Mono Black in Pauper

Pauper Aggro Budget Discard Mono-Black

kortioznikas

Creature (20)

• 3x Augur of Skulls
• 4x Chittering Rats
• 3x Crypt Rats
• 1x Gurmag Angler
• 2x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 4x Phyrexian Rager
• 3x Ravenous Rats

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Ichor Slick
• 1x Raven's Crime
• 4x Sign in Blood
• 3x Unearth

Instant (8)

• 2x Doom Blade
• 2x Echoing Decay
• 4x Geth's Verdict

Land (23)

• 4x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 17x Swamp

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Sideboard

Sorcery (9)

• 4x Choking Sands
• 2x Corrupt
• 3x Duress

Creature (3)

• 3x Bottle Gnomes

Artifact (2)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Relic of Progenitus

Instant (1)

• 1x Death Denied

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Contaminated Ground

Creature (1)

• 1x Liliana's Specter

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When I brought this deck to Pauper gameday, few people asked why I am not playing Cuombajj Witches, Gray Merchant of Asphodel or in other words - why I am not playing Black Control? Well, simple answer was that this is not a control deck in a first place. And this kinda gave me slight advantage when I was playing vs my opponents because as soon they noticed that I am playing mono black (usually on the second turn when I played 2 Swamps and Geth's Verdict or Sign in Blood), they automatically assumed that this will be mono black control and changed their game style which was incorrect if played vs aggro deck. When they finally noticed that "this is not a control deck" it was too late as their hands were already discarded and 1/1s with 2/2s done the beats already. This brought me to 2nd-3rd place that day only loosing to UR Blitz, and amazing draw game vs UB Teachings. I was playing slightly different variation by then so this is updated version for next games.

Overview:

• 1x Bojuka Bog - Stops Anglers, flashbacks, clears graveyard after discard effects.
• 4x Barren Moor - great filter

• 1x Polluted Mire - because 4 Barren Moor is not enough

• 3x Augur of Skulls - gives pressure to opponents hand, with regeneration immune to bolts, good blocker, sucks opponent's removals

• 3x Ravenous Rats - classic 2nd turn drop
• 4x Phyrexian Rager - cheap creature with draw effect in black? That is what I need
• 3x Crypt Rats - board wipe/control, excellent finisher
• 4x Chittering Rats - this little piece of s**t is a must when it comes to black, hand disruption
• 2x Okiba-Gang Shinobi - gamechanger, completely locks opponent, works well with Ravenous Rats, Phyrexian Rager; Chittering Rats

• 1x Gurmag Angler - cheap fat body on the board

• 1x Raven's Crime - used to play 1 Duress, but decided that Crime is much better as general discard card while Duress was most useful only on turn 1-3.

• 3x Unearth - amazing value as it works with almost every creature
• 2x Doom Blade - cheap removal
• 2x Echoing Decay - 2 Delver of Secrets   with 1 shot, removes tokens
• 4x Sign in Blood - best card draw, can be used on opponent to finish him off
• 4x Geth's Verdict - with only one colour played, much better choice than Diabolic Edict
• 1x Ichor Slick - very versatile card. 2 mana to filter vs control, 3 mana to remove creature, 6 mana to remove creature + draw at instant speed.

Sideboard overview:

• 3x Bottle Gnomes - vs burn, worst matchup
• 4x Choking Sands - vs Tron, obviously (considering replacing with Contaminated Ground as there are no tron decks in my local meta + this would be more useful vs burn)
• 2x Corrupt - vs long matchups. Look for a window then bash for 6-8 damage
• 1x Death Denied - vs long matchups. If cast successfully to return 2-5 creatures, this can be gamechanger
• 3x Duress - vs combo and control decks
• 1x Relic of Progenitus and 1x Nihil Spellbomb - vs delvers, flashbacks, graveyard abuse

So please don't hesitate to give your opinion, thoughts and any suggestions for this deck!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Pauper legal.
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.51
Folders	Pauper, Pauper Ideas, Pauper, Pauper MB