Carving Hell!

by Archie on 17 April 2010

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (3)


Instants (4)


Planeswalkers (2)

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Deck Description

This deck is designed around Hellcarver Demon, and I think it might work alright.

The idea is to hit them early with the Contaminated Ground (great against manlands and dual/tri lands) to slow them down a bit and Corrupted Zendikon onto one of your lands for a decent 3/3 early attacker/blocker. Dealing as much damage as possible early on is crucial. Also getting Thought Gorger into play should be ideal for quick damage, while discarding a Bloodghast is beneficial. On turn 4 you could have an 8/8 Trample and turn 5 add in a couple Bloodghasts if things go according to plan. Discarding any lands or creatures isn't bad, since a Grim Discovery later on will put more options back in hand, preferably Sac Lands though, to trigger more landfall from Ob Nixilis and Bloodghast.

Turn 5 should be either Ob Nixilis or Liliana. Ob Nixilis will deal a lot of damage if he is played early enough, and makes top-decking lands actually something to look forward to. If I have Liliana turn 5, fetch the Hellcarver. Turn 6 play Hellcarver, and attack ASAP. Thought Gorger will be destroyed, drawing you a bunch of cards, and at least 1 land will go back to your hand with Corrupted Zendikon. Bloodghast can return when you play that land triggering the Bloodghast. Now with the 6 card exile, you hope to get creatures, and if you don't, hopefully you get another Liliana, sign in blood or a grim discovery. Any of those options will put you back on the battlefield with a whole bunch of cards, and the big ol' demon guy. Those cards that are exiled can be played at any time. Also, attacking multiple times with Hellcarver will just build up your stack of cards to play from exile, giving you massive card advantage.

Let me know if you think I should change around anything.

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  • Creature-Based

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Card Legality

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

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