(On a somewhat related note I live in an apartment with very thin walls and the internet meme "Surprise buttsecks!!" isn't just on the internet anymore. Man that girl sounded pissed off.)
Currently playing Standard
:symr::symu::symg::symw:Mid-range:symr::symu::symg::symw: Modern
:symu::symb::symw::symr:AdNauseam:symu::symb::symw::symr:
Deck I've piloted to very good success recently was kinda clunky at times.
I streamlined the deck and present the modern incarnation of:
Aristocrats, Final Act
against aggro, boros reckoner, blind obedience, and nearheart pilgrim replace 2 messengers, 4 falkenraths, 4 blood artists, and a gravecrawler.
your basic plan is to hopefully pair a silverblade with a nearhearth pilgrim, which does terrible, terrible things to various aspects of your typical aggro player's anatomy. sorin helps you stabilize, as does obzedat. knight of infamy helps hold down the fort against white based aggro a la loxodon smiter.
against control, you should easily easily easily take game 1.
afterwards, you sideboard into liliana and sin collector.
post board, the following cards are great against control.
gravecrawler
geralf's messenger
knight of infamy (immune to azorius charm)
falkenrath aristocrat
blood artist
liliana
sorin
sin collector
obzedat
the following are bad.
silverblade paladin
cartel aristocrat
Cartel Aristocrat is good against everything. Never cut it.
it's just that much more dead weight against boardwipes. it's good for an extra sac outlet, but against control you really want to be doing most of the heavy lifting with falkenrath.
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4 Blood Artist
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Cartel Aristocrat
4 Doomed Traveler
4 Falkenrath Aristocrat
3 Sin Collector
2 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
2 Plains
4 Blood Crypt
3 Clifftop Retreat
3 Dragonskull Summit
4 Godless Shrine
4 Isolated Chapel
3 Sacred Foundry
1 Vault of the Archangel
3 Blasphemous Act
4 Lingering Souls
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
2 Assemble the Legion
2 Devour Flesh
1 Electrickery
2 Obzedat, Ghost Council
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
2 Mark of Mutiny
2 Pillar of Flame
1 Slaughter Games
Currently playing
Standard
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Modern
:symu::symb::symw::symr:AdNauseam:symu::symb::symw::symr:
I streamlined the deck and present the modern incarnation of:
Aristocrats, Final Act
4 geralf's messenger
4 knight of infamy
4 cartel aristocrat
4 blood artist
4 falkenrath aristocrat
3 silverblade paladin
2 obzedat, ghost council
2 restoration angel
2 sorin, lord of innistrad
1 blasphemous act
4 isolated chapel
4 godless shrine
4 blood crypt
4 dragonskull summit
2 orzhov guildgates
3 cavern of souls
1 vault of the archangel
Very powerful. Fast, consistent, efficient. I've won stuck on 2 lands twice already. (cartel/gravecrawler/gravecrawler/blood artist).
The deck's weakest point is aggro. game 1 is rough. but postboard the matchup becomes if not favorable, very close.
sideboard:
against aggro, boros reckoner, blind obedience, and nearheart pilgrim replace 2 messengers, 4 falkenraths, 4 blood artists, and a gravecrawler.
your basic plan is to hopefully pair a silverblade with a nearhearth pilgrim, which does terrible, terrible things to various aspects of your typical aggro player's anatomy. sorin helps you stabilize, as does obzedat. knight of infamy helps hold down the fort against white based aggro a la loxodon smiter.
against control, you should easily easily easily take game 1.
afterwards, you sideboard into liliana and sin collector.
post board, the following cards are great against control.
gravecrawler
geralf's messenger
knight of infamy (immune to azorius charm)
falkenrath aristocrat
blood artist
liliana
sorin
sin collector
obzedat
the following are bad.
silverblade paladin
cartel aristocrat
seems good, right?
it's just that much more dead weight against boardwipes. it's good for an extra sac outlet, but against control you really want to be doing most of the heavy lifting with falkenrath.
1 Clifftop Retreat
1 Plains
4 Blood Crypt
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Godless Shrine
4 Isolated Chapel
4 Sacred Foundry
1 Skirsdag High Priest
4 Blood Artist
3 Boros Reckoner
4 Cartel Aristocrat
3 Doomed Traveler
4 Falkenrath Aristocrat
2 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Orzhov Charm
3 Tragic Slip
3 Blasphemous Act
4 Lingering Souls
2 Xathrid Necromancer
1 Shadowborn Demon
1 Chandra, Pyromancer
1 Swamp
1 Lifebane Zombie
1 Mindsparker
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Blasphemous Act
2 Pillar of Flame
2 Appetite for Brains
1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
1 Sin Collector
1 Slaughter Games
1 Dreadbore
1 Cavern of Souls
This is my current list for once M14 releases. I believe I'll take it to a PTQ.
Standard: Mono-Black Devotion
Modern: Mono-Green Devotion
Legacy: Death and Taxes
Commander: Jarad Life Loss :symb::symg: