Counter Torment

Standard BG (Golgari) Midrange

MrTako

Creature (20)

• 4x Ammit Eternal
• 4x Channeler Initiate
• 4x Crocodile of the Crossing
• 2x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 4x Dreamstealer
• 2x Naga Vitalist

Land (24)

• 4x Blooming Marsh
• 5x Forest
• 4x Sunscorched Desert
• 11x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Torment of Scarabs

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Sword-Point Diplomacy
• 4x Torment of Hailfire

Instant (4)

• 4x Vraska's Contempt

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Blossoming Defense
• 4x Fatal Push

Creature (5)

• 3x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 2x Manglehorn

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Duress

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Link to the original casual build

I originally built this deck during a draft of Hour of Devastation, the focus was Torment of Hailfire and from there. Decided to go with as many torments effects as possible and to ramp into them with cards like Channeler Initiate and Naga Vitalist. Ammit Eternal and Dreamstealer are also big cards in the deck. They're both hard to deal with and empty our opponents hands which is perfect for when we drop our torments. Torment of Hailfire, Torment of Scarabs, and Torment of Venom work so much better once our opponent is empty handed, and in some cases we can even end the game with Remorseless Punishment

One of the best matchups for this deck is any other slow or midrange decks, once you get a good board state and the torments start coming down it's hard to come back. One of the main disadvantages for the deck is that it's slow against aggro type decks, for the I recommend swapping out some of the removal spells for cards like Fatal Push or Life Goes On for some lifegain to bring you back.

Now updated for ixalan standardUpdates include

-4 Torment of Venom

-4 Remorseless Punishment

+4 Sword-Point Diplomacy

+4 Vraska's Contempt

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 3 Rares 8 - 8 Uncommons 6 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Dreamstealer 4/4 B
Folders	Campers!! This is your folder!!