Went 1-2 against Affinity. Which I was hoping for much in this match up, actually surprised I won a match.

Went 0-2 against Grixis Control. Both matches went to top decking with both of us at 4 life on a 1 turn clock. He just had some great draws that tipped the round in his favor.

Went 2-0 against Birthing Pod. Fairly quick matches. First match I made him discard Birthing Pod turn 1 and on turn 2+3 I Wrench Mind him. From that point on I had his hand locked down. Second match I kept a hand with 5 lands , a Raven's Crime , and another discard spell. I pretty much had his hand under control on turn 3 again. Both matches I put down Liliana of the Veil as well, on turn 4 match 1 and turn 3 match 2.

Last match was a bye, the guy actually didn't drop but just left. The deck ran pretty much the way I wanted it to tonight and Dash Hopes actually works well in the build. I did time one poorly during the Grixis match up which likely cost me 1 match and the round. Thanks to everyone and their advice, I feel the deck has turned out great and I'll continue to tweak it and post stats when I play with it.

Are you losing to early creatures? You have lots of discard, but only Smallpox and Liliana of the Veil for removal. It seems like you might have problems dealing those first few creatures that get through your discard. You will also have problems with decks that sideboard Leyline of Sanctity. Smallpox is your only card that doesn't get blanked by the Leyline. Surgical Extraction can't even find it fast enough because the opponent can just mull til it's in their opening hand and win. If burn decks are in your meta, you'll need to answer Leyline somehow.

You're running indiscriminate graveyard hate in sideboard and Crucible of Worlds mainboard. That means if you want to stop a dredge deck or whatever, you'll have to deal with Pox'ing and Liliana'ing your own lands and never seeing them again. You might want targeted graveyard hate in Tormod's Crypt, or Grafdigger's Cage, instead. Both these will keep the Crucible option available to you after sideboard.

I think you've got too many cards trying to end the game. 4 Racks and 4 Afflictions? You'd probably do better with half that or less, a little card draw, and some board wipes or kill spells. You've got enough discard to get a good grip on the game early... you need something to keep it locked down while Racks take them out. In my mind, that's kill spells and Dash Hopes.

What do you think of Quest for the Nihil Stone? It's much harder to get going than the cards you have. But if you're going for a deck that tries to burn people out quickly before they can crawl away, it might fit better.

Jerkoid 8Rack as it's known is a popular archtype. Think of it as a discard deck not a Pox deck.

I've actually not had much trouble with creatures so far with this deck but it is something that is a risk. Also, I forgot to update my sideboard once I got my play set of Leyline of Sanctity which is the response I have for burn. I feel my Golgari Deck is going to be more effective than this deck but I wanted to keep this build a mono-black deck.

Leyline of Sanctity is something that I really don't have an answer for in this build which is why I made an alternate deck. I don't know of any mono black cards that can deal with enchantments.

Mono-Black can't deal with enchantments, hence why you're green splash will be stronger...

Blacks answers are Ratchet Bomb Engineered Explosives Oblivion Stone