[quote from="Ferdi_da »" url="/forums/the-game/other-formats/mtgo-pauper/established/189720-primer-mono-black-control?comment=406"]
But I posted here for another reason:
What is Thorn of the Black Rose doing in a pauper deck, and why is it so expensive? It's 3B for a 1/3 that has deathtouch. I don't see the appeal.
It draws you a card every turn against control. Most control decks run more card draw and less creatures then MBC, which in long games gives them the advantage. Getting a card every turn is back breaking against those decks. It is also why Boros Monarch is good right now; monarch is an amazing mechanic for midrange style decks.
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Basically it is some combination of Baleful Strix and Dark Confidant stapled together. Monarch is a very powerful mechanic in pauper, and a deathtouch blocker is good at keeping you from being immediately attacked.
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hey guys working on setting up my SB for MBC (just recently put it together) and I was wondering what the tough matchups are for us (there's no real explanation on the primer) just looking to understand the sideboard layout better.
It draws you a card every turn against control. Most control decks run more card draw and less creatures then MBC, which in long games gives them the advantage. Getting a card every turn is back breaking against those decks. It is also why Boros Monarch is good right now; monarch is an amazing mechanic for midrange style decks.
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thanks in advanceBBB
Mono-Black creature-less:
4 Duress
4 Innocent Blood
4 Defile
4 Wayfarer’s bauble
4 Armillary Sphere
4 Sign in Blood
4 Read the Bones
2 Pestilence
4 Tendrils of Corruption
4 Corrupt
22 Swamp
4 Choking Sands
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 nausea
1 shrivel
2 Evincar’s Justice
2 Sorin’s thirst
1 wrench mind
1 Raven’s Crime
Mono-Black creatures
4 Defile
Creatures 32
4 Fourth Bridge Prowler
4 Dusk Legion Zealot
4 Ravenous Rats
4 Chittering Rats
4 Phyrexian Ravager
4 Bloodhunter Bat
4 Okiba-gang Shinobi
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
2 Barren Moor
22 Swamp
4 duress
3 choking sands
2 dead weight
2 cuombajj witches
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Gurmag Angler
JundBGR
RW Blood MoonRW
Pauper
Delver U
Elves G
Control B
Commander
Edgar Markov BRW
Captain Sisay GW
Niv-Mizzet, Parun UR
Tymna and Ravos WB