Mono Black Devotion

Modern Chasmolinker

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Modern : Original build without discard - ROUGH —Jan. 18, 2017

Really rough start first time play testing this deck at my LGS. Got land screwed a couple times but really just too much creature removal. It was taking too long for the deck to come online especially against some pretty quick decks. I have since added a decent discard package to try and pad the early game.

Round 1: JUND - 0-2
Round 2: Red Deck Wins - 0-2
Round 3: Norin Sisters - 0-2
Round 4: Mardu Tokens - 1-2

retropman says... #1

I think for Modern you're way too creature heavy and too light on control. I would take a look at some Inquisition of Kozileks or Thoughtseizes as a t1 play. I've been working with this deck: Mono Black Devotion and it's been playing great.

Ideally with mono black you're looking at something like this:t1 - land + hand disruption t2 - land + relentless or spot removal t3 - land + gatekeeper, arena, lili or geralfst4 - land + oblit or board wipe if they're going super wide earlythen from then on you can keep on controlling with lili/removal/gatekeepers etc. and keep the pressure on with geralfs/relentless/oblit etc until you eventually drop a gary.

I'm a fan of the build in general, just seems like it may take a bit of tweaking to get it competitive.

January 17, 2017 12:17 p.m.

Chasmolinker says... #2

retropman Thanks for the comment. I definitely need a solid T1 spell. I prefer Blackmail over Thoughtseize in a lot of matchups as I don't need to shock myself for it and as an added bonus I can hit their lands. This is my 8-RACK ATTACK deck that worked pretty well without Thoughtseize main board. I'll try one or both maybe with Surgical Extraction for a bigger hit.

January 17, 2017 1:08 p.m.