Black/Red Standard Hand Discard (HOU Updated)

Standard*

michaelmagee

Sorcery (61)

• 4x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 4x Collective Defiance
• 4x Harsh Scrutiny
• 4x Lay Bare the Heart
• 4x Lost Legacy
• 4x Mind Rot
• 2x Mire's Malice
• 4x Never / Return
• 4x Painful Lesson
• 4x Pick the Brain
• 4x Prying Questions
• 1x Remorseless Punishment
• 4x Shamble Back
• 4x Torment of Hailfire
• 4x Unburden
• 4x Whispers of Emrakul
• 2x Yahenni's Expertise

Land (20)

• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Painted Bluffs
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Creature (5)

• 4x Dreamstealer
• 1x Herald of Anguish

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Torment of Scarabs
• 4x Untamed Hunger

Artifact (8)

• 4x Key to the City
• 4x Mirage Mirror

Instant (4)

• 4x Grotesque Mutation

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Maybeboard

Artifact (6)

• 1x Embalmer's Tools
• 4x Implement of Malice
• 1x Oracle's Vault

Creature (2)

• 2x Olivia, Mobilized for War

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(In progress.) I'd like to get it close to 60 if you have any suggestions on what to remove.
Goals:
1)Cast Yahenni's Expertise to cast Collective Defiance.
2)Use Return and Shamble back to exile cards from opponent's grave and create 2/2 Black Zombie Tokens on your side of the field.
3)Tap 3 swamps and 2 Painted Bluffs for their second effect to add two red mana to the pool to cast Collective Defiance.
4)When possible,preferably later in the game, activate Scavenger grounds's second effect to exile cards in your opponents grave.
5) Tap 5 mana and sacrifice 5 creatures preferably 2/2 Black Zombie Tokens,Transform Westvale Abbey into Ormendahl, Profane Prince later in the game as a win condition.
6)Attack opponent with Dreamstealer + Key to the city + Grotesque Mutation or Untamed Hunger.
Lower your opponent's life and disrupt their hand. Key to the city with make Dreamstealer unblockable, and Grotesque Mutation or Untamed Hunger with increase damage and the number of cards your opponent will have to discard.
7)Win by burn effects: Collective Defiance's third effect. Painful Lesson. Prying Questions. Remorseless Punishment. Torment of Hailfire. Torment of Scarabs.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 32 - 0 Commons
Cards	103
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Dreamstealer 4/4 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Zombie 2/2 B