gray merchant

Standard BR (Rakdos)

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Creature (24)

• 4x Desecration Demon
• 3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Lifebane Zombie
• 4x Rakdos Cackler
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 3x Rakdos Shred-Freak
• 4x Tormented Hero
• 1x Tymaret, the Murder King

Land (23)

• 4x Blood Crypt
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 4x Rakdos Guildgate
• 10x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 3x Underworld Connections

Instant (2)

• 2x Doom Blade

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Dreadbore
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 2x Thoughtseize

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gray merchant deck. goal is to land a gray merchant for at least 5, preferably 7 or 8. beat down w agro 1's and 2's. remove blockers w doom blade and dreadbore extremely liberally. land a 6/6 for 4 manas. watch them struggle while your underworld connections build up card advantage.

1-of's

tymaret - legend so only want 1 (this is always the case. this is an agro deck - dead cards are a killer) , wins games out of nowhere, also a reasonable creature as a 2/2 for 2

rakdos's return - should probably be gray merchant. on turn 5 merchant hits them for al teast 5 most games... discard tends to be less relevant w 2X ts and 4X lifebane

dark prophecy - underworld connections #4, is good in different situations, and you seldom want connections #2 in play. good w merchant

Rakdos, lord of riots - desecration demon #5, is also a legend...still, is so BA i am considering more. many times he will let you drop 12 or 18 power on the board out of nowhere w his sweet ability. have 11 agressive beaters, so drawback is rarely a problem. RR is sometimes a problem, but not usually.

Nykthos, shrine to nyx - legend, so only 1. dead land would be the worst. can get real stupid. everything produces lots of black devotion

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.46