Golgari BG "Sacrifice for the win"

Standard BG (Golgari)

Chrono194

Creature (25)

• 3x Demon of Catastrophes
• 3x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 2x Hired Poisoner
• 3x Isareth the Awakener
• 4x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 3x Midnight Reaper
• 2x Plaguecrafter
• 3x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 2x Underrealm Lich

Instant (6)

• 2x Assassin's Trophy
• 2x Cast Down
• 2x Necrotic Wound

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Gruesome Menagerie
• 2x Prey Upon

Land (23)

• 8x Forest
• 11x Swamp
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Vraska, Golgari Queen

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Sideboard

Sorcery (5)

• 4x Duress
• 1x Prey Upon

Instant (1)

• 1x Necrotic Wound

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 2x Assassin's Trophy
• 2x Vraska's Contempt

Creature (4)

• 2x Doom Whisperer
• 2x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed

Land (4)

• 4x Overgrown Tomb

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Semi-budget variant of STD BG deck with the sacrifice as a main mechanic. There're tons of synergy between creatures and planeswalkers. Some creatures with deathtouch, such as Hired Poisoner and Isareth the Awakener, can be used with Prey Upon to destroy any opponent's creature. Also, some creatures can be removed with Necrotic Wound or Cast Down. Also, we've got Assassin's Trophy, which can help us to destroy any permanent an opponent controls. Ravenous Chupacabra seems a good for deck, cause it performs the function of removal and in addition we get another creature for sacrifice or attack/block. Plaguecrafter helps us to control the game, too. Cards, such as Dusk Legion Zealot and Midnight Reaper, has a good synergy with Vraska, Golgari Queen. They let us draw a lot of additional cards every turn. Underrealm Lich do the same. He helps us to fulfill our graveyard with creatures, which can easily get back with Isareth the Awakener or Gruesome Menagerie. Our main attacker is Demon of Catastrophes. It's really big and has got both flying and trample. It needs an additional price to cast him, but it's okay, cause we can sacrifice our small creatures, such as Dusk Legion Zealot, which can be later returned with Isareth the Awakener. Feel free to sacrifice as many Dusk Legion Zealot's as you want, cause his return lets us draw additional card.

If you're ready to spend additional money, fell free to replace Gruesome Menagerie with something else. Maybe we can add additional copies of Assassin's Trophy or Vraska's Contempt, cause they are best removals in a current standard, but they are also very expensive. Doom Whisperer is one of the best big creatures in GRN, maybe we can replace some Demon of Catastrophes with it. Izoni, Thousand-Eyed has a great synergy with sacrifice-oriented decks, but tokens she produced can't trigger skill of Midnight Reaper. Overgrown Tomb is a best BG land in current standard, but we can't spend additional 2 HP for each Overgrown tomb we cast, cause a lot of HP we will pay for drawing mechanic. This way, in this deck Woodland Cemetery seems a better choice.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Splash colors	BG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 17 - 0 Rares 13 - 1 Uncommons 7 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Emblem Vraska, Golgari Queen
Folders	Interesting Decks