Since OGW was released I wanted to put together a deck in Standard where several good black cards took part not minding the budget, so I created this deck with some OGW adds which I think they make it complete enough to give it a try.
Early game is to play food for Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet or to get rid of opponent's thread's, with Grasp of Darkness cleaning creatures, Duress/
Transgress the Mind
to take care of removal and
Bearer of Silence
to go aggro with evasion or as a mid-game removal. Drana, Liberator of Malakir starts putting early pressure on the opponent, and curves with Kalitas to start with the madness or Erebos's Titan as a big thread. Jeez imagine to curve Drana, Liberator of Malakir
+
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
+
Reality Smasher
and hit for at least 12 and gain 4 life if Drana goes through. Madness!
13 of our 26 creatures can feed Kalitas if needed, plus the ones we can get from the opponent make him a mad fattie/go wide strategy late game.
Remorseless Punishment
enables Kalitas/empties opponent's hand/looses life, Erebos's Titan eats Rhinos for breakfast, Fleshbag Marauder is here to make opponent sacrifice creatures to give Kalitas more food, and Ob Nixilis Reignited can help if things go out of hand.
Sideboard:
If we're facing an aggro match,
Visions of Brutality
can help us take opponent's creatures. Against token strategies we can slow down with our own token creation and add Virulent Plague in, which normally opponents can't deal with. If it's a Rally deck we can push to have Kalitas and side in Flaying Tendrils, and in case we want to go more controlish we can take Read the Bones and push more card draw to throw finishers to out opponent's face. We've also the choice of Archfiend of Depravity, which can be another good strategy to feed Kalitas in some matches.
Hope you enjoy it and suggestions are welcome!
