Win by Losing

Modern Control Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick WB (Orzhov)

oldmateazza

Creature (7)

• 3x Death's Shadow
• 3x Immolating Souleater
• 1x Platinum Angel

Land (22)

• 2x Fetid Heath
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (7)

• 2x Near-Death Experience
• 2x Phyrexian Arena
• 3x Phyrexian Unlife

Artifact (1)

• 1x Soul Conduit

Instant (7)

• 2x Angel's Grace
• 2x Dismember
• 2x Faith's Shield
• 1x Plunge into Darkness

Sorcery (16)

• 3x Diabolic Tutor
• 3x Killing Wave
• 3x Mutilate
• 2x Repay in Kind
• 4x Sign in Blood
• 1x Temporal Extortion

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Sideboard

Land (1)

• 1x Fetid Heath

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Greater Auramancy

Instant (5)

• 2x Erase
• 1x Faith's Shield
• 2x Go for the Throat

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Bond of Agony
• 2x Cranial Extraction
• 2x Death Cloud
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Plague of Vermin

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Dark Confidant

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This deck has a few win conditions but they pretty much all revolve around Phyrexian Unlife. It basically utilises the fact that I am able to be reduced below 0 health to quickly flip the game around in my favour. I understand the frailty of relying on an enchantment which can be naturalised, so any suggestions on what I can do here are more than welcome.

Condition 1: Reduce my life to under 0 then use Repay in Kind to win.

Condition 2: Use my various board wipe abilities like Mutilate and Killing Wave as well as Dismember on the creatures that remain to wipe the board or force my opponent to lose life, making it easier to deal the killing blow with my creatures.

Condition 3: utilizing Near-Death Experience and controlling my life loss as well as using Angel's Grace to win the game.

The Immolating Souleater is to sit there and appear useless until it is needed, upon which it jumps out and smacks people in the face. Death's Shadow just becomes amazing the further I get into the game.

So thats the deck, so far the deck has performed extremely well and I am very pleased with it. Please leave your thoughts and comments, all welcome.

I reached #7 on 2013-08-22, thanks to you guys.

Thank you and good day.

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 9 Rares 7 - 4 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Rat 1/1 B
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