The Raven Man

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

At the beginning of each end step, if a player discarded a card this turn, create a 1/1 black Bird creature token with flying and "This creature can't block."

{3}{B}, {T}: Each opponent discards a card. Activate this ability only as a sorcery.

Tokens

• Bird 1/1 B

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (8)

NV_1980 on Birds Of The Air, They Do Not Sow Or Reap

4 weeks ago

Nice deck m8. Golgari bird-themed deck made me think of The Raven Man. I know, your deck doesn't have a discard theme, but still ... the tokens are on theme and people discard for other than forced reasons :)

Bookrook on Funny prank - Your hand is gone

1 month ago

Arcane signet is better than charcoal diamond. Hymn to tourach and wrench mind are better discard spells than the ones your using. The Raven Man is a auto include in any discard deck.

DarkKiridon on Any discard payoffs on mono …

4 months ago

There's also Dark Deal and the Waste Not on a stick for yourself creature: Bone Miser.

The Raven Man

Megrim is the other Liliana's Caress for one more mana if you need it.

Painful Quandary

Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip if you're feeling mean? :)

Rise of the Dark Realms

Eloniel on Tinybones Leaves You with Nothing

2 years ago

Hi, i'm also debating on building a Tiny Bone deck, there is so much good cards that were release for discard theme this year.

These might be worth the addition: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse The Raven Man Sangromancer

to_regatha_and_beyond on Rakdos Dreams

2 years ago

Very cool deck design. There are a lot of nice interactions here!

I think you might want to lean a little bit into the main theme here. Cards like Flamewake Phoenix, Rakdos Charm, and Kulrath Knight are good but don't synergize with your strategy super well.

I think you're going to want to get rid of your mountains and put in dual lands instead; you're probably going to be running mostly black cards by the final iteration of the deck, and since Underworld Dreams requires so much specifically-black mana to cast, it's going to be difficult if too much of your mana is red. It's still helpful to splash but I wouldn't use up land spaces.

My main suggestions for your deck are:

• Dark Deal can make your opponent draw a bunch of cards at once, dealing a ton of damage.
• The Raven Man can benefit from your opponents discarding cards, which they probably will due to the existence of maximum hand sizes.
• Fate Unraveler has the same effect as Underworld Dreams while also being able to attack and block, which is great to have.
• Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted has the effect as well and has some good removal. It's a bit weak in that your opponent can just attack it, but it's still helpful to have and can buy you some time if you're in a sticky situation.

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is super helpful in this deck and works super well with your strategy. It's also way over your budget, which is the main problem with it. It doesn't seem worth it to me.

Good first draft, I'm excited to see where you take this!

Syr_Francis on Orzhov's Purulent Plague!

2 years ago

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this Basics of this Deck! Any thoughts on updating this to a Post-MH2 Modern Deck?

Mishra's Factory to replace the Mutavaults?

Vindicate because it's freakin' Vindicate (can't argue with that reasoning!)

Bloodchief's Thirst is an option!

Fracture for the Sideboard!

A Tourach, Dread Cantor or 2 might be neat!

Also, not sure if it's playable or would find a spot in here, but the new The Raven Man has me intrigued... & if he's making more Token creatures, Bone Shards & Village Rites might be solid too!

There's also the Urza's Saga "Saga Pox" route... but I think I like what you're already doing more than Saga's.

I love Rack/Pox stuff & have been debating what style of the deck to build for Modern & this just feels super neat, fun, & semi-unique! Cheers!

wallisface on

2 years ago

Prosper, Tome-Bound isn’t modern legal.

It feels like a bunch of your cards are lacking synergy. For example, you’re running The Raven Man but have almost no way to make discard happen.

The deck itself reads more like a Standard deck than a Modern one - maybe it would have a better chance in that format? (note both the above 2 comments also apply to Standard)

Delphen7 on Dominaria United Spoilers

2 years ago

Between Liliana of the Veil, Cut Down, Braids, Arisen Nightmare and The Raven Man there's enough pieces to play semi pox in standard. Throw in Duress, Dread Fugue, and Pilfer, plus a boardwipe or two and it's go time >:)