An Affinity for Eradication - Modern Golgari Combo
Modern Aggro BG (Golgari) BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Control Land Destruction
Instant (14)
Sorcery (12)
Sideboard
Instant (3)
Sorcery (5)
Maybeboard
(Is this really Junk? I mean the color pie tells me it is, but the white's only there because of Kitchen Finks. Ah well, no harm.)
Though not a combo that I came up with, I really like the idea of it and I would like to try to make it into a competitive deck. The first section will go over the combo, and then I will explain the individual card choices within the deck.
Eradicate + Natural Affinity : First, cast Natural Affinity to make all lands 2/2 creatures. Since lands are colorless, the creatures will be as well. Then, cast Eradicate targeting one of their lands and remove it from the game. Then do the same for all other lands in their deck with that name. Even if they only have three or four other lands in the deck with that name, you'll be able to see what's in their deck and plan accordingly. (And if you're playing against a mono-colored deck, even more crippling!) If you know you're in a good enough position to win without your lands on the field, you can also go the Drown in Sorrow + Natural Affinity route and hit all your opponent's lands instead of just one. This hits all your lands too, granted, but again if you're far enough ahead to attempt this it shouldn't matter.
Birds of Paradise is our consistent ramp throughout the game. They can power out a T5-6 combo with just one or two on the field. Scavenging Ooze eliminates threats our opponents may have in their graveyard and is an attacker that grows (and gains us life potentially) with every activation. Rune-Scarred Demon
pulls double duty, acting as a late-game finisher and as a panic button if we haven't hit one of our combo pieces yet. Kitchen Finks is lifegain and attackers/blockers in a pinch. And
Desecration Demon
can act as both a finisher and as a distraction in case an opponent is getting close to figuring out what we're doing.
Abrupt Decay is just a B/G/x staple, and for good reason: it's our most potent weapon against our opponent's arsenal. Dismember is a way for us to get around indestructible creatures and things that the Decay can't hit. Surgical Extraction is good for their combo pieces or for getting out key nonbasic lands once we hit them with Ghost Quarter or Tectonic Edge (read: Tron). Finally, Natural Affinity is the first half of our combo piece.
Eradicate is the final piece to our combo. Maelstrom Pulse is for any annoying thing our opponent has, and all of it at that. Drown in Sorrow is for token decks and as an all-in play with Natural Affinity. And Diabolic Tutor is another (cheaper) panic button in case we aren't hitting our combo pieces like we should.
Not much special here, except a 3-of Treetop Village as an additional attacker/blocker if necessary, as well as Ghost Quarter and Tectonic Edge as 2-of's for more LD goodness.
The sideboard is some combo-specific tech and some general tech. Thragtusk comes in when we're finding we're dying too early and we need an additional stabilizer, Creeping Corrosion is for Affinity, Torpor Orb for ETB decks like Twin, Autumn's Veil and Vexing Shusher come in against blue decks to ensure none of our spells get countered, and Rain of Tears combos well with Surgical Extraction for Tron decks.
Thoughts and suggestions are very much appreciated!
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(8 years ago)
| -1 | Bloodstained Mire | main |
| -2 | Bramblecrush | main |
| +3 | Drown in Sorrow | main |
| -1 | Forest | main |
| +2 | Ghost Quarter | main |
| -3 | Go for the Throat | side |
| -4 | Llanowar Wastes | main |
| -2 | Lotleth Troll | main |
| +2 | Maelstrom Pulse | maybe |
| -3 | Phyrexian Arena | main |
| +3 | Rain of Tears | side |
| +4 | Surgical Extraction | main |
| +2 | Tectonic Edge | main |
| +1 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | main |
| +4 | Verdant Catacombs | maybe |
| -1 | Wooded Foothills | main |
| Date added | 8 years |
| Last updated | 8 years |
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| Legality | This deck is Modern legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 0 - 2 Mythic Rares 34 - 7 Rares 19 - 6 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.85 |
| Tokens | Beast 3/3 G |
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