8 Rack Proactive Build

by tmw30 on 11 March 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Planeswalkers (4)


Artifacts (8)


Enchantments (4)


Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (4)


Instants (3)

Artifacts (4)


Enchantments (4)

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Deck Description

This deck is soooo cool. It's pretty much a competitive version of what I played when I was a 12 year old getting into magic. So, when I saw it do well at pro tour Valencia, I decided to build my own. Here it is, in all of its discard glory.

How to Play

Make them discard relevant threats and then pump up the aggro so they can't win. The win conditions are the Rack and Shrieking Affliction. Warning, chalice of the void for one pretty much prevents you from winning unless you can stall them the whole game and they draw one or two more cards than you. I have no solutions. There is no mono-black two drop 'destroy target artifact'. Man up.

Deck Tags

  • Modern
  • 8 Rack
  • Mono Black
  • Discard

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

004000

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for 8 Rack Proactive Build

I need help with the sideboard. What do you guys think?

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Posted 11 March 2014 at 19:23

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Hey there,
Ratchet Bomb. Here you have youre nuke for annoying thingys like Chalice of the void or Leyline of Sanctity. I'd suggest limiting your Dark Withering or Doomblade for that. Did you take a look at Sadistic Sacrament? I'm not quiet sure if its not slightly better then Bitter Ordeal as it removes 3 cards from the game without any condition.

Greetings
qqfish : -)

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Posted 19 June 2014 at 22:24

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Huh, I never thought of Ratchet as an answer for Leyline, I actually really like that idea. The current build is a bit more involved with its sideboard, I forgot to update it here, but I'm sure at my next tourney I'll make some observations as to how to implement them, I like it. Thanks!

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Posted 20 June 2014 at 00:23

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*like*
I would use 2-3 "Read the Bones" instead of 4 "Drown in Sorrow". You should have enough discard so that your opponents creatures will be no problem. But without carddraw, you will land pretty fast in topdeck-modus. Carddraw works a little against "Ensnaring Bridge" (which I would play only 3 times, as one should be enough on the battlefield) but if you don't have answers to threads your opponent might draw, then it will be a loss. A card you could take a look at would be "Extirpate" / "Surgical Extraction", if not maindeck then at least sideboard.
With that low mana-costs you could also try to lower the number of lands by 1-2 (Works against "Raven's Crime", I know)
"Pithing Needle", "Persecute", "Dark Withering" (Should work like a charm with Liliana), "Scepter of Fugue" and "Bitter Ordeal" could be sideboardoptions. Maybe "Evil Presence", if you're up against multi-colored decks which relly heavy on duallands.

Greetings
Muktol

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Posted 11 March 2014 at 20:00

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Good sideboard options! Implemented a few. As for the main board, I'll drop a land in favor of something else, but I like the 4x Ensnaring, it gets top decked abrupt decay to the face way to often. And I hate having cards in hand post 4th turn, but I like the idea of read the bones. I'll play test it, but drown in sorrow just kills dark confidant, so I'll stick with it.

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Posted 11 March 2014 at 20:09

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