if I had to really choose what to take out for Sheoldred, Whispering One it would be Ghastlord of Fugue , I like his effect but I wouldn't be worried about my opponents hand if i'm running this much kill and lifelink cards. I also agree with Ohthenoises, the only change i'd make is -1 Mutilate and -1 Duress and +2 Exsanguinate .Last point i'd like to make is don't be afraid to go past the 60 card limit if the deck is solid and consistent.

See I've honestly never played in a modern tournament so I'm going to try and stick to the 60 card deck (although mill is very powerful)

I will try your suggestions out! I like being able to kill people with Liliana of the Dark Realms /Exsanguinate

LOL yea i saw that and went "whoever lets him get Liliana's emblem out....gg". Plus i agree keep all 4 Lashwrithe , I was play testing and it plus Vault Skirge is just broken

Mehhhh Exsanguinate isn't really what I need in this deck, I hardly will be keeping Liliana alive until her ultimate, she's just here to grab me swamps and pump up Obliterators -_-

checkout my maybeboard! I am trying to make selections on what the best choices are! Thank you so much friends and fiends :D

What have I seen here? Black deck and no Undying Evil s? Put them in, even if just to sideboard! If Phyrexian Obliterator is about to die, thanks to one black mana he'll be back and even stronger!

@jorjo10: Undying Evil isn't very good for Modern, being that Path to Exile is the favored removal spell.

I'd swap out your Go for the Throat for Victim of Night . It will improve your Affinity match-up while not really hurting any of your others.

How has Desecration Demon been working out for you? I think that Abyssal Persecutor may be better. You have plenty of removal to kill him off when needed, and trample is usually relevant (especially since Jund started playing Lingering Souls ). You don't want to give your opponent the choice to tap down your guy, it could easily cause you to lose the game.

I just put in Desecration Demon yesterday to see how he did. He's just a 1 of so I didn't think it'd be a huge issue. Abyssal Persecutor is the obvious better choice, I NEED MOAR BLACK MYTHICS :D

What do you think of the possibility of Nirkana Revenant ?

I love Go for the Throat alot and as everyone that has played against this deck has agreed having four of them is very "douchey" and I sort of like that.

Victim of Night won't kill Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip who is this decks arch nemesis

More Mythics is always good.

I'm not a fan of Nirkana Revenant . The card is powerful, but you'd want it earlier in the game than turn 6. It is also very mana intensive after that point, meaning you'll either get less value from her or won't be able to move equipment and hold up removal. She is good, and you could probably make her work, but I think the list is looking pretty solid as is (especially because she would take the spot of removal or Desecration Demon , both of which seem better).

Fair enough. I suppose the removal would be based off of your meta (I recommended Victim of Night from a very general standpoint, it is good against nearly every Tier 1 deck). Go for the Throat is great, other than being a dead card against Affinity; if that isn't an issue, then leave it as is.

I've only been to one modern event and a semi-good artifact deck def gave Go for the Throat some problems.

Thank you for your advice! If I endup going to this tournament on wednesday I will try out Victim.

Any other suggestions? Perhaps on the sideboard?

Swapping Duress for any combination of Inquisition of Kozilek and Thoughtseize . Both are strictly better, but you can't get a hold of them, Duress works pretty well.

As far as sideboard goes.

1. Swap Sword of Body and Mind for Sword of Fire and Ice , Sword of Feast and Famine , and/or Sword of War and Peace . Theses Swords are much better than BaM. FaI gets cards and bonus damage. FaF allows you to untap and disrupt their hand, allowing you to move equipment/hold removal. WaP has very relevant protections.
2. Swap 2x Vampiric Link for Surgical Extraction /Extirpate . There are a lot of problem cards in Modern. So being able to take Lingering Souls or Restoration Angel or Tarmogoyf or Arcbound Ravager or Path to Exile away from your opponent, is extremely good.
3. Swap 1x Vampiric Link for Mutilate /card:Black Sun's Zenith. Having access to more "wrath" type spells is always nice.
4. You may want some LD for Tron (just depends on the meta). The best Mono-Black LD spells I could find are: Befoul and Rain of Tears . But they are kind of meh, enchantments like Contaminated Ground might just be better. If you do want those drop 1x Spellskite and 1x Wurmcoil Engine .
5. Depending on the meta, you may want more graveyard hate. Nihil Spellbomb works pretty well for that. As does Bojuka Bog .

Noooo I appreciate the giant post! It was very well thought out and not rude in the slightest bit

I can't bring myself to getting Thoughtseize without a decent amount of prize $$$ and how is inquisition strictly better? I mean it is uncommon but there are so much it can't hit. I'll try it out!

as far as the swords go I have to agree with you. I think Sword of War and Peace would benefit this deck the most

As far as additional wraths go I was thinking that Oblivion Stone might be a good idea, especially since I personally own two of them already.

-1 wurmcoil -1 spellskite +2 Contaminated Ground

+2 Nihil Spellbomb because I hate birthing pod! Thank you :D

In Modern, there are very few relevant cards over 3cmc. This makes Inquisition of Kozilek nearly as good as Thoughtseize (but a ton cheaper).

Oblivion Stone is a card I hadn't thought of. It sounds like a good card to test out.

As far as Vampiric Link goes, I've never played with or against the card. It mostly had to do with trying to find room for the cards I was suggesting. It just looks rather underwhelming, and easy to remove. Most of your creatures have Lifelink so it doesn't seem particularly good (even though you can double up on lifegain), maybe bring it down to a 1-of in the board.

I just like Vampiric Link because I can use it on their Primordial Hydra and laugh eternally as it does no damage!

Oh. I hadn't thought of putting it on an opponent's creature. Do keep in mind that the creature will deal damage, then Vampiric Link 's ability will go on the stack. So you can still die before gaining the life.

swap Darkblast for Tragic Slip , they do the same thing though the slip can do more

ohhh uni you're right about the stack I feel alot less powerful now.

Darkblast isn't actually in my deck, it's just in the "mabyeboard" Tragic Slip is great!

I agree Duress should be replaced with Inquisition of Kozilek and Victim of Night can be added instead of Go for the Throat .

When I ran mono-black in Modern, I used Snow-Covered Swamp and Extraplanar Lens . This will make your Profane Command more powerful.

In my sideboard, I would use Mind Shatter to hose down storm/control/combo.

Against Jund, you need to make sure that you kill Dark Confidant asap. If you can, you win.

Generally, when you run Kokusho, you run four so that you can cast him while he's in play and gain 10 life. Just one isn't really good enough.

Not sure what you can do against red deck wins, unless you want to try Exsanguinate . Burn decks seem like they'd provide bad matchups for you.

I personally prefer Hypnotic Specter over Nighthawk, but that's just me. I guess you're hoping to put it together with Lashwrithe to swing for a lot of life. I just prefer the card advantage in Modern over life.

Phyrexian Arena wins games all by itself.

I don't like Helldozer or Contaminated Ground . In mono-black, you can use Fulminator Mage instead. He's much faster and, as a creature, you can bring him back later if you need to. I have found him very useful against Urzatron.

That only leaves affinity, right? Not sure what you can do here. Perhaps Burden of Greed ? I'm just guessing. I really don't know what the play there is.

Snow-Covered Swamp is strictly more awesome than Swamp

Contaminated Ground is staying, Helldozer is replaceable.

More prize money = more Kokusho so sit tight!

Go for the Throat for Victim of Night is all the changes I really want to make for strictly fighting against affinity

against red Chalice of the Void is a possible choice. Maybe 4x Leyline of Sanctity just to be a douche?

Thank you for the comment

i wouldn't use Leyline of Sanctity because if its not in your opening hand it does absolutely nothing.

that's why I would mulligan until I get it in my opening hand. It would basically negate any mono red burn deck (for the most part)

Red can't really do anything against a Phyrexian Obliterator please correct me if I'm wrong

still excessive Mulligans isn't much of a strategy

Also there is a card red could use, Wrack with Madness , except it is never used, so don't worry.

Witchbane Orb instead of Leyline of Sanctity , so you don't have to mull a bunch.

Fulminator Mage is probably the best LD you can get for mono-Black (I forgot about it when I was suggesting cards), so making room is probably a good idea.

Your match-up to RDW is actually pretty good looking (8 MB lifelinkers, 2 SB + 3 Spellskite , Batterskull , and Sword of War and Peace , you don't need to worry about burn), Infect on the other hand could potentially be an issue.

Hypnotic Specter isn't good, especially compared to Vampire Nighthawk . Nighthawk trades favorably with any other creature (including Tarmogoyf and Restoration Angel ). It gains life improving your RDW, Storm, Eggs, Valakut, and Goblins match-ups. It flies so can easily be a trump to on-board standstills. Specter has to deal damage at least twice to put you ahead (and between all the removal in the format, and Lingering Souls that is quite the challenge (especially because it would be targeted way more than Nighthawk would).

I really don't think you want 4x Kokusho, the Evening Star . That basically destroys your curve, forces you to play more land, and won't even do as much as some of your other cards (go for long term creatures over short term, at least for the later game). Having 2x would probably be better so that you don't draw them too often but you can still find at least one in most games.

Phyrexian Arena is a good idea. Not sure where you could fit it in, but keep it in mind.

As a side note killing Dark Confidant =/= beating Jund. And sorry for the big wall of text.

I've played Melira Pod in Modern quite a bit and I observed that when they don't have the Confidant's extra draw, they just dump their hand and they're in top-deck mode by turn 5. If you can snatch out their threats like Goyf or whatever with Inquisition of Kozilek , then they just derp at you.

I would only run 4x Kokusho if you have a way to speed into him. Otherwise, Abyssal Persecutor works a little better, as long as you keep a way to kill him. Nyxathid and Nihilith look like they'd fit your theme as well.

I feel like this deck would be much better with bob than Phyrexian Arena