Now that Hogaak is gone, Modern currently seems full of decks that require taxing manabases. Blood Moon seems to be well positioned. I wanted to try out combining a Black devotion deck because I think the disruption, consistency, and lifegain from several of the cards is also well positioned. No idea if this shell is right or if the deck idea is even remotely viable but I wanted to theorycraft it and get some feedback.
some changes id recommend.
dark confidant is bad with lots of high cmc cards (devotion already struggle with burn and this make thing a lot worse) so id drop it for almost any other card advantage engine.
you need more disruption (specifically hand disruption), as yes modern is very vulnerable to blood moons but also the decks that are now have access to the blue and green force spell which make it very hard to keep a blood moon on the board.
rakdos prison is already a fairly well established archetype i would suggest having a look at some of there staples as they may well be relevant
like Collective Brutality, Dreadbore, Kolaghan's Command, Bitterblossom, angraths rampage ect
Thanks for the insight. I guess I could add some Inquisitions to go along with Thoughtseize. The most I can take off of Bob is 5 from Gray Merchant but realistically I will be getting more health back after casting the Merchant. Bob seems important as the deck doesn't have card advantage and Phyrexian Arena seems too slow.
In a deck with fetch and shocklands 5life for an extra card is huge. You also have very little other means of life gains (you also have to get to turn 5 to plays merchant and it has to resolve and you have to have a board presents). Also Bob in a deck with alot of high CMC 4-5 3-4 and 12-3drops it's a big risk. There is a reson Bob gets lower curve decks and it never/very rarely seem in mono black builds.
Personal I would look at red for your card draw advantage engine. 4 mana Chandra is the traditional engin for mono red prison and black colored horizon lands and also solid. Arena is slow but it has the advantage of not getting hit by boardwipes and with the current speed of modern and with increased disruption mb it's far less low than it was.
Something else to consider is if your running bloodghausts is either a way to loot and discard them for value, sac for value or something that used it's creture types as as is they aren't doing that much. You may have better value with other 2 drops with limited/1 time reanimation effects
I'd suggest dropping either Bob or moon and putting in a few copies of Battle at the Bridge. Then make room for the devotion land. Those 2 will buy you lots and lots of time. Plus the extra removal will do wonders.
You can use consume spirit in place of Battle if you like as it doubles as a win con. Firing it off from a stalled board state for like 14 is great.
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4 marsh flats
4 bloodstained mire
2 bojuka bog
2 blood crypt
4 geralf's messenger
4 gray merchant of asphodel
4 bloodghast
4 gifted aetherborn
2 phyrexian obliterator
4 dark confidant
4 thoughtseize
1 whip of erebos
4 blood moon
dark confidant is bad with lots of high cmc cards (devotion already struggle with burn and this make thing a lot worse) so id drop it for almost any other card advantage engine.
you need more disruption (specifically hand disruption), as yes modern is very vulnerable to blood moons but also the decks that are now have access to the blue and green force spell which make it very hard to keep a blood moon on the board.
rakdos prison is already a fairly well established archetype i would suggest having a look at some of there staples as they may well be relevant
like Collective Brutality, Dreadbore, Kolaghan's Command, Bitterblossom, angraths rampage ect
Competitive Decks
Devotion to the Lash B ----
Monkey Conservation WUGR ---- Dragon WorshipR
Personal I would look at red for your card draw advantage engine. 4 mana Chandra is the traditional engin for mono red prison and black colored horizon lands and also solid. Arena is slow but it has the advantage of not getting hit by boardwipes and with the current speed of modern and with increased disruption mb it's far less low than it was.
Something else to consider is if your running bloodghausts is either a way to loot and discard them for value, sac for value or something that used it's creture types as as is they aren't doing that much. You may have better value with other 2 drops with limited/1 time reanimation effects
Competitive Decks
Devotion to the Lash B ----
Monkey Conservation WUGR ---- Dragon WorshipR
You can use consume spirit in place of Battle if you like as it doubles as a win con. Firing it off from a stalled board state for like 14 is great.