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Rules Q&A
Demon's Grasp
Sorcery
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
criddlegakes on
Angels and Demon
3 years ago
I would get rid of Demonic Rising, Mark of the Oni, Expedite and Reign of the Pit.
I would replace Demon's Grasp with 4 copies of Terminate.
Demonic Vigor is fine but I wouldn't have 4 and it's low on the priority list of cards to keep.
musicman3310 on
[Budget Modern] Mono Black Control ($30)
6 years ago
Grasp of Darkness, Walk the Plank, or Dismember for Demon's Grasp. Also, Never//Return, Hero's Downfall, or Vraska's Contempt for Ruinous Path in the sideboard.
Ballzanya on
Black/White Control Deck
6 years ago
Demon's Grasp is pretty bad, I'd play Dismember over it any day.
Ryjo on Is my deck legal for …
6 years ago
Everything in the Nicol Bolas planeswalker deck is Standard legal. I believe that only a handful of cards in the Ob Nixilis deck (Ob Nixilis Reignited, Carrier Thrall, Demon's Grasp, and Altar's Reap) are Standard legal.
FierceTierce on
Newbie Black/Blue Deck
7 years ago
This looks like a great way to start! It looks like you've gotten the basics of deck building and you're on your way!
If you want to start improving your deck, I'd suggest deciding where you'd like to focus. It looks like you lean towards control, which has a lot of cards that disrupt your opponent (Bone Splinters, Demon's Grasp, Mind Rot among cards in your deck) and lots of cards that draw more cards for you, but the biggest difference is most control deck focus more on disrupting your opponent than playing creatures (some control decks have no creatures, but you won't go that far). Then, when a control deck does play a creature, it's usually a big, scary creature (Nightmare, Sphinx of Magosi) that they try to protect and keep on the board.
If you don't like the idea of cutting many creatures, you can always go the midrange route. Midrange plays lots of creatures on curve, usually trying to get big creatures out on turns 3-5 and pressure their opponents with them. In that case, I could certainly suggest some creatures.
Lastly, are you going to stick with standard? If you want to play sanctioned, it's not a bad idea, but if you only play countertop, I suggest playing casual format where your card pool is much bigger.
If you have any questions, let me know!
Aftertherevolution on What removal can take out …
7 years ago
Additional ones:
- Battle at the Bridge - () If they have a few cheap artifacts out
- Demon's Grasp - () with a little ramp
zaxxo1990 on Wouter83
7 years ago
Just a few ideas, it seems you play casually so the cards here are from all different kinds of sets:
Max out (4x) on Mortuary Mire.
Replace Daggerdrome Imp by Zulaport Cutthroat, it has more certainty to deal damage and gain you life then the imp.
Replace Mind Rot (you don't have any other discarding cards so it's annoying for your opponent but it doesn't help you win the game) and Unholy Hunger (mana cost too high) with Doom Blade, it's great and easy removal (instant!).
Then you can remove Demon's Grasp with Languish, it's 1 mana cheaper, and targets all your opponent's creatures to clear the board easily.
Not sure about the other creatures yet, i'll check in later!
iglesia777 on
Black Deck HELP!
7 years ago
Well the benefit of playing mono-black is you get to use all the good removal that takes 2BB. So you might as well go 4x Grasp of Darkness and Murder over the other removal cards like Throttle, Demon's Grasp and Bone Splinters.
Also being one color means you don't need mana fixing, so drop the Prophetic Prism. In your deck it's just pay 2 to replace itself.
Maybe some vehicles with smaller crew cost would be nice like Smuggler's Copter, Renegade Freighter or Sky Skiff. Then go with 4x Night Market Lookout and 4x Vampire Envoy.
I agree more creatures would be good. Especially if you have cards that need to return one from the graveyard. I like Mindwrack Demon for ya there.
Good luck!
