Life and Death...and Taxes

Modern Aggro Budget Death and Taxes Hatebears Midrange WB (Orzhov)

Hickorysbane

Instant (6)

• 3x Orzhov Charm
• 3x Path to Exile

Sorcery (9)

• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Lingering Souls
• 2x Stir the Grave

Creature (24)

• 2x Athreos, God of Passage
• 4x Dauthi Slayer
• 2x Demonlord of Ashmouth
• 4x Judge's Familiar
• 3x Kami of False Hope
• 4x Leonin Arbiter
• 3x Liliana's Specter
• 2x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Land (21)

• 2x Caves of Koilos
• 4x Ghost Quarter
• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 4x Plains
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Go for the Throat

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Ghostly Prison

Creature (12)

• 2x Auriok Champion
• 2x Children of Korlis
• 3x Dryad Militant
• 2x Sin Collector
• 3x Vampire Hexmage

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Drainpipe Vermin
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Isamaru, Hound of Konda
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Loyal Sentry
• 1x Pulse Tracker
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler

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The awkward and budget child of Deadguy Ale and Hatebears. Specifically I'm looking for creatures that gain value by dying or entering the battlefield. The reason for this Athreos, God of Passage, because he is the entire reason I'm building this deck he is going to stay in the final version. I know the argument that you never wanna give the opponent a choice but the goal is to use creatures that they'll always wanna let die, and for Athreos himself to just be a bonus. I started an EDH deck with the same concept but I want to transfer it into modern.

Specifically I'm trying to make it more black and sacrifice oriented. Right now it just seems to run fairly smooth, it generally stalls and screws around with you until you die from evasive creatures. With ample amounts of fear, intimidate, shadow, and/or flying that's fairly easy to do.

Shoutout and thanks to jp3ngu1nb0y who has been instrumental in it's development.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 2 Rares 22 - 11 Uncommons 8 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.95
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	Modern Decks, Modern Death and Taxes