Soul Scavenger

Modern BG (Golgari) Competitive Counters

SlaniaMJL

Creature (23)

• 3x Death's Shadow
• 2x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 3x Lotleth Troll
• 3x Slippery Bogle
• 4x Slitherhead
• 3x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 3x Walking Ballista
• 2x Winding Constrictor

Land (22)

• 6x Forest
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 6x Swamp
• 2x Treetop Village
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Hardened Scales

Instant (7)

• 3x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Grisly Salvage
• 2x Surgical Extraction

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Commune with the Gods
• 2x Maelstrom Pulse

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Jarad's Orders
• 2x Thoughtseize
• 2x Treasured Find

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Rancor

Creature (4)

• 2x Corpsejack Menace
• 2x Primordial Hydra

Instant (3)

• 3x Doom Blade

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Crime / Punishment

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The aim is to pressure with counters early with Constrictor, Ballista and Slither to juice up Lotleth Troll. Death's Shadow is a great discard choice for the Troll as Varolz allows 13/13 for 1 mana.

Pressuring with creatures hopefully forces decks to show their hand early, Maelstrom Pulse and Surgical Extraction take advantage of that by respectively eliminating threats on the board or in the deck entirely. Decay cheaply stifles relevant Enchants/Arti's/Creatures

If you can't find a way to win through early aggro, The Bogle is an idea i had but haven't tried in tandem with Jarads sacrifice ability. an untargetable way to deal heavy damage to a player if you can manage a way to scavenge creatures, most likely D.S on that too. Jarad's Orders helps to have the right cards in the right place for it.

Tried to keep as many ways to win as open as possible whilst accomodating for opposing play styles, I'm quite new to Modern so any help would be great :D

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 4 Mythic Rares 31 - 2 Rares 11 - 6 Uncommons 4 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.66
Folders	Decks