
2x
Erase
: certain enchantments can be very annoying to deal with, (Jeskai Ascendancy, Temur Ascendancy, Courser of Kruphix, Doomwake Giant),
Erase
hits all of them and doesn't fuel their delve spells at the same time.
4x Grim Guardian: this is the all out surprise factor, I've tested this versus a lot of burn matchups and it has overperformed. A 1/4 blocker that domes your opponent for 1 when you play any of half of the creatures in your deck. It lets me grind the game out to point where I can kill the mwith
Mogis's Marauder
swing. Also, with hall of triumph out it doesn't die to
Stoke the Flames
.
2x
Pharika's Cure
: If I wasn't clear before, I hate red deck wins, a lot, and I think anyone who plays it is a horrible person. (This is just my opinion so no need to explode in the coments if you do play red deck wins). This card kills a creature, and restores my life a bit. So it makes their job quite a bit more difficult.
1x
Hall of Triumph
: I included this card in my sideboard to combat Sylvan Caryatid and Courser of Kruphix. Hitting this on turn 3 allows all of my creatures to attack into Sylvan Caryatid and get through and it allows
Pain Seer
and
Underworld Coinsmith
to not get killed by the Courser of Kruphix
