The Dead Never Truly Die

Standard* Aggro Budget Casual Control Cruel Control Suicide Black

rockmsockmhobo

Creature (25)

• 3x Abyssal Persecutor
• 4x Bogbrew Witch
• 4x Festering Newt
• 4x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 3x Geralf's Messenger
• 3x Mortician Beetle
• 4x Reassembling Skeleton

Land (22)

• 22x Swamp

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Dark Prophecy

Artifact (2)

• 2x Bubbling Cauldron

Instant (8)

• 4x Altar's Reap
• 4x Undying Evil

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Vampire Hexmage

Instant (4)

• 4x Dash Hopes

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Bone Splinters
• 4x Duress

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Maybeboard

Creature (12)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Demonlord of Ashmouth
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Perilous Myr
• 1x Rakshasa Gravecaller
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Sultai Emissary

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Nettlevine Blight
• 1x Quest for the Gravelord
• 1x Unhallowed Pact

Artifact (2)

• 1x Demonmail Hauberk
• 1x Skullclamp

Instant (1)

• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Disentomb
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Chant
• 1x Innocent Blood

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Fantastic deck that i achieved using budget cards based off of the standard festering newt. I asked myself: how can i make this deck better?

Standard Bogbrew Witch + Bubbling Cauldron + Festering Newt is one win con

second win con is straight up aggro/removal:

Geralf's Messenger is here as an aggro + life hurting guy with undying so he is good to sacrifice

Reassembling Skeleton just doesn't really die. You can keep casting him so he's another sacrifice creature

Mortician Beetle is a one drop and get a +1/+1 counter each time a creature is sacrificed. he can get pretty huge in a matter of a few turns

Gatekeeper of Malakir is a creature to be sacrificed and when kicked makes a player sacrifice a creature. Usually you want to target your opponent for removal but occasionally you can target yourself

Stronghold Assassin is a 2/1 for 3 mana and he can tap himself to sacrifice one of your creatures and kill a nonblack creature. it's a sacrifice trigger and a Doomblade for zero mana!

Undying Evil is a great card. If you sacrifice a creature without undying or don't feel like reanimating your skeleton, you can cast this and make them come back from the dead and be stronger than before!

For Card Advantage:Altar's Reap makes you sacrifice a creature and draw 2 cards for 2 mana

Dark Prophecy lets you draw a card each time a creature of yours dies, which happens a lot in this deck

+1 and let me know what you think!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Bogbrew Witch + Bubbling Cauldron + Festering Newt
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Rares 10 - 3 Uncommons 15 - 12 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.24
Based on	festering newt rockmsockmhobo STD