Yin-Yang Death Twang

Standard* Midrange Suicide Black WB (Orzhov)

neonordnance

Creature (25)

• 2x Angel of Serenity
• 3x Banisher Priest
• 2x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 2x Blood Scrivener
• 3x Desecration Demon
• 4x Lifebane Zombie
• 2x Liliana's Reaver
• 2x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Shadowborn Demon
• 4x Tithe Drinker

Land (24)

• 3x Godless Shrine
• 9x Plains
• 12x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Blind Obedience
• 2x Dark Prophecy

Instant (6)

• 2x Celestial Flare
• 1x Doom Blade
• 3x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Sin Collector

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Curse of Death's Hold

Artifact (4)

• 2x Ratchet Bomb
• 2x Witchbane Orb

Instant (4)

• 2x Crypt Incursion
• 2x Renounce the Guilds

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Sever the Bloodline

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From the ashes of Esper Control (thanks, MaRo, for killing my favorite deck with a terrible core set) comes my attempt to gather up the cards that will still work and combine them with the few good cards from M14. It's not really a control deck anymore; this is more of a midrange beatdown deck.

This deck is basically an old-school aggressive suicide black deck (damage yourself to get a lot of guys out, then beat down before your life total hits 0) with a twist: the addition of ways to gain back life. Blood Scrivener and Dark Prophecy let you rapidly refill your hand at the cost of your life total, letting you drop more and more guys. As your life goes down, you drop Tithe Drinker for short-term gain, then quickly ramp into Blood Baron of Vizkopa and Debt to the Deathless to do massive damage and refill your own total.

I know some people don't think those cards are playable, but I've run Debt to the Deathless to great effect in Standard, and as long as your mana base can handle it, I highly recommend it. It also serves as a finisher if you have enough land.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 9 Rares 4 - 4 Uncommons 10 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B