As the topic says, I'm trying to put together a black, infect deck. I've been away from the game for about a year now, and this is what I've put together so far:
I realize I still have 2 slots open for whatever. I had two Skithiryx, The Blight Dragon for that slot, but I've been told its a little slow for aggro. Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe Sword of Feast and Famine, some other kind of equipment or just some basic aura or pump spells.
Hands, Virulent Wounds and Caresses are there as a sort of back door for poison counters.
Sort of a midrange mono-B infect.
Optimally I would have Skittles replacing the Contagion Engines, but no one seems to have them.
I was thinking maybe Ichorclaw Myr or Necropede to replace the Plague Stinger, especially in a Caw heavy meta.
Take out hand he looks good on paper but in practice isn't good. Add inkmoth nexus and lashwrithe you're mono black no reason why you shouldn't be running it in my opinion. I'd add vatmother she is hard hitting. Ichorclaw is good early game imo, I run u/b version of infect with great success. Put some IoK in there to for good hand disruption and maybe despise or duress (depending on meta). Clasp is good to run, not engine just not as good as you think unless you can ramp to it fast or maybe just as a one-of.
I like gambit, but I MB 2 and SB1. I LOVE Lash in infect more than is healthy, just not in this build.
The only loss I took in the last tourney I ran was because I forgot to use my Tumble Magnet on the artifacts I should have hit. I did not like the card to begin with, but I have been changed.
Another personal opinion: I have a soft spot for Virulent Wound that is much deeper than it should be.
As the topic says, I'm trying to put together a black, infect deck. I've been away from the game for about a year now, and this is what I've put together so far:
I realize I still have 2 slots open for whatever. I had two Skithiryx, The Blight Dragon for that slot, but I've been told its a little slow for aggro. Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe Sword of Feast and Famine, some other kind of equipment or just some basic aura or pump spells.
Hands, Virulent Wounds and Caresses are there as a sort of back door for poison counters.
Uses ALOT of creatures, mainly what you do with this deck is play lots of infect creatures, get out bigger ones early on with Plague Myr, and just remove stuff, and win.
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I really like Virulent Wound as a sideboard card. It's great for destroying your opponent's inkmoth nexus if you're up against another infect deck and it's great for killing off elves/birds if you're up against a green beats deck, other than that I really don't see a good reason to use it over Virulent Swipe in an infect deck thats running black.
22 x Swamp
Creatures (24)
4 x Phyrexian Crusader
4 x Plague Stinger
4 x Ichorclaw Myr
4 x Ichor Rats
4 x Hand of The Praetors
4 x Necropede
4 x Doomblade
4 x Caress of Phyrexia
4 x Virulent Wound
I realize I still have 2 slots open for whatever. I had two Skithiryx, The Blight Dragon for that slot, but I've been told its a little slow for aggro. Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe Sword of Feast and Famine, some other kind of equipment or just some basic aura or pump spells.
Hands, Virulent Wounds and Caresses are there as a sort of back door for poison counters.
No idea what to put for a sideboard.
Any help or suggestions appreciated.
Lashwrithe is also your best friend.
If you are running PURE aggro, Phyrexian Vatmother may be a better choice over Rats and Hands.
4x Inkmoth Nexus
20x Swamp
Spells(16):
3x Despise
3x Duress
2x Doomblade
2x Go for the Throat
2x Mind Sludge
4x Tezzeret's Gambit
4 x Phyrexian Vatmother
4 x Phyrexian Crusader
4x Plague Stinger
Artifacts(8):
2x Lashwrithe
2x Contagion Engine
4x Tumble Magnet
1x Despise
1x Duress
2x Doomblade
2x Go for the Throat
4x Dismember
4x Spellskite
1x ????
Sort of a midrange mono-B infect.
Optimally I would have Skittles replacing the Contagion Engines, but no one seems to have them.
I was thinking maybe Ichorclaw Myr or Necropede to replace the Plague Stinger, especially in a Caw heavy meta.
4 plaque stinger
4 plaque Myr
2 skithiryx, blight dragon
4 phyrexian vathmother
2 go for the throat
3 Dismember
4 tezerret gambit
4 lashwrithe
1 livewire lash
1 contagion clasp
1 mindsludge
20 swamp
still working on my sideboard. Any ideas will really be appreciated
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Personal opinion: I run 4 GFTT and 3 Dismember MB. I run into way too much black for Doom Blade MB.
It may not feel aggro, but I would:
-2 gambit, -1 livewire lash, -2 doom blade; +4 Tumble Magnet, +1 Contagion Clasp
I like gambit, but I MB 2 and SB1. I LOVE Lash in infect more than is healthy, just not in this build.
The only loss I took in the last tourney I ran was because I forgot to use my Tumble Magnet on the artifacts I should have hit. I did not like the card to begin with, but I have been changed.
Another personal opinion: I have a soft spot for Virulent Wound that is much deeper than it should be.
Try this....might give some ideas.
4x Necropede
4x Ichorclaw Myr
4x Phyrexian Crusader
4x Phyrexian Vatmother
3x Plague Myr
2x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
4x Go for the Throat
3x Tezzeret's Gambit
4x Inkmoth Nexus
20x Swamp
Uses ALOT of creatures, mainly what you do with this deck is play lots of infect creatures, get out bigger ones early on with Plague Myr, and just remove stuff, and win.
Modern: - W Martyr Proc - R// Favorite Creatures.dec - R/ Landfall Boros
Legacy: B Mono B Jank- R Burn - U/ Tezz Affinity - U Merfolk - R// Delver