The Ol' Razzle Dazzle

Modern Aggro BR (Rakdos) Competitive Devotion Reanimator Zombie

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Instant (15)

• 1x Crackling Doom
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 4x Path to Exile
• 3x Smother
• 2x Terminate

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Faithless Looting

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Necromancer's Stockpile

Creature (21)

• 4x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
• 2x Anathemancer
• 4x Gravecrawler
• 3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 2x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 4x Rotting Rats
• 2x Tymaret, the Murder King

Land (19)

• 2x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 2x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 3x Rakdos Charm
• 2x Smash to Smithereens
• 1x Terminate

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Duress

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rain of Gore

Creature (5)

• 1x Anathemancer
• 3x Lifebane Zombie
• 1x Tymaret, the Murder King

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Tormenting Voice

Creature (2)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

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Okay, so this is fun!

I know this looks like a pile of nonsense (and it is), but I believe that this can be made competitive. I think, with the right tweaks, this could become tier-level. Now, not on its own, and not without proper metagaming, but nonetheless - I think it has a shot.

The first focus is on early-game aggression. If the opposition has to use resources dealing with your threats, they have less to further their own plan. After this stage, we slow down, becoming more Midrange than Aggro. Our threats and use of resources is more deliberate, and we want to pull the Jund-style grind on them. Then, we become a Control deck with our win-conditions at hand. If it gets to the late stage of the game, Necromancer's Stockpile and Tymaret, the Murder King will generate more value than we could hope for in other cards. With repeatable Shocks and unkillable creatures, victory is nearly assured!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 5 Rares 9 - 4 Uncommons 12 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.17
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Zombie 2/2 B