Magic the Gathering

Mainboard:
20x mountain
4x goblin arsonist
4x slumbering dragon
4x faithless looting
3x pillar of flame
3x searing spear
4x krenko's command
4x ash zealot
3x fervor
3x brimstone volley
3x burn at the stake
3x krenko, mob boss
1x chandra, the fire brand
26x goblin tokens
Sideboard (it was bad (except against tokens)):
3x dynacharge
3x flames of the firebrand
4x arms dealer
1x burn at the stake
4x electrickery

The opponent was playing against orzhov infinite combo with the guild mage and a 5 mana enchantment that basically did an infinite extort. He got land screwed both games despite adicuite mana fixing from his deck so i won 2-0

I was playing against a pretty young kid playing green white tokens with cards that gained him life with a bunch of spirit token creation and the enchantments that go with them for white.

Game 1: I won due to slumbering dragon since he couldnt attack with his spirits without an answer big enough for slumbering not to kill him so he had to sit back. I won game one by stalling it out then summoning krenko and without an answer i swarmed him with goblins

Game 2: was rather similar but he found an answer for krenko so i had to sit back and burn and trade until i had fervor on the field which i insta summoned krenko when he had no mana tapped for about 5 more goblins putting me at like 11 creatures while he had 30 health which i then next turn burned at the stake for 30 damage and won

I played against golgari the guy wasnt too confident coming in since he saw my other 2-0s and he said his deck wasnt good vs hard aggro.

Game 1: he blew out of the gate where i kept a rather questionable hand but i managed to throw down some creatures and burn his big guys stablizing around 7 health and managiging to play defense until i built up a board state and burned at the stake for lethal.

Game 2: i had a perfect curve (goblin arsonist, Ash zealot, Fervor, Krenko) then throwing down a krenkos command then tapping krenko for a shit ton then just swarming and using brimstone volley to finish

Probably the most dificult deck to play against for me.

Game one: i got rather screwed for burn or some goblins and he punished me for it killing me turn 6 with a hell rider push the turn before into brimstone volley morbid for lethal after another attack.

Game two: I got a better curve and did some great plays with burn (also did some dumb things with forgeting that ash zealot couldnt block stromkirk noble and flashing back faithless forgettign there was 2 ashzealots on the field) but i managed to beat him down to 8 where i then swinged with everything (possible 5 damage in creatures) but i had a brimstone volley in hand where his only options were: chump block mitigating damage to 3 damage and me morbid brimstoning for lethal, Ignore and take all 5 damage then brimstone volleying for lethal, or sacrificing his entire board state at that moment with no cards in hand. He chose option one and i won.

Game 3: he kept a hand with 1 stromkirk and 2 volcanic strengths and 2 mountains after mulliganing to 5. I didnt know his hand but he had first play so he played stromkirk and my first turn instead of summoning anything i just pillared his stromkirk to punish his lack of a hand and this play literally won the game since i could not have killed the 5/5+ stromkirk noble.

impoortant note: there was a delay before this round started so me and this guy talked alot and since i had already asked the guy before about his deck i figured id be polite and tell him everything that was in my deck so by the end of us discussing there was no hidden tricks in our decks we knew exactly how both were gonna opperate

His deck played similar to the red deck wins in that it was mass aggro. He started off with stromkirks or rakdos cacklers and this would lead into a gore house chain walker, ashe zealot, black kill spell, burn spell, etc.. he had the red aristocrat and some other scary black red cards so i was especially careful.

Game 1: started off with a beat down on both sides since he couldnt block and i couldnt trade so i just started damaging and leaving back a couple goblins to chump block. I beat him down to abotu 6 or so and he beat me down to 4. I had like 6 creatures on board (4 or so goblins, 1 zealot, 1 dragon (with 3 counters) and nothing in hand (same with him). I figured id start digging for my stake but i forgot about ash zealots ability so i took my self down to 1 health on accident. This play mistake cost me the game since 2 turns later he drew a searing spear and won.

game 2: i managed to get a fervor out and krenko after he wasted his burn spells on slumbering dragon when he could and got a bunch of krenko taps and managed to just swarm him beating him down to 5 on my last attack and brimstoning for the win.

game 3: He drew first and played a land and said go. i played a land then passed turn back. He played a stromkirk then passed. This is the most key point because i forgot stromkirk is unblockable to zealot because its human and kept it back to block. He attacked and pointed out my mistake with a sort of enthusiasm which i was rather dissapointed at. We went back and forth hitting eachother i got to about 12 and he was at around the same. I decided he was within burn at the stake range so i faithlessd without cairing about the double zealots i had on the field and knocked myself down pretty low searching my deck pretty hard for one faithless. I ended up burning through most of my deck with no luck. We both just started digging with me at 6 and him at 12 (i wasnt flashing back anymore sicne it would kill me but i hard casted 2). Eventually roughly 3 topdecks later with him just needing a brimstone to win (he could attack with everything and get through one damage including my dragon coming up) I drew my card and with almost no time to recognize the card i pulled i stood up and threw it on the table and shouted yes since it was burn at the stake which then burned him for lethal. I then apologized for being so enthusiastic and shook his hand saying he probably got second so its not too big of a deal (he ended up getting 3rd but whatever)

Deck name: William Murderface Murderface Murderface [size=10](I call it William.)[/h]

Card count x60

Creatures x24
x1 Toshiro Umezawa
x1 Demon of Death's Gate
x2 Desecration Demon
x3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
x4 Inkfathom Infiltrator
x3 Ogre Marauder
x3 Royal Assassin
x4 Tormented Soul
x4 Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalkers x1
x1 Liliana of the Dark Realms

Instants x12
x4 Murder
x4 Go for the Throat
x4 Unmake

Artifacts x1
x1 Demon's Horn

Land x22
x1 Barren Moor
x1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
x20 Swamp

The deck's theme is removal but there is no 1 dominating strategy, a match with this deck can go any number of ways, all devastating.



The groundwork of this deck came from Tormented Soul (1drop 1/1 unblockable, cant block), one of my favorite Black cards of all time. After doing research, I also found Inkfathom Infiltrator, basically just Tormented Soul but a 2/1 instead of a 1/1.
9 times out of 10, these guys will be your opening creatures. The beauty of Tormented Soul and Inkfathom Infiltrator is they can only be removed by, well removal. As soon as they drop they'll be chipping away at the opponent until he can take no more.
Also complimenting Tormented Soul and Inkfathrom Infiltrator is Ogre Marauder, a 3/1 with a fun ability- he can only be blocked if the defending player sacrifices a creature. Mwahaha! Take 3 or lose a creature, possibly to creatures if the blocker is weak enough.
Keeping to your Murders, Unmakes, and GftTs for defense, chipping away at your opponent with these unblockable bastards is how most games with the deck are won. (Using those three removals a given for any strategy, really.)

But those guys aren't the only stars of this deck.
Gatekeeper of Malakir can be dropped for 3, and target opponent must sacrifice a creature- for that is the toll for entering Malakir. Wouldn't wanna live there.
Royal Assassin always stops an opponent in his tracks, with his ability to destroy any tapped creature. A fierce opposing field can be frozen in place with just one Royal Assassin- imagine how your opponent will react to 2 or 3.
Ah, Vampire Nighthawk. a 3drop 2/3 Flying Deathtouch Lifelink. Need I say more?
Desecration Demon causes scoops half the time. When your opponent has already been battered down by your removals and then sees the newcomer, a 6/6 Flyer who can only be stopped by sacrificing creatures, they'll usually lose hope.
Toshiro Umezawa is a unique gamechanger in this deck. His ability allows you to play any instant in your graveyard again if an opponents creature is put into a graveyard.
Lemme put it this way. You have 6 swamps out, 1 murder in hand, Toshiro on the field.
Tap 3, BAM, murdered an opponents creature. Tap another 3, BAM, use that same Murder to get rid of a second creature. Eh? Eh?
Liliana of the Dark Realms really needs no explanation, more Swamps means more removal. Fun!
Demon's Horn is in here too- whenever a black spell is played, gain 1 life. Seems slightly out of place, but I've gained looooads of life off of this beauty.

Alright. Now here is the wombo combo.
Wanna have a 9/9 Flying Trampler on turn 2? Of course you do.
Demon of Death's Gate is always fun to draw into mid-game, cuz usually you can afford his alt-cost at that point if things are going your way.



But forget that. You want him on turn 2.
Its very rare, but very possible.
Your oppening hand must be the following:
Demon of Death's Gate x1, Tormented Soul x3, Swamp x2. The rest can be whatever.
Turn 1: Swamp, Tormented Soul.
Turn 2: Swamp, Tormented Soul, Tormented Soul, sac all 3, pay 6 life, Demon of Death's Gate.
Bam. Turn 2 9/9 Flying Trampler.
This CAN be modified to happen on Turn 3 or 4, depending on your hand. Both still very good.

Thats about it as far as using the deck goes.
It ran me around $50 or $60 if I recall....
I'd be happy to answer any questions or take suggestions.
Good luck, happy murdering!

3 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Master Biomancer
4 Thragtusk
2 Prime Speaker, Zegana
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13 Creatures


2 Jace, Architect of Thought
2 Garruk, Primal Hunter
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4 Planeswalkers


4 Farseek
3 Searing Spear
2 Think Twice
4 Mizzium Mortars
2 Dissipate
3 Counterflux
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18 Other Spells

4 Steam Vents
4 Breeding Pool
2 Stomping Ground
4 Sulfur Falls
4 Hinterland Harbor
4 Rootbound Crag
2 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Alchemist's Refuge
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25 Lands

1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Bonfire of the Damned
2 Negate
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Ground Seal
2 Rolling Temblor
2 Triumph of Ferocity
2 Witchbane Orb
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
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15 Cards