Everybody loves the color-bending
Lava Spike
with Flashback:
Bump in the Night
.. But as of M19, there are 3 different quasi-
Lightning Helix
s in :
Note: The only reason(s) for running any
Blood Crypt
s is for the off-chance of paying the Flashback cost of
Bump in the Night
, and for occasionally triggering
Gonti's Machinations
..
Sign in Blood
provides familiar card advantage, that is superior to
Night's Whisper
because it can also be used as a game ending
Shock
..
Geralf's Messenger
; the Mono-Black
Shock
Trooper speaks for itself..
The high density of Burn spells in this deck make certain cards that would otherwise be objectively quite bad, into horrifying Catch-22 situations for our opponents; namely
Pain's Reward
,
Sword-Point Diplomacy
, and most importantly, there is the original colorbending mono-black Burn/Counter spell from Planar Chaos... the infamous
Dash Hopes
: effectively an early-game 2-mana
Lava Axe
to the face, or a late-game
Counterspell
. Either way equals profit..
Yes, that’s right!
Dash Hopes
finally has a place to shine!!!
Finally, I think
Bolas's Citadel
is completely broken in this deck, as it is a virtual Storm-enabler.. Think about it, the turn you tapped-out to play it:
Sovereign's Bite
&
Gonti's Machinations
can be cast at a net-gain.
Vicious Rumors
,
Collective Brutality
, and
Alms of the Vein
can all be cast effectively for “free”.. Oh, and how brutal would it be to then pass the turn & pay 2 Life to
Dash Hopes
the poor bastard’s late game topdeck?! Yes please..
I think there is a new Rouge Deck in Modern..
