Death's Shadow in a Jund control shell. This deck is both aggressive, aiming to win by turn 4-5, as well as controlling, allowing you to go midrange if necessary.
This is a competitive Modern deck. The
Death's Shadow
s are finishers, not the central point of the deck.
Your early game should focus on hand destruction via
Thoughtseize
and
Inquisition of Kozilek
.
The mana base is slim, you will want to use your early fetches to get a basic forest and swamp, then a red source to lay down
Blood Moon
as early as turn 3.
This might put off your
Liliana of the Veil
until you can
Traverse the Ulvenwald
for a second basic swamp.
Once you have 4 lands, prioritize
Bloodbraid Elf
. The ideal cascade hits are
Tarmogoyf
or
Managorger Hydra
. Otherwise a
Terminate
,
Kolaghan's Command
, or
Traverse the Ulvenwald
with Delerium active are fine.
When it comes to self-damaging, with the goal of turning on your
Death's Shadow
, aim for about 9 life, putting them at 4/4 to at least trade with
Hollow One
.
Street Wraith
and
Mishra's Bauble
are there to thin the deck and enable delirium as early as possible.
Your best
Traverse the Ulvenwald
target is
Bloodbraid Elf
.
Managorger Hydra
itself trades with many threats, but with a decent board state, say a 4/5
Tarmogoyf
, 4/4
Death's Shadow
, 3/2
Bloodbraid Elf
and a 5/5 Hydra, which is common and easy to establish on turn 5, you're hammering your opponent.
AGAINST HOLLOW ONE and DREDGE:
Sideboard in 2
Leyline of the Void
, and 2
Anger of the Gods
. These combined with
Blood Moon
will put them off their mana base, eliminate
Vengevine
,
Prized Amalgam
and the like, and anything like
Faithless Looting
recursion. AotG will Exile away their small bodied creatures with Menace or recursion.
AGAINST LANTERN CONTROL:
Sideboard in
Leyline of the Void
, and
Ancient Grudge
. You can often establish a strong board, then eliminate their
Ensnaring Bridge
to attack with lethal. The Leylines eliminate their artifact recursion. You might also consider adding
Surgical Extraction
to your sideboard to eliminate all
Ensnaring Bridge
from the game.
AGAINST HUMANS:
Blood Moon
,
Terminate
, and
Anger of the Gods
do the trick. This is a relatively easy match up for us.
AGAINST ELDERAZI:
Tough match up, havent figured it out yet.
AGAINST TRON:
If it's not Elderazi, we do fairly well with the core deck.
AGAINST BURN:
Sideboard in
Collective Brutality
and
Huntmaster of the Fells
. Be careful not to self-damage. Emphasize hand destruction and life gain, keeping yourself around 9 life with the Huntmasters.
AGAINST RWU CONTROL:
Sideboard in
Leyline of the Void
,
Godless Shrine
, and all of your
Lingering Souls
. The leylines turn off
Logic Knot
, and
Snapcaster Mage
recursion. Frustrate them with spirit tokens, forcing them to use their board wipes, such as
Supreme Verdict
; after which you start placing one or two threats on the board, such as
Tarmogoyf
and
Death's Shadow
. The point is to not empty your hand, but to always keep another threat in your hand, ready to replace what they have spent their few resources to remove.
