Daily Digest: Back In Black

Did you know that Mono-Black Midrange has silently been putting up solid results in Modern? Powerful cards like Bloodghast, Geralf’s Messenger, Phyrexian
Obliterator, and even Demigod of Revenge have been beating up on opponents who are also trying to play fair for almost a year now.

We don’t have a consensus best list, but that’s alright. The combination of disruption, removal, and big threats has been a huge part of Modern’s metagame
for a while now, but from the Jund side of things, I don’t like my chances against these decks. Their threats are difficult to deal with unless you’re
running Path to Exile, but even that’s not a great answer since the black decks will welcome the extra mana source.

Surprisingly, neither of these decks features very much Burn hate. Is the matchup that bad that you don’t even want to bother trying to beat them with
three Sun Droplets or Dragon’s Claws? Or perhaps cards like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and a mostly painless manabase already give you a fighting chance?
I’m guessing not, but it’s still interesting to note that neither of these players opted for Burn hate.

With Modern becoming more of a grindfest between Jund and Grixis decks with a healthy dose of fair creature decks added to the mix, Mono-Black Midrange
might actually be a reasonable choice. These decks are kind of like Jund decks that are better against fair decks and less good against combo, and that’s
probably the recipe for success.

Mono-Black Midrange

Masonboy13

2nd Place at Magic Online Daily Event on 06-12-2015

Modern

Creatures (19)

• 4 Demigod of Revenge
• 4 Bloodghast
• 2 Phyrexian Crusader
• 4 Phyrexian Obliterator
• 4 Geralf's Messenger
• 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Lands (21)

• 21 Swamp

Spells (20)

• 4 Thoughtseize
• 1 Bitterblossom
• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2 Go for the Throat
• 4 Lashwrithe
• 4 Dismember
• 2 Whip of Erebos

Sideboard

• 3 Deathmark
• 2 Fulminator Mage
• 2 Phyrexian Crusader
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 3 Bile Blight
• 2 Self-Inflicted Wound

B/r Midrange

Alexios_Komnenos

2nd Place at Magic Online Daily Event on 12-30-2014

Modern

Creatures (21)

• 1 Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 4 Phyrexian Obliterator
• 4 Geralf's Messenger
• 4 Pack Rat
• 4 Nightveil Specter
• 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Lands (23)

• 6 Swamp
• 4 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 4 Mutavault
• 4 Dragonskull Summit

Spells (16)

• 2 Terminate
• 2 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Thoughtseize
• 2 Sign in Blood
• 3 Disfigure
• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1 Sword of War and Peace
• 2 Geth's Verdict

Sideboard

• 2 Boil
• 2 Damnation
• 2 Relic of Progenitus
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Dreadbore
• 2 Slaughter Games
• 2 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Hero's Downfall
• 2 Drown in Sorrow

Mono-Black Devotion

PetyrBaelish

2nd Place at Magic Online Daily Event on 11-11-2014

Modern

Creatures (21)

• 4 Bloodghast
• 3 Phyrexian Obliterator
• 4 Gravecrawler
• 4 Geralf's Messenger
• 3 Lifebane Zombie
• 3 Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Planeswalkers (1)

• 1 Liliana of the Veil

Lands (25)

• 14 Swamp
• 3 Polluted Delta
• 3 Bloodstained Mire
• 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 3 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Spells (13)

• 4 Duress
• 2 Bad Moon
• 2 Dismember
• 2 Underworld Connections
• 3 Murderous Cut

Sideboard

• 1 Corrupt
• 3 Leyline of the Void
• 4 Thoughtseize
• 2 Polluted Bonds
• 2 Doom Blade
• 1 Lifebane Zombie
• 2 Pharika's Cure

B/R Aggro

Racador

2nd Place at Magic Online Daily Event on 11-01-2014

Modern

Creatures (20)

• 4 Bloodghast
• 3 Gravecrawler
• 4 Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 3 Geralf's Messenger
• 1 Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1 Lifebane Zombie
• 4 Bloodsoaked Champion

Lands (23)

• 3 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 4 Mutavault
• 2 Marsh Flats
• 4 Blackcleave Cliffs

Spells (17)

• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 2 Terminate
• 2 Darkblast
• 3 Thoughtseize
• 3 Blightning
• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek

Sideboard

• 1 Duress
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Darkblast
• 4 Pack Rat
• 3 Slaughter Games
• 2 Rakdos Charm
• 3 Lifebane Zombie