Anti-eldrazi Squad

Modern UBR (Grixis)

ToolmasterOfBrainerd

Instant (14)

• 2x Kolaghan's Command
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Terminate
• 4x Thought Scour

Sorcery (9)

• 3x Damnation
• 2x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Liliana of the Veil

Creature (11)

• 1x Gurmag Angler
• 4x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 3x Vampire Nighthawk

Land (23)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 2x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 3x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 1x Steam Vents
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

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Sideboard

Instant (5)

• 3x Dispel
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Kolaghan's Command

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Crumble to Dust
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Rise / Fall

Artifact (4)

• 2x Engineered Explosives
• 2x Nihil Spellbomb

Creature (4)

• 3x Fulminator Mage
• 1x Spellskite

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This is a grixis deck designed with the purpose of having a good matchup against Eldrazi. Grixis already has an inherently good Infect and Affinity matchup, so if it can also have a good Eldrazi matchup, which I believe it can, then it could be extremely well-positioned, with burn as the only tough tier 1 matchup.

The idea is that Damnation is pretty much game over against Eldrazi, provided we can resolve it without it getting ripped from our hands by Thought-Knot Seer. This is where running a full playset of Thoughtseize helps a ton. Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet literally ends the game against Colorless Eldrazi with 1 activation. The 3/4 Kalitas is a little vulnerable, but drop him turn 4 then bolt their Matter Reshaper turn 5 and sac the token immediately to pretty much end the game. Additionally, casting Damnation on a board with Kalitas still gives you tokens from your opponent's creatures dying, which cancels out the drawbacks of casting Damnation when we control a creature.

I am not including Gurmag Angler because he simply dies to Damnation and Processor Eldrazi won't let us have enough of a grave to cast him. I'm trying to keep Tasigur, the Golden Fang in the deck because of the value, but that could change.

Vampire Nighthawk is a strange choice, but it works. Eldrazi doesn't like him because he trades with Reality Smasher, flies over their blockers, and can help our burn matchup, which is significantly damaged by playing 4 Thoughtseize and an expensive manabase.

Speaking of my manabase, I don't really know what I want there. All tips for the manabase are greatly appreciated to make it efficient and life-conscious.

I'll add a sideboard as I get to it, but for now I'm focusing on having a solid game 1 against the problem decks of the meta.

Thanks for looking and smash that +1 button to put those Reality Smashers to shame.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 7 Rares 8 - 4 Uncommons 13 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.35
Tokens	Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Zombie 2/2 B