The Unholy Skirsdag Cult

Modern Demons Humans Tokens

Madam_Thrushwood

Creature (23)

• 3x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 2x Demonlord of Ashmouth
• 2x Desecration Demon
• 3x Doomed Traveler
• 1x Griselbrand
• 2x Ravenous Demon  ^Flip
• 3x Reaper from the Abyss
• 4x Skirsdag High Priest
• 3x Thraben Doomsayer

Land (20)

• 10x Plains
• 10x Swamp

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Cathars' Crusade

Artifact (2)

• 2x Gilded Lotus

Instant (7)

• 3x Altar's Reap
• 4x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Gather the Townsfolk
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 2x Lingering Souls

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Sideboard

Land (8)

• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 4x Vault of the Archangel

Instant (4)

• 4x Erase

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Got the idea for this deck when i was traveling abode and came across a magic shop, upon realizing the exchange rates made booster pack a few dollars cheaper than my own country i decided to buy 3. It was much to my surprise when i pulled a Skirsdag High Priest and a Reaper from the Abyss out of two of them, what a perfect combo i thought

This deck is built around the mass spawning of humans for sacrifice to get bigger flying demons, Skirsdag High Priest is the heart of the deck with his ability being able to be activated as early as third turn, yes a 5/5 flyer third turn and not uncommonly one every turn after as well. The morbid mechanic is fully used in this deck from Tragic Slip getting rid of those pesky indestructibles (these demons hold no fear for Avacyn, Angel of Hope) to Reaper from the Abyss decimating the opponents forces and though primarily a Innistrad self sacrifice deck the aid of the Ravnican Desecration Demon give the opponents the choice in joining in the sacrifice as well, you know what they say, if you can beat them, join them

Now to its flaws its key one would be its horrifying weakness to Illness in the Ranks slowing it down dramatically it does manage to overcome it by the sixth or seventh turn, its other weakness is its relatively no life gain ability leaving it open to indirect damage. There is counter measures for both of these weaknesses in the side board, i haven't implemented these myself due to lack of money for the expensive lands and to implement Erase into the deck i would be replacing Increasing Devotion, the 2 Gilded Lotus and most importantly Griselbrand who i see as the figure head of the deck. As the deck was built around fighting Dragons and more importantly Angels, specifically Avacyn, Angel of Hope, my pride prevents me from removing Griselbrand from the deck.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 8 Rares 2 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Human 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	Demon