Friday Budget: Black Beater

by NorthernWarlord on 14 September 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (4)


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Deck Description

Friday Budget -series (earlier known as 50 Budget) takes the budget-playing into the next stage. Using cards to build decks with under 50 buck mid-value, Friday Budget -series tries to help you build new decks and use new ideas.
If there is any deck you would like to see as Friday Budget, please, let me know.

How to Play

"Hey, you know what time it is?"
"What?"
"It's a beat-up time!"

This black deck shows why dark magic is a formidable foe to every single one who dares to challenge it.
Cast a whole lot of kill spells. Cast annoying creatures. Drain huge amounts of life with Gray Merchant. Leave your opponents no corner.

Deck Tags

  • Aggro
  • Annoying
  • Friday Budget

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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This deck has been viewed 5,183 times.

Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

006800

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Friday Budget: Black Beater

I love this deck because its low mana cost meaning you can get things earlier :)

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Posted 14 September 2014 at 14:33

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Exactly!
Take a look at that mana curve and breathe deep.

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Posted 14 September 2014 at 17:48

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ya bro :)))))

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Posted 27 September 2014 at 16:14

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I look at all these cards that cost $10-$30 each, and then you post an entire deck that cost less than the price of one of those "best" cards. Just goes to show that every card can be amazing in the right deck, and you have a way of making it all come together.

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Posted 15 September 2014 at 20:33

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Agreed. I love that aspect of magic that every single card has some use in some deck and you just have to build it. Lucky for us, Northy has a talent for such deck building. Epic deck Northy!!

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 00:37

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Thank you both so much. Would be shame not to give your comments some love.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 05:29

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I especially like that the casting cost of the permanents really jacks the devotion up for the merchant!
Its a good deck, Northy!
Like+1

Would Sangromancer fit?
To benefit from Hippy discard

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 01:15

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If you had a few extra bucks dictate of erbos maybe helpful in this , Working on this deck http://www.mtgvault.com/dragon77/decks/elves-of-plenty/

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 01:22

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Dictate of Erebos and Sangromancer going in to the sideboard.
Thank you both.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 05:30

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You forgot Etched Monstrosity, works well with hexmage :)

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 01:53

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Sideboard could have place for it.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 05:31

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maybe desecration demon?

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 04:27

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That's one of the best black beaters around. Definitely going into at least sideboard.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 05:31

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You get more devotion from Grave Pact than Dictate of Erebos. Just sayin.
Its not budget conscious though.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 05:45

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Great deck! =) Like the Vampire Hexmage + Etched Monstrosity combo out of the sideboard to bring the beats even faster against slow decks!
And Ogre Marauder is a nice creature I didn't know about! Thank you Northern!

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 13:19

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Btw, see if you like my Tenhi deck! I'm working on it in real life! eheh

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 13:21

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Of course I'll check out your deck.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 15:37

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I love vampire hexmage so much. Planeswalker killer, extraordinaire. Can be great with the undying/persist creatures too, for getting in an extra round of death and destruction!

To that tune, you're pretty vulnerable to board wipe. What do you think of adding a couple phyrexian reclamations to get those dead boys back into the action?

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 14:42

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That kind of stuff goes straight into the sideboard.
Thank you for both liking this deck and suggesting a card.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 15:38

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nantuko shade is a very underpplayed card

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 14:52

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Nuff' said.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 15:38

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GARAAAAAAAYYYYY. Automatically like because of gray merchant.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 15:17

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Gray Merchant is overpowered for a common card. When he decides to hang out with his buddies Nantuko Shade, Geralf's Messenger, Vampire Hexmage and Gatekeeper of Malakir, things get rough.

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 15:37

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I have a very similar deck (not as budget friendly), but some of the thigns I would recommend would be Crypt Ghast and Divinity of Pride. Also, the utility of a Vampire Nighthawk is also very powerful.

http://www.mtgvault.com/berndttoast/decks/im-gonna-syphon-your-life/

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 15:49

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Nice deck, I would look to add Conjurer's Closet, using it to bounce the Gray Merchant at the end of every turn would really put a hurting on your opponent!!!!!!

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 20:32

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Nice use of Gray Merchant, sir!! That's how you build up devotion!

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 21:45

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Other good ways to get devotion:
Underworld Dreams
Whip of Erebos
And my fav, Massacre Wurm

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Posted 16 September 2014 at 21:54

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Massacre Wurm is one of the best black cards in the game, in my opinion.

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 04:40

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Very very nice. =) Another +1 from me. Because you have gray merchant, I WAS going to suggest phyrexian obliterator but a single one would double the cost of your deck, so I guess he's out. What about Master of the Feast or phylactery lich (with some vault of whispers since you'll need them for the lich counter). Anyway, another very nice deck man.

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 03:58

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northy I just put together a budget rakdos deck that looks pretty good if you want to take a look

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 04:03

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Black Beaters...umm...anyone watch football?
Insert Ray Rice or Adrian Peterson joke here!

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 04:25

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lmao that is so bad

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 04:31

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You got it! I don't have cable anymore, too poor right now, so I don't watch Football...but those guys are all over the news media, right now!

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 04:45

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im from MN so i hear about the ap story all the time and i saw the rice video and there is no reason a big guy like him should be swinging at a women the way he did

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 04:49

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Agree to that.

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 05:31

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You are so right!
I'm in Baltimore and even we are disgusted by the rice video. Even the morons who cheered him in training camp.
I think its pathetic how the nfl is trying to save face by being sooo shocked when they knew all the information months ago and gave him the 2 game wrist slap.

Now they are trying to misdirect us to look at the video instead of how they handled it. The problem wasn't that they saw the video, its that WE saw the video and now they must scramble to avoid money loss. Bah.

Go Orioles! Clinched playoff spot tonight with win.

And now back to our regularly scheduled program..... Nice deck Northy :)

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Posted 17 September 2014 at 06:01

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now Brandon marshal is in trouble so theres another beater lol

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 02:39

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true... nfl front office sure looks slimy right now.

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 05:39

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wont be any players left in the nfl if this rate keeps up

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 05:41

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budget is bit of a stretch

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 11:43

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My budget with Friday Budgets is always 50 bucks. It doesn't matter do I use it all or not. It just gives me an opportunity to try something new.

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 19:07

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Yep, true story superkeeper. His regular budget decks are under 20 dollars.
His Friday Budget decks are under 50 dollars.

Northy is the champion here, with Budget!

You mind checking this one out, Northy?
http://www.mtgvault.com/jessie/decks/self-mill-yeah-it-works/

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 19:10

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Of course I'll check it out.

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 19:11

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budget is per deck builders discretion... i do $100 modern "budget" starter decks, because i think it takes at least $100 to be competitive at FNM within modern

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 22:07

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That's true Zaklax13. Unless you play a burn deck. I have a mono red burn deck that was probably about $50-60 total... its pretty beast. I can upgrade 1 of the cards to another one but each one is $20 and i'd need 4. I've been getting by without it though....
I haven't taken any of Northy's decks to an event yet but I do plan on it in the near future.

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 22:21

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With burn winning a gp even that is getting expensive.... Goblin guides, vexing devils, eidolons are up there!

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 04:46

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I'm only planning for the Goblin Guides, which were actually the $20+ cards I was referring to lol. I need 4 of them and then the deck is "complete". I have 4 Eidolons already but am not using them yet. I want to play test this deck a little more before I add/remove stuff

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 18:31

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Hey Northy, here's a deck I've wanted to post about for quite a while! This is a Dredge-style Simic-ish deck that is loads of fun and I would love your input! Thanks!

http://www.mtgvault.com/tangey/decks/death-clock/

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 23:23

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Me too, me too!

One more budget deck for you to look over Northy.
This one is 20 dollars.

I am self milling myself.
I am putting Splinter on myself and removing all 30-40 lands into my graveyard to power up Terravore!
He is like 38/36 trample on Turn 4. :)

http://www.mtgvault.com/jessie/decks/turn-4-3836-trample-creature/

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 02:46

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Jessie, can't find your deck with that link. Are you sure it is public or unlisted?

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 06:13

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I deleted it.
The deck didn't work.
Splinter doesn't remove lands...it exiles them.
So...yeah, sorry!

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 12:13

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Never mind. We all make mistakes.

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 12:14

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Hey Northern, I have a kind of similar black devotion deck that is standard for khans. If you could take a look and help me out a bit on the sideboard that would be awesome

http://www.mtgvault.com/ceefu/decks/khans-mono-black/

Thanks man

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Posted 24 September 2014 at 22:31

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Sure.

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Posted 25 September 2014 at 10:11

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