The Graveyard Strikes Back

Modern*

Shad0wRaz0r

Land (22)

• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 2x Field of Ruin
• 4x Forest
• 4x Llanowar Wastes
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 5x Swamp
• 2x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (6)

• 4x Bridge from Below
• 2x Vessel of Nascency

Instant (14)

• 2x Fatal Push
• 2x Grapple with the Past
• 4x Grisly Salvage
• 2x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Putrefy
• 2x Sudden Death
• 1x Terminate

Creature (18)

• 4x Death's Shadow
• 3x Dread Defiler
• 3x Force of Savagery
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 2x Nova Chaser
• 2x Sutured Ghoul
• 3x Varolz, the Scar-Striped

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 3x Abrade
• 2x Fatal Push
• 2x Naturalize

Artifact (2)

• 2x Silent Gravestone

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Blood Sun
• 2x Necrogenesis

Creature (2)

• 2x Tombstalker

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Lost Legacy

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The inspiration for this deck was watching a video of Against the Odds from the MTGGoldfish channel, when 42:12 into the video the opponent accidentally plays a Death's Shadow on turn one, and it immediately dies. This got me thinking about abusing the early death of this large creature. The result is a potential turn 4 win, and 3 win conditions.

The Fodder:

• The Infamous Death's Shadow, which should never actually enter the battlefield in this deck

• The Meme creature, Force of Savagery, which also instantly dies

• Nova Chaser is a backup fodder, but is the least reliable because it is in red, and has the highest cmc of any fodder.

The Win Conditions

• The primary win condition is Varolz, the Scar-Striped, which can make a 4 mana 15/15 creature in combination with Death's Shadow, and makes many of the other creatures bigger.

• Secondly, and the reason why colorless producing lands are in the deck, is Dread Defiler. It is also at instant speed, and not only provides a large body for defense, but is also a slightly more expensive Corpse Lunge on a stick that can also hit players.

• When all else fails, you can stick the graveyard creatures on a large body in the form of Sutured Ghoul, which becomes fairly large with the help of Death's Shadow.

The rest of the deck is devoted to protecting the combos and finding the necessary pieces (also sometimes dumping them in the graveyard)

While this deck is made to be sort of budget, there are plenty of non-budget replacements to the cards in the deck. As always, tips and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	30 - 6 Rares 9 - 4 Uncommons 9 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.87
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B