Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Undying Reboot)

Modern Aggro BG (Golgari) Combo Counters Reanimator Theme/Gimmick

Triforce-Finder

Instant (3)

• 3x Altar's Reap

Enchantment (10)

• 3x Hardened Scales
• 4x Retribution of the Ancients
• 3x Vampiric Rites

Artifact (2)

• 2x Blade of the Bloodchief

Creature (25)

• 3x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Blood Artist
• 4x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 2x Champion of Lambholt
• 2x Geralf's Messenger
• 2x Hex Parasite
• 4x Strangleroot Geist
• 4x Young Wolf

Land (20)

• 4x Forest
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Swamp
• 4x Verdant Catacombs
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 4x Abrupt Decay
• 4x Surgical Extraction

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Killing Wave
• 3x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 4x Bioshift

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek

Artifact (6)

• 2x Blasting Station
• 2x Lightning Greaves
• 2x Swiftfoot Boots

Creature (13)

• 2x Bramblewood Paragon
• 4x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 4x Thrull Parasite
• 2x Viscera Seer

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Loop deck using undying, counter removal and sac engines.

Here's a short intro for every card group:

• Young Wolf, Strangleroot Geist and Geralf's Messenger are mainly in for their undying ability. Haste on the Geist is very useful since that allows us to sac it before combat and swing nonetheless.
• Bloodflow Connoisseur, Viscera Seer and Altar's Reap all profit from having creatures around that return after being sacrificed.
• Retribution of the Ancients would be mediocre in most other decks. But not here. It removes +1/+1 counters from undying creatures, which allows us to repeat the whole sac-for-value routine. This makes the deck loop. It also decimates the opponent's creatures in the process. Another card that can fill this role in a pinch is Hex Parasite. It also allows me to dispatch the opponent's planeswalkers and hyrdas easily.
• Blood Artist, Champion of Lambholt and Blade of the Bloodchief trigger either when a creature dies or enters the battlefield. Guess what happens every time I sac or chump an undying creature... Anyways, they're a good source of burn, lifegain, buff and evasion.
• Hardened Scales is the nitro boost for this deck. Everything is twice as big with scales on the field.

I rebuilt this deck because Hardened Scales and Retribution of the Ancients were released. They are a lot faster than Corpsejack Menace and Ooze Flux. Now this deck is finally fast enough to work properly. Just look at that sweet curve. Beautiful.

Budgeting Info:

• The biggest cost factor in this deck is - obviously - the set of Verdant Catacombs. I've put them in the mainboard for a better playtest experience and so I can easily export the list to untap.in whenever I alter it, but you can replace them with Temple of Malady or just plain ol' basics if you like. Keep in mind though that having variable mana is an important factor in this deck, so that you can for example cast Strangleroot Geist without delay or use the effect of Retribution of the Ancients as often as possible per turn.
• Abrupt Decays can be replaced with your choice of Caustic Caterpillar, Krosan Grip, Naturalize, or whatever you have at hand.
• Thoughtseize can be replaced with the half-price Inquisition of Kozilek. For a tighter budget, Duress is a nice option.

I feel this is necessary to say after a few users have posted only their decks here. I do enjoy exploring the decks others built, so If you want to let me know about a decklist that could help me with this deck or might be otherwise interesting to me, feel free to post it on my profile, but please not here. Posting your decklist on my decks, especially in the large format, will get your comment removed. I am sad that this is necessary.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	30 - 13 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.68
Folders	cool decks I might build, Modern, 5. Inspirations, Deck Ideas, Do Want, 2. ready for physical build, Modern Black, Not Boring Modern, Modern, stuff I like that is cheap
Based on	United Power of Reborn Sacrifice Triforce-Finder LEG