In keeping with my attempt to make a bunch of Timmy-tastic decks for cheap - with cards I primarily already own, i threw together this mono-black deck helmed by Spirit of the Night. When i was a kid in the late '90s I was all about the Mirage trio Breathstealer, Urborg Panther and Feral Shadow. I thought Breathstealer was THE COOLEST character in the world, I'm not sure why. I had all three cards so I knew that they could be combined to summon a monstrous creature named Spirit of the Night, but being a poor Timmy with little or no access to the interwebs, I had no idea what Spirit of the Night actually was. A few years back when i got back into Magic I immediately picked up a Spirit of the Night, and now the time has come to give this demon its dues.
The deck plays out in an aggro style with some flourishes here and there. Plenty of creature sac-ing and recursion, some other demons, a few artifacts to make the game more interesting. Priest of Yawgmoth is in there for Solemn Simulacrum, Ugin's Nexus, and Spine of Ish Sah, but I've found it actually works great to get some added ramp from unneeded artifacts as well.
It's been really fun to play so far. Pestilence plays nice with Spirit of the Night's pro-black. Breathstealer, Urborg Panther and Feral Shadow are my magic easter egg if Spirit ever gets tucked, provided I draw into them, of course, otherwise they're sac fodder. Oddly enough, this deck still plays pretty strong despite not having any degenerative elements and focusing on weak cards.
It could probabaly use more non-creature removal, suggestions?
The deck plays out in an aggro style with some flourishes here and there. Plenty of creature sac-ing and recursion, some other demons, a few artifacts to make the game more interesting. Priest of Yawgmoth is in there for Solemn Simulacrum, Ugin's Nexus, and Spine of Ish Sah, but I've found it actually works great to get some added ramp from unneeded artifacts as well.
It's been really fun to play so far. Pestilence plays nice with Spirit of the Night's pro-black. Breathstealer, Urborg Panther and Feral Shadow are my magic easter egg if Spirit ever gets tucked, provided I draw into them, of course, otherwise they're sac fodder. Oddly enough, this deck still plays pretty strong despite not having any degenerative elements and focusing on weak cards.
It could probabaly use more non-creature removal, suggestions?
9 Spirit of the Night
Creatures
2 Blood Artist
2 Priest of Yawgmoth
3 Moriok Replica
3 Urborg Panther
3 Feral Shadow
3 Breathstealer
3 Sorceress Queen
3 Mogis's Marauder
3 Phylactery Lich
3 Vampire Nighthawk
3 Phyrexian Rager
3 Royal Assassin
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Filth
4 Sengir Autocrat
4 Crypt Ghast
5 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
5 Chainer, Dementia Master
5 Bloodgift Demon
5 Fallen Angel
7 Lord of the Pit
7 Sheoldred, Whispering One
7 Abhorrent Overlord
7 Rune-Scarred Demon
9 Demon of Death's Gate
9 Artisan of Kozilek
11 Darksteel Colossus
3 Mark of the Oni
3 Underworld Connections
3 Dauthi Embrace
3 Hecatomb
4 Pestilence
5 Dictate of Erebos
Artifacts
1 Darksteel Axe
1 Executioner's Capsule
2 Nim Deathmantle
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Coldsteel Heart
3 Darksteel Ingot
4 Trading Post
5 Ugin's Nexus
7 Spine of Ish Sah
7 Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Removal
1 Tragic Slip
2 Doom Blade
2x Black Sun's Zenith
3 Ashes to Ashes
Draw/Recursion
1 Unearth
2 Sign in Blood
2 Grim harvest
2 Night's Whisper
2 Demonic tutor
3 Read the Bones
3 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Dread Return
5 Living Death
9 Rise of the Dark Realms
2x Exsanguinate
3 Pox
4 Temporal Extortion
6 Corrupt
9 In Garruk's wake
Lands (36)
0 Swamp (30)
0 Barren Moor
0 Darksteel Citadel
0 Temple of the False God
0 Cabal Coffers
0 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
0 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
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Maybe I need to run more wipes like Nevinyrral's Disk or Oblivion Stone in lieu of artifact/enchantment removal?
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