Hey all! Just getting back into Magic and Modern at that, and I have $30 store credit with StarCityGames and I decided to see what I could build within that budget. I'm a mono black player and I'm really digging this build! Looks to be a lot of fun!
The plan is to get Phylactery Lich and Darksteel Relic in hand and spend the first few turns setting up the board with Ornithopter equipped with Bone Saw and ward off the opposition with Duress and Smother, then get out Syndicate Trafficker, sac artifacts and pump him for +1+1 counters and make him indistructable, Gatekeeper of Malakir and Desecration Demon to keep control of the board and help end out the game after bringing out Phylactery Lich and keep swinging as backup!
Anyway, I'm sure there are plenty of worthy upgrades and reasons not to play this, but its budget and it'll be a deck that I can play
Id love to run Inquisition of Kozileks and Fatal Push instead of Duress and Smother, but they work fine for now. Im considering Memnite instead of Duress, but I think I like the turn one Duress (IoK when I get them) to knock out a potential threat.
The plan is to get Phylactery Lich and Darksteel Relic in hand and spend the first few turns setting up the board with Ornithopter equipped with Bone Saw and ward off the opposition with Duress and Smother, then get out Syndicate Trafficker, sac artifacts and pump him for +1+1 counters and make him indistructable, Gatekeeper of Malakir and Desecration Demon to keep control of the board and help end out the game after bringing out Phylactery Lich and keep swinging as backup!
Anyway, I'm sure there are plenty of worthy upgrades and reasons not to play this, but its budget and it'll be a deck that I can play
4 Ornithopter
4 Darksteel Relic
4 Bone Saw
Instants
4 Smother
Sorceries
4 Duress
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Syndicate Trafficker
4 Phylactery Lich
4 Vampire Nighthawk
3 Desecration Demon
21 Swamp
3 Bile Blight
2 Hero's Downfall
2 Murderous Cut
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Ultimate Price
2 Whip of Erebos