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This deck is a clone of The Black Deck by Kraven01. http://www.mtgvault.com/kraven01/decks/the-black-deck/
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This will sound extremely snobbish, but I promise it isn't intended that way.Are you open to some constructive criticism?
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Yes, I am open to some constructive criticism. Please... tell me!
Alrighty. There are some decent bones here, but in general there are some things to consider about deckbuilding in general that it would be beneficial to mention. There are a few little tricks that aren't as well known to newer players, and once you look at deckbuilding through this lens, things start running more smoothly.First, your curve is too top heavy. Right not 22/60 cards are 3 or 4 drops, meaning the math is very much pointing toward an opening hand where you don't have a turn 1 or 2 play at all, which is a major problem. You are also far more likely to run into hands where you are waiting to drop your third land and can't really do anything until you do, which is the death of decks in modern. It is far more beneficial to have more 1-drops and 2-drops so you are basically guaranteed to be able to hit the ground running. Fortunately, mono-black has many good candidates for these slots, which I'll get to below.Second, you've got some redundant/underpowered choices in here that can be swapped out for stuff that hits harder and more consistently. Bad moon is an attractive card for mono black, but the truth is you can't afford the card slot for the benefit. Your critters are already powerful for their cost, and the goal of this deck isn't to win a critter vs critter match like a red/green deck. Plus its conditional on having a field already and can also help opponent, so in general its just not worth it. A similar theme for vampiric link. I know you can do fun stuff like enchant opponent's critters/make your big 5/5 a lifelink sledge, but this deck doesn't actually need the lifegain to either survive or create a win situation. I know you're worried about bleeding out with dark confidant, but in reality the little card engine that he is USUALLY wins you the game before you bleed out. On top of that, when you drop the curve, he will hurt you far less than now (odds are a 3 life drain or higher). Royal assassin is a great card, provided opponent is running heavy critters, which isn't guaranteed in modern. There are plenty of very prominent decktypes that don't care about critters and/or can recover quite easily, making him not as powerful as he seems. Also, the 3 assassins/2 array combo is pretty unlikely to pay off the way you want it to. The math is against them being fielded together, and you are better off running cards that work better on their own, which will help you with overall consistency. Plus, black has WONDERFUL removal options that you can rely on anyway.4 copies of the same planeswalker are in general a bad decision as you can't play them together so you will be seeing some dead draws. I would drop it to 3. Similar idea as whip of erebos, except that its conditional, so I would only run 2 (need critters and/or a full grave to make it stick).Hypnotic specter is unfortunately too slow/vulnerable to be worth the spot. Yes, if it hits it will be devastating, but in modern it has to survive until turn 4 in order to do any damage, and that's not going to happen. Every removal card ever takes it off the board, and that's not what you want from your turn 3 drop.Nykthos helps you less than you think in here. Its legendary, so you can't double up, and you need at least 3 other swamps on the board for it to break even under optimal circumstances as this deck stands (your devotion will be very low in the early game). Plus, it doesn't do a regular black pump, so you can't use it to field any of the early black requirement costs, upping your chances of slow/dead openings. Also, this deck doesn't need to ramp toward anything (no X costs or big boys), so in reality its not really worth the spot.Arena is a decent idea for suiciding off your confidants, but you can do that pretty easily anyway by just attacking or blocking with them (this is actually a fantastic use for them, get a little card advantage and 2 damage every turn off or chump block after you get what you need). Plus, it doesn't pump mana at all and this deck needs to lay lands that pump quickly. My advise for the lands is to do all swamps with 6ish fetch lands (bloodstained mire, etc) which helps thin this sucker out once you get the lands you need. As for what to sub in to fix some of this, I would look at maxing out gifted aetherborn and fatal push and swapping grey merchant to mainbardThen take a look at bloodghast, graveyard marshall, gatekeeper of malakir, geth's verdict, collective brutality, geralf's messenger, inquisition of kozilek, thoughtseize, duress (sideboard for sure).
I can't tell you enough how much I suck with 1 drops and 2 drops. I like to make my own decks to play with in tournaments at the comic book store. It's part of my attraction to Magic the Gathering - I love deck building. I really gave this deck a face lift, so take a look at it now. My favorite color is black (it sounds like yours is too). So, if you have any decks for me to look at then I would do that for sure! Thank-you for all of your suggestions with my embarrassing deck building. I think that winning is now around the corner. :-)