[Legacy] B/W Pox Control

by Parabola on 04 May 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (14 cards)

Creatures (2)


Sorceries (2)


Instants (2)


Enchantments (4)

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Deck Description

Competitive Legacy Pox deck with a cute SB.

I'll either be playing this or my other Pox list. Undecided, but starting off with this because it's cheaper.

Poxblade:
http://www.mtgvault.com/parabola/decks/legacy-poxblade/

Other SB options:
Perish
Surgical Extraction / Extirpate
Warmth
Duress
Relic of Progenitus
Path to Exile
Dread of Night
Humility
The Abyss
Chains of Mephistophel..
Thalia
Spirit of the Labyrinth'
Engineered Explosives
Seal of Cleansing
Path to Exile

How to Play

Usually Pox deck are mono black or G/B, but I chose to go with the B/W route.

Reasons:
- Swords to Plowshares is better than Innocent Blood. Sure, Innocent Blood doesn't really have a downside for me in this deck, but the fact that Swords to Plowshares is instant and exiles is pretty relevant. And if I need an edict effect, 4 Lilianas/4 Smallpox can usually help me out.

- Vindicate is very versatile card, but all of its options are really showcased in this deck. Often, it can be a Stone Rain, but it kills everything, whether it's hate artifacts/enchantments or bothersome creatures.

- Flagstones of Trokair combos very well with Smallpox and Urborg and is a strong turn one land that cannot be Wastelanded if you want to play Swords to Plowshares or Cursed Scroll.

- Enlightened Tutor is an interesting addition to the deck as well because it can find my silver bullets. 2/3 of my SB is of artifacts and enchantments (with 8 options for Enlightened Tutor in the SB + Cursed Scroll and Nether Void in the MD). The whole point of a SB is to pack it with silver bullets, and Mystical Tutor allows you to find them pretty consistently.

Cards to consider:
- Lingering Souls would be another win condition, but there's really nothing in this deck to make Lingering Souls shine. Perhaps main decking a Jitte would be good along with Lingering Souls. Maybe even Zealous Persecution. If this were to be an addition, Cursed Scrolls and Thoughtseizes would be cut (which would raise the mana curve).

Sideboarding:
RDW:
-2 Thoughtseize
+1 Zuran Orb
+1 Enlightened Tutor

Deck Tags

  • Legacy
  • Pox
  • Smallpox
  • B/W

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

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