The Heartless Beatstick

Modern* Combo Cruel Control Maverick WUB (Esper)

djgunn

Creature (16)

• 2x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 2x Frost Titan
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 2x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 3x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 2x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 2x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (23)

• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 8x Island
• 3x Isolated Chapel
• 7x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Heartless Summoning

Artifact (2)

• 2x Nihil Spellbomb

Instant (13)

• 4x Disperse
• 3x Dissipate
• 3x Forbidden Alchemy
• 3x Mana Leak

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Unburial Rites

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 4x Doom Blade
• 4x Go for the Throat
• 4x Mental Misstep

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I like to take cards that people generally don't play, and try to make something useful out of them, like Heartless Summoning.

A focus on control, and pushing high cost creatures out very quickly. My only real concern is the not a ton of creatures I have in the deck. Let me know what you think!

Disperse's are there primarily to bounce out Heartless Summoning after I've shot out a majority of my creatures, so they big again after I've slapped them out on the battlefield for cheap.

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Updated 10/16/11

Did a couple major changes to the deck, that I think will help it out over all. After playing in an FNM -- not this deck -- I learned some stuff about combos people were playing that I thought were pretty interesting. Like, Venser, the Sojourner + Rune-Scarred Demon can make for a pretty nice combo. This is the current iteration of the deck as I'm playing it, and it seems to be holding up pretty well.

Once I've got 2 Heartless Summonings in play, I can drop Frost Titan for UU, Rune-Scarred Demon for 1BB, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite for 1WW... you get the picture.

The deck plays pretty counter-spell intensive, but I think it works out really nicely in the deck, because it helps me ensure I'm getting out Heartless Summoning and the protect that, and my slightly weakened creatures.

Date added	13 years
Last updated	13 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 10 - 8 Uncommons 9 - 4 Commons
Cards	63
Avg. CMC	4.10
Tokens	Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Esper, neat decks