I like this. A lot actually. It needs Thoughtseize, but as a fellow budget player I completely understand as to how that won't happen. Haha. Trust me.

With all the things going into your graveyard, Murderous Cut (or anything with delve for that matter) seems really good. So Treasure Cruise should definitely have a place in your deck also.

And maybe also throw in 1 of Extinguish All Hope, just in case the board is not in your favor.

A 1 or 2 copies of Brain Maggot would work really well also. It's not discard, but it gives you more control over your opponent's hand and an extra body.

Also, if you're looking for more control, throw in Dissipate along with Dissolve.

And something to note: you don't want to use Sign in Blood on your opponent. The last thing you need is your opponent to draw a response or their win-con 2 turns earlier than normal.

Thanks for the input

Murderous Cut and Treasure Cruise is a nice suggestion

I don't know about Extinguish All Hope and its heavy CMC. I prefer Bile Blight, but I'll try giving it a shot, or maybe sideboard it

Brain Maggot is another nice suggestion, but I don't know what i should replace for it

For using Sign in Blood for the opponent, I always make sure i got discard spell(mainly Rakshasa's Secret) and their remaining mana. If those condition is not fulfilled, then I just hold it back or use it on myself.

Based on your suggestion, I'll try changing:

OUT

-2 Sign in Blood

-1 Divination

-1 Rakshasa's Secret

IN

+2 Murderous Cut

+2 Treasure Cruise

I would put in Read the Bones instead of Sign in Blood as it provides searching through 4 cards instead of 2. I would also deffinetly reccomend Treasure Cruise, as it is overpowered and cheap (for now). I love this budget tho! +1

I've been pondering whether to use Sign in Blood or Read the Bones before, but ultimately i chose Sign in Blood for two main reasons:

• It complements Waste Not mana gain perfectly, where i can cast it for free if the opponent discard a land

• I can use it on my opponent. Mainly i go this road when i got Rakshasa's Secret or Mardu Skullhunter in hand to play immediately

And Treasure Cruise is a must-in for its practicality

Thanks for your input tho!!

I like the idea too, but I see one overwhelming problem: once your opponent get's something on the board you are pretty much done. I playtestet against my heroic deck (deck list: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger).

Game 1: I got out 2 creatures and you had a Black Cat on board. I waited for Aqueous Form untill I attacked. Waste Not didn't show up and the discard didn't matter anymore since I was easily outdamaging you on board. 0-1.

Game 2: You started out with Despise and I discarded my only creature. From there on I ate 2 Rakshasa's Secret and only thing I topdecked were mana and noncreature spells. Total demolition 1-1.

Game 3: It was my turn to start and I saw Plains, Island, Favored Hoplite, Stratus Walk in my hand. At that point I knew that I won the match. Turn 4 1-2.

My suggestion: Get in 4-6 removals mixed between Murderous Cut and Bile Blight as you like. Maybe 12 Creatures is a little bit to much in a controll deck, like 7 draw spells is. You might look to replace some of them. I personally would replace all Divination and Siren of the Silent Song with 3 Murderous Cut and 3 Bile Blight.

Yea, aggro and puny token deck can overwhelm this deck if they get their gears on early, that's why you can see that I side some removals on my sideboard.

Also dunno why i forget to include Murderous Cut in there XD

Thanks for the input!

Since you already have some blue in there, consider Jace's Archivist or Whispering Madness. They provide tons of triggers for Waste Not, and then replenish the hand so you can continue to trigger it even more.

@Thograr those are some nice cards especially Jace's Archivist, but as you can see, this is a Standard deck, so those two are out for the count.

Thanks for the input tho :D

Woo-hoo!

Fate Reforged brings us more cards to fiddle with! And among them, Dark Deal shines the most!!

Best case scenario:

Turn 1

Play Swamp

Turn 2

Play the 2nd Swamp, then cast Waste Not

Turn 3

Play the 3rd Swamp, then cast Dark Deal!!

???

PROFIT!

I have a Mono Black Rack/ Waste Not deck that I wanted to turn Standard. THIS. This is what I've been looking for. Well done!

Glad I could help :)

Planning to replace Rakshasa's Secret with Dark Deal ASAP since it just way superior. With Dark Deal I can replace my hand and fill the graveyard at the same time.

whoooa

I just noticed another cool card in FRF, Fascination!! It doesn't only refill my hand, but also my opponent's, which i can clear immediately!! It's other modes, milling, also synergises well with one of the win-con, Empty the Pits

Also note that all cards in the Maybe board are what you could use to un-Budget-ize this deck

Solid discard deck, everything has synergy, and budget is icing +1

There's a Duress reprint in DTK!! woohoo!

I know, he's not necessarily budget and has no synergy with Waste Not, but I'd run one Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver. He's amazingly strong, a brutally great win condition and just... he's all the things.

@CaptainWoosh Yes, Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver is a great addition to any UB Control deck. And as you can see, I've already listed a few cards(including Ashiok) in the Maybeboard in case anyone want to un-budget-ize the deck

I like it XD plus 1 for playing discard. Check my discard build out. It started out very similar to yours but evolved into esper.

Sibsig Icebreaker, Dance of the Skywise, Ultimate Price, Virulent Plague, and more...

DTK gives us many interesting cards to fiddle with. And the Theros block is rotating soon, so I need to makes some fine adjustment after all the cards have been spoiled

Excellent deck. +1.

Definitely consider Duress for the sideboard.

Thanks @ODDIOBLENDER

But I'll wait for all the cards to be spoiled before changing anything. And yeah, Duress is a must-in

You play tested against my deck, very fun game, but you are vulnerable to flyers (Sorin and his vampires, duress is a must) :)

Thanks for playtesting, Molkiern

I'll update the deck as soon as T/O finish entering all the DTK cards

Does anyone think that Anticipate is needed here? Even though it's UB, it's not really a 'control' shell. Any opinions?

Really like the blue splash. I've been testing a similar deck but with green splash for Tasigur and it's been working fine but could definitely be improved. Anyways love the deck +1 :D