The Black Plague

Standard Budget Discard Mono-Black

DaShPrime

Creature (21)

• 3x Gutter Skulk
• 3x Ogre Slumlord
• 4x Pack Rat
• 3x Ravenous Rats
• 4x Typhoid Rats
• 4x Vampire Nighthawk

Land (22)

• 22x Swamp

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Shrieking Affliction

Instant (7)

• 3x Murder
• 4x Victim of Night

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Mind Rot
• 3x Sign in Blood

---

Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Curse of Death's Hold

Artifact (9)

• 3x Grafdigger's Cage
• 3x Pithing Needle
• 3x Witchbane Orb

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Mutilate

---

A mono-black, budget idea I've been toying with since creating a Modern discard deck. It works surprisingly well against most of the decks I've been testing them against, not sure how well it'd fare against Naya Blitz though.

Ravenous Rats, Mind Rot and Shrieking Affliction mess with their hand

Pack Rat is the main win con, allowing me to get rid of extra lands I may draw and lousy creatures late game.

Ogre Slumlord adds staying power, allows for MAD, which causes me to come out on top. If I'm not wrong it works for sweepers as well, so all you Supreme Verdict players beware!

Sign in Blood is for card draw, or as a last ditch burn spell

Gutter Skulk is a freaking Rat Bear. Typhoid Rats make very amusing blockers.

Vampire Nighthawk because this deck is black

Murder and Victim of Night for removal

Suggestions and +1's greatly appreciated!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 15 Rares 7 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.34
Tokens	Copy Clone, Rat 1/1 B