Competitive Mono Black Midrange on a Budget
Modern
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Post FNM 8/19/16 —Aug. 20, 2016
change I switched out the 4 Distress for 4 Thoughtseize which I highly recommend as it makes the deck play sooooo much better, and it's totally worth it to buy them, I bought a playset for $40, they weren't mint, but they play, and to me that's what counts.
Same venue tonight, but more people
2-0 Naya Humans
This guy only has a standard deck and played it in modern, which typically isnt the best idea, but, his call.
Game 1: I won through removal, discard, threats, gatekeeper is really nice against aggro.
Game 2: (no sideboard changes) I won through removal, discard, and threats, played similarly to the last game.
2-0 UWB Ad Nauseem
Game 1: Won through a turn 1 thoughtseize hitting an Ad Nauseem and him never drawing another the entire game, won with threats.
Game 2: opponent mulled to 6 (he almost mulled to 5) (brought in all discard over all removal spells) Won through Thoughtseize and Duress, he never drew the combo, and payed the price for keeping a hand with no combo pieces.
0-2 GW Boggles
Game 1: Drew spot removal, no gatekeeper, lost to a baddy I couldn't kill
Game 2: (sided out removal, brought in my ratchet bombs) 2 Gatekeepers, but he kept getting creatures, and killed me with a good board. T_T
2-1 Death's Shadow Zoo (same guy as last week btw)
Game 1: I won through spot removal, discard, and threats, simple as that.
Game 2: I lost, as I couldn't kill both of his creatures, no matter which one i killed i would have died, made it turn 6 though.
Game 3: Played through with discard and removal, Won through the fact that my opponent made himself drop to 2 life with only a Swiftspear on the board and with me at 17 life, and I had a Gatekeeper, and a Titan out.
So I went 3-1 Tonight, and got 2nd place.
If you do buy this deck, I HIGHLY recommend getting yourself Thoughtseize, it is so worth it. Making the change to Geth's Verdict makes the Boggles matchup so much better.
K00lDudE1 If you'd like to post the results of your tournament, then by all means feel free to do so! I will be taking this deck to my own local FNM tonight and will be putting up the results tomorrow.
August 12, 2016 1:25 p.m.
Also, K00lDudE1 since I've playtested this deck against each of those decks, I can tell you how your match-ups will probably go.
Infect: Spot-Removal and Gatekeeper of Malakir will be what saves you, hopefully you hit it in your opening hand or on turn 2 in order to avoid things like Apostle's Blessing, post board swap out your mists and discard for more removal.
Jund: Both decks play very similarly in a lot of ways, since their lilianna will be doing most of the work for you, you'll probably want to get rid of mists and get some more removal spells. Having played it, this is usually a 50/50 matchup as both decks play enough consistent threats and removal to equalize most of the time.
RG Tron: This will probably be your worst match-up, having played against the T1 version, Karn really messes you up, and the consistent board hate can be a real problem, I'd board in Duress and Surgical Extraction, try to hit a Karn (or Ugin if they play it), and get rid of them all before they become a problem.
Bogles: This matchup is very dependent on your opening hand in game 1, Gatekeeper of Malakir will likely be your win ticket if you you draw it and play it on turn 3. Board in ratchet bomb, mutilate, and some more removal if they play things like kor spiritdancer.
TheLordStormCrow says... #1
I've bought this deck and will be taking it to a modern tournament next week at some point, so I'll let you know how it does if you want.
I expect there to be about 4/5 infect decks, one jund deck, one RG tron deck, and one GW bogles deck, so infect shouldn't be too bad given how much spot removal there is, but the others, I have no idea how it will go.
August 12, 2016 5:23 a.m.