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Abyssal Nocturnus
Creature — Horror
Whenever an opponent discards a card, Abyssal Nocturnus gets +2/+2 and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
ilovemydoghisnameistuna on
Black discard
4 years ago
I often find with discard decks that it is really hard to close out a game, even with Hypnotic Specters and the like. I would recommend taking the Abyssal Nocturnus out of the sideboard and into the main and adding a 3-4 Liliana's Caress.
LivingThing on
mono black discard 1
4 years ago
Very interesting build. For a solid discard creature, consider a couple of Fell Specter, as they are a solid beater in the air and can quickly burn your opponents out. I might cut the Marsh Flats and shrine bc this is a Mono colored deck, and I can't see the cards being splashed worth it but that's just me. A good card to splash for is Angrath, the Flame-Chained. He's straight value in a discard deck and i can see you running 4 Bloodstained Mire . The haunt of Hightower is a really nice one as well. For some reason, Tappedout didnt let me link the card image so sorry about that
cutables: All white cards from sideboard (sorry) 2 Abyssal Nocturnus 1 Master of the Feast 2 Recurring Nightmare
lagotripha on
Shadow Magic
5 years ago
For budget rack, Delirium Skeins is great, as is card draw like Sign in Blood . Getting into topdeck mode then winning there offers you a lot. Also, Davriel is better than a lot of other options- run four, he's a clock and discard two. Its really good.
Remember your sideboard- planning those cards lets you figure out where you are packing all your graveyard hate/combo hate/tron hate etc, leading to a much more complete plan. A transformative sideboard that becomes Blood Scrivener / Asylum Visitor / Liliana's Reaver / Abyssal Nocturnus creature aggro also informs the state of the mainboard, for example.
On the note of lands, I've had success with Sea Gate Wreckage . The colourless requirement does require working around, but it can be good.
Finally, for the sake of fun, Waste Not . Its great.
McToters on
5 years ago
Well I’d say Abyssal Nocturnus and Etherium Abomination are the weakest links out of your horrors I think.
Also, Arcane Adaptation is super nifty if you end up taking some horrors out for non-horrors. I wouldn’t take out to many but it gives you more flexibility with creature choices.
SynergyBuild on
♤That empty feeling♧
5 years ago
Well, when going for the CMDR kill, Mesmeric Orb is the card of dreams, where other cards aren't bad, like Vicious Rumors, they don't do enough to warrant me wanting their inclusion without the commander.
What should be kept is a lot of tutors, to fetch different cards, as well as a lot of ramp. Then a reasonably large hand disruption package, and finishing the deck off with some combos, and cards that do a ton to swing the board in your favor.
Unsure of your budget, and the power level you want, here are the cards I would add to increase the competitiveness of the deck:
Lands: Ancient Tomb, Gemstone Caverns, Bloodstained Mire, Polluted Delta, Verdant Catacombs, Marsh Flats
(On a budget? Do nothing with the lands!)
Tutors: Demonic Tutor, Imperial Seal, Vampiric Tutor, Grim Tutor, Cruel Tutor, Demonic Consultation.
(On a budget? Mastermind's Acquisition, Diabolic Tutor, Dark Petition, Behold the Beyond, Demonic Collusion, Demonic Consultation, Diabolic Revelation, Increasing Ambition, and Insidious Dreams)
Ramp: Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Mind Stone, Thought Vessel, Charcoal Diamond, Lotus Petal, Everflowing Chalice, Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Coldsteel Heart
(On a budget? Mind Stone, Coldsteel Heart, Charcoal Diamond, Everflowing Chalice, Coalition Relic, Fractured Powerstone, Prismatic Lens, Fractured Powerstone, Thought Vessel)
Draw: Sign in Blood, Night's Whisper, Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, and Asylum Visitor (can top cards you don't want to discard), Library of Leng (tops cards you don't want to discard again... but in a different way), Necropotence
(On a budget? Sign in Blood, Night's Whisper, Read the Bones, Library of Leng, Asylum Visitor, Necropotence, Ancient Craving)
Stax: Sphere of Resistance, Thorn of Amethyst, Lodestone Golem, Damping Matrix, Chains of Mephistopheles, Trinisphere, Tangle Wire, Smokestack, Pox, Liliana of the Veil
(On a budget? use control elements like Doom Blade, and removal in black instead of stax, some of the more budget stax is okay, but generally the more layered stax the better, so the less the worse each is. Removal is a good replacement.)
Drops:
Vicious Rumors, Abyssal Nocturnus, Fell Specter, Guul Draz Specter, Herald of Anguish, Hypnotic Specter, Liliana's Reaver, Myojin of Night's Reach, Needle Specter, Scythe Specter, Sewer Nemesis, Stronghold Rats, Wei Night Raiders, Whispering Specter, Ghoulcaller's Bell, Darksteel Plate, Ordeal of Erebos, Raiders' Wake, Bontu's Last Reckoning, Anvil of Bogardan, Putrefaction, Painful Quandary, Megrim, Fraying Omnipotence, Rise of the Dark Realms, Torment of Hailfire, Liliana Vess.
Not sorry about the long comment ;)
LuketheCool on
Rack-dos Burn
5 years ago
Evil and Bad. Oh boy. I'd consider Bloodghast over Abyssal Nocturnus, one turn earlier and has recursion seems worth it. I could be very wrong, as a 4/4 is no joke, but in such a creature light deck that despite the burn has more of a mid-game win-con than aggro I would be concerned about blocking.
Maybe for the sideboard ;)
Ouroboros_47 on
Multiplayer Mono Black Discard
5 years ago
Nyxathid, Abyssal Nocturnus, and Shrieking Affliction would be nice in discard heavy decks. If you want the deck to be more creature heavy Fell Specter and Raiders' Wake are nice as well. Hypnotic Specter is also a good choice.
