Ever since I started MTG, I've always had a thing for fast tempo/aggro type builds. That, and my favorite colors of the pie are Black and Green.
This brew was inspired by a bugdet mono-green stompy deck within the modern format that did pretty well at some major events. Of course I messed around and added Black, making it dual colors. It has gone through countless iterations over the past 3 years, striving for the more balanced form.
UPDATE 12/26/14:
With a lot of advice, I made the transition to a more mid-range "Rock-y" build with a name that finally suites it. Looking good!
Main:
Basically a lot of disruption going on. [[IoK]], [[Seize]] with [[Lili]] for the discard. I stumbled upon [[oona's prowler]] who is this decks unofficial vanilla beater with a discard effect that can disrupt opponent's hand or be abused to further my goals, and she flies... Of course we have other late game beaters: [[ScOoze]] for 'yard disruption, the always powerful [[Thrun]] as a wincon against any build especially w/ Blue, and our other beater in the form of [[lotleth troll]]. He eats [[gravecrawler]] and [[bloodghast]] to get huge. Both [["Crawler]] and [['Ghast]] are key in this deck because they recur in order to press the battlefield. [[phyrexian arena]]; card advantage during long matches. This deck wouldn't be complete w/o [[abrupt decay]],
considered the best removal in the modern format and one of the best ever printed by MtG. I can also use [[AD]] on my [[Arena]] if I can't afford to lose any more life. To top it all off, a singleton [[sword of light and shadow]] for protection against [[Path]], [[OB Ring]], [[ChainedttRocks]], [[doom blade]], [[go for the throat]] and even [[AD]]. Also nets me life and can fish my creatures back from the 'yard.
Mana Base:
Basic fetchlands, shocklands, a single filterland, and Urborg for swamps. A bunch of manlands in [[mutavault]] (synergy w/ 'Crawlers), [[treetop village]] (our beatstick trampler), and [[dryad arbor]] (whom can also be fetched any time, even at instant speed); all can be equipped with the Sword when need be. An obvious appearance of a playset of [[tectonic Edge]] to disrupt opponent's land base. This deck also plays the underrated [[bojuka bog]], who nerfs goyfs, starves snaps, eats zombies, and a lot of more potential game changing dilemmas for the opponent.
My Bench:
[[choke]] shuts down Blue, off the top of my head: Delver and Patriot; once online.
[[creeping corrosion]], Greens "Wrath" for all things artifacts.
[[darkblast]] gets rid of chumps, then can be dredged to do it on a 2nd chump OR a 2nd time on a pesky creature with 2 toughness.
[[maelstrom pulse]] is necessary in Rock builds. It covers whatever AD doesn't and chain kills.
[[extirpate]] takes away a combo player's wincon pieces necessary for them to shutdown a game against anyone.
[[golgari charm]] is one of many sweepers available to BG decks. For its cost, its our utility card against aggro, bogles, enemy sweepers, tokens, chumps, hits the occasional manland, etc..
[[shadow of doubt]] can stop fetches but is the BANE of Scapeshift builds and sometimes Tron.
[[smother]] is like the [[abrupt decays]] cousin. Back in the day this thing was an ace remover. Thinking outside the box of just simple creatures with cmc's in the upper right hand corner, this thing can hit tokens but better yet... manlands.
[[spellskite]] redirects Burn away from your creatures and of course YOU. Steals auras from Bogles and Infect.
[[torpor orb]] negates ETB effects: Snap, Deceiver, E.Witness, Restoration, etc.
Combos:
[[gravecrawler + lotleth troll]]
[[gravecrawler + mutavault]]
[[bloodghast + lotleth troll]]
[[oona's prowler + bloodghast]]
[[liliana of the veil + bloodghast]]
[[verdant catacombs + dryad arbor]]
[[dryad arbor + sword of light and shadow]]
[[mutavault + sword of light and shadow]]
[[treetop village + sword of light and shadow]]
Thanks to some fellow Golgari players: especially [[APPLE01DOJ]] and [[xiao.wen]] for tips on making this deck as it stands now.
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Much appreciated in advance! I RESPOND TO EVERYONE...(>_<)