4 Filth
4 Dredge
4 Pain/Suffering
4 Blight
2 Fear
4 Pox
3 Swat
3 Flay
2 Greed
2 Lich
1 Fugue
1 Hex
26 Swamp
SIDEBOARD:
4 Gloom
4 Slay
4 Scrounge
3 Fugue |
 KILL
- A Black Deck.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
 Black decks are not my cup of tea. For one
thing, it's hard to drink out of a cup made of cards. In fact, I'm not
sure how a Black deck and my cup of tea got mixed up in the first place.
A Black deck has skulls, blood, and dead things in it, while my cup of
tea has, you guessed it, tea in it. At least, that's what I hope is in
it. Do you see what I mean, though? They're not the same at all. I just
thought I'd clear that up.
If you plan to base a deck on a Black card, it might as
well be Pox. A rare from Ice Age, Pox lops off a third of your life, your
lands, and your Filths. It hits each guy in the game, not just you. That
would stink! And make no sense! I should note that you round up, not down,
so if you have one, two, or three guys, you lose one of them, and if you
have four guys, you lose two of them.
This deck is not like the Pox decks of old. The curve is
a bit on the high side. You don't have the cheap threats a Pox deck needs.
You've just got Filth in the four slot. Yikes! Worse still, half the cards
will take a huge chunk out of your life (Pox, Greed) or cause you to lose
lands (Dredge, Pox). That's why the land count is so high. If your life
gets too low, Lich will be there to save the day. Just don't Dredge it!
You'll lose the game that way. Those are all the tips I have. Now they're
yours! Don't clap 'til the show's done.
The deck brings with it some risk (but it's a Black
deck, so that's no shock).
Trimmed from the deck like a rogue nose hair: Breach and
Rouse. |
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