Black Lantern (Tergrid menace/midrange)

Pioneer Aggro BR (Rakdos) Competitive FNM Menace

Blackgate

Creature (23)

• 3x Dreadmalkin
• 4x Grimdancer
• 4x Labyrinth Raptor
• 3x Pestilent Spirit
• 2x Porcuparrot
• 3x Stormfist Crusader
• 3x Tergrid, God of FrightGC  ^Flip
• 1x Valentin, Dean of the Vein  ^Flip

Land (23)

• 4x Blood Crypt
• 4x Dragonskull Summit
• 3x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 12x Snow-Covered Swamp

Enchantment (2)

• 2x The Eldest Reborn

Instant (8)

• 4x Frost Bite
• 4x Infernal Grasp

Sorcery (4)

• 3x Demogorgon's Clutches
• 1x Feed the Swarm

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 2x Dreamstealer
• 1x Graveyard Trespasser  ^Flip
• 1x Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

Instant (3)

• 3x Lightning Strike

Sorcery (7)

• 3x Dreadbore
• 2x Tentative Connection
• 2x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tibalt, Rakish Instigator

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Fathom Fleet Captain
• 1x Ferocious Tigorilla
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Hunted Nightmare
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Nullpriest of Oblivion
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Sonorous Howlbonder

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Despise
• 1x Inscription of Ruin
• 1x Skewer the Critics

Instant (1)

• 1x Heartless Act

Land (1)

• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium

Artifact (1)

• 1x Embercleave

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Menace (ability): An evasion ability. A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.

Deck :

A resilient control deck that plays aggressive and pressures your opponent with consistent combat advantage via evasive creatures with menace and finisher Tergrid, God of Fright  /Tergrid's Lantern.

Menace enabler Labyrinth Raptor furthers your combat advantage by forcing your opponent to sacrifice a blocking creature.

Creatures:

• Valentin, Dean of the Vein   (lifelink, menace, token generator)
• Dreadmalkin (menace, +1/+1 counter generator). Sacrifice ability has synergy with 1/1 Pest creature tokens.
• Labyrinth Raptor (menace, +1/+0 creature buff, deck linchpin)
• Stormfist Crusader (menace, card draw)
• Grimdancer (optional special ability counters: menace, deathtouch, lifelink)
• Pestilent Spirit (deathtouch, menace). Synergy with Frost Bite
• Porcuparrot (mutate, synergy with deathtouch creatures)
• Tergrid, God of Fright   (menace)

Finisher:

• Tergrid, God of Fright   (menace)

Control/removal:

• Frost Bite (2 damage to creature or plainswalker OR 3 damage if you control 3 snow lands)
• Infernal Grasp (removal)
• Feed the Swarm (enchantment removal)
• Demogorgon's Clutches (opponent discards 2 cards, mills 2 cards, loses 2 life)
• Tergrid's Lantern
• The Eldest Reborn (saga: removal/discard/recursion)

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy playing the deck! Feedback and suggestions are always welcome and appreciated -Blackgate

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Pioneer BR (Rakdos) 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 9 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.57
Tokens	Day, Devil 1/1 R, Dreamstealer 4/4 B, Night, Pest 1/1 BG, Ragavan
Folders	black