Like many of my builds, this one showcases the power of a particular card. Here, that card is Crashing Footfalls.
The problem with Living End as a deck is it's hit by all the graveyard hate people are packing for decks like Dredge, the Hogaak Dredgevine deck, Phoenix decks, and a slew of others. The solution is to have a way to transform into something that does not use the graveyard and still has a ton of power. The card that allows that is Crashing Footfalls, giving you two 4/4 rhinos for only 3 mana, while also giving you something respectable to do on turn 1.
This build has a land destruction component to give you free wins against decks that would normally give you trouble, especially game 1. This includes other graveyard decks, control, and superfriends. Keeping them off a color and killing them quickly can win you games you otherwise couldn't.
After game 1, they will hopefully side in a bunch of graveyard hate to discover that you don't use the graveyard anymore, and will hilariously lose in short order to stampeding rhinos with a bunch of dead cards.
As a side note, the mana base is affordable, and isn't weak to fetchland hate, which is on the rise. The entire deck can be built on a budget and I recommend it for anyone who is just getting into Modern.
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