Pestilent Spirit

Creature — Spirit

Menace, deathtouch

Instant and sorcery spells you control have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (45)

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Play Rakdos. Do Crimes.

2 days ago

I recently build my Neheb, the Eternal, and I'm having a blast with it. The latest two cards I added are Kumano Faces Kakkazan  ^Flip and Invasion of Regatha  ^Flip. All three of these look like great additions. What's more, Pestilent Spirit looks powerful with your high density of damage spells. Finally, Shivan Gorge would be nice to have here.

Icbrgr on Rakdos Menace (MTG Arena Build)

3 months ago

I cant say how much i love the Pestilent Spirit synergy in the deck... its awesome!

keizerbuns on

1 year ago

Neat deck! I had something similar in MTGA but I used Grixis colors for efficient draw and better multi-creature burn spells.

Mono black doesn’t have much access to direct creature burn spells, but there are a few that I’ve found that would be a good fit for your deck. Pharika's Cure is just a strictly better Last Kiss and Wail of the Nim pairs very well with Pestilent Spirit as a field wipe that can also protect your own creatures.

Apollo_Paladin on Rakdos Menace (MTG Arena Build)

1 year ago

@ enraged

Hey, glad you liked the build. It's quite a fun one to play.

On your suggestions, I've already looked over every single 1-mana burn spell legal in the format and End the Festivities, Blazing Volley, and Dual Shot are unquestionably the best options to pair with Pestilent Spirit (In that order, too). If I need Instant speed, I don't see a value in Spikefield Hazard when I could just as easily Dual Shot. Mana isn't even close to a struggle in this build as it's all quite low cost, and I already have 4x Goldhound in there just in case things get really dire, so I don't ever see the Land side being used either.

The Neonate isn't bad at all, but I don't know what I'd drop to put her in honestly. My other 1-drop Menace creatures all have pretty well-definited versatility within the build (Goldhounds for mana, Valentin for converting destruction to exile), compared to Card Draw - which while nice - is nowhere near as predictable a benefit overall.

Lastly, I toyed with Rampaging Ferocidon for a while when I first built the deck, but anymore he's just not anywhere near as threatening as other 3-drop creatures. I ended up with Pestilent Spirit as my 3-drop, but I used to run Sonorous Howlbonder, who for all intents and purposes makes large chunks of my deck simply unblockable. So, that's the standard I'm comparing against currently for 3-drops. Figure in the fact that the Ferocidon punishes Creature spells (and I run mostly Creatures myself) and this feels like it'd just be working against my own Lifelink most of the time. I can fill the same overall function with Knight of Dusk's Shadow now; for less mana, and no downsides to me.

I do appreciate the interest and suggestions though, and I'd be happy to hear if you have some additional thoughts that maybe I've overlooked.

Either way, Cheers!

enraged on Rakdos Menace (MTG Arena Build)

1 year ago

Interesting tight build. The power of Labyrinth Raptor is evident.

I like some one mana burn like Play with Fire or the above mentioned Spikefield Hazard  ^Flip but the synergy with cheap burn and your Pestilent Spirit can be overwhelming.

One potential addition could be Insolent Neonate this could keep in theme but also dig you through your deck.

Finally Rampaging Ferocidon is just a powerful creature with menace.

Gingervitis on Rakdos Menace (MTG Arena Build)

1 year ago

I've noticed that Pestilent Spirit is amazing in this kind of build and does wonders when paired with End the Festivities or another burn spell, perhaps Spikefield Hazard  ^Flip if you will.

Awesome deck, I've had a lot of fun with my build too!

TheoryCrafter on Marchesa (ADVICE PLEASE)

2 years ago

Cards like Polluted Delta and Windswept Heath, where you can tutor one basic land type, seems to be in the deck chiefly to shuffle your deck. If that's not your intent may I suggest either replacing some of the other nonbasic lands with lands having two or more basic land types such as Savai Triome(if you can financially afford it)? Another option would be to replace those tutor lands with including, but not limited to, Fabled Passage and Naya Panorama. Another land you may want to consider is Bojuka Bog to throw off opponents who'd benefit from all the discard.

Since you have been putting in spells that prevent the player from doing something, other cards to consider include, but are not limited to, Aurelia's Fury and Silence.

Another card you may want to consider is Bonfire of the Damned. If at some point you find yourself adding more instants and sorceries that deal damage, you may want to consider adding any combination of Pestilent Spirit, Radiant Scrollwielder, Soul-Scar Mage(especially useful against creatures with Indestructible) and Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip.

I hope this helps. Thank you for reading me out. Happy Hunting!

Saccox on Pirati!!!Pezzent standard

2 years ago

Hi Blackgate thanks for your comment! Your suggestion it's good but my decks are ultra-budget,Captain Lannery Storm is too expensive. But I could do this deck again in modern with the "combo" Cosmotronic Wave or Fiery Cannonade + Pestilent Spirit. I will do it!