Starter Budget: Sacrifice

by NorthernWarlord on 18 September 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (2 cards)

Sorceries (2)

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Deck Description

Starter Budget -series is variation of my famous(?) Budget Decks -series.
In this series, I attempt to create decks that go great for starters:
They do not have extremely valuable or complicated cards. Most of them are simple commons and uncommons.
Though, this doesn't mean that these decks aren't threat. In right hands (and with some practice, of course,) they can overwhelm very tough opponents.
These decks are meant for those who have just dived into the mysterious depths of Magic: The Gathering, or to those people who like simple and cheap decks. Or to just anyone!
Budget is meant to be low! (Less than 15 bucks.)

(Remember: If you are new player, do not be afraid to ask if you have questions. Northy has always time for newbies!)

How to Play

Starter Budget: Sacrifice attempts to teach new players how to play devious and devilish mono-black sacrifice decks.
The basic idea of this deck is very simple: kill a whole lot of creatures. The trick here is that mostly the creatures you are killing are your own! How you can win by slaughtering your fresh and ready-to-serve units?
Lets see:

- Killing your early game creatures can be worthwhile if done right. Mostly thanks to their abilities. See, most of this deck's creatures bear abilities that help you when they die. Like, when Butcher Ghoul dies for the first time, it returns into life once more stronger than before. When your Black Cat dies, your opponent must discard a card at random. What if they discard their best card? When Festering Goblin dies, you can weaken an opponent's creature by -1/-1 until end of turn, which can even kill it if its toughness reaches zero. And last but not least, Reassembling Skeletons returns to (un)life just by paying two mana!

- Some of your cards require it. As example, to play Altar's Reap, you must kill one of your own creatures. But in exchange, you are allowed to draw two extra cards!

- Some of your bigger creatures enjoy watching your creatures die. Falkenrath Noble sucks 1 life from your opponent whenever a creature hits the grave. Demonic Taskmaster is formidable threat to your opponent by being 4/3 flying by just 3 mana. All you need to do is to eat one of your creatures every turn. Also, you have the mighty Harvester of Souls, which lets you draw cards whenever a creature dies! That's just marvelous!

- Your opponent suffers. While casting cards like Barter in Blood, both you and your opponents suffer. Though this "suffering" doesn't bother you much thanks to your nasty early game creatures.

Hope you understand at least something about black sacrifice decks now!
If you enjoyed this deck, please hit +1 like -button and/or leave a comment down below!

Deck Tags

  • For Starters
  • Sacrifice
  • Budget
  • Cheap

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Starter Budget: Sacrifice

im pretty sure you suggested this card to me in the past, but Immortal Servitude could set you up for giving your opponent another round of headaches

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Posted 25 September 2014 at 03:28

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Yeah. Guess it could have its place in the sideboard.

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Posted 25 September 2014 at 10:11

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Why only one Mortician Beetle? It seems like it would be the MVP of the deck, but with only one, you may have a hard time playing it, or Scavenger Drake.

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Posted 12 October 2014 at 02:31

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Well, you know this is meant for starters and all... But guess I can add another one...

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Posted 12 October 2014 at 08:08

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@_@ Sorry, wasn't trying to be rude. I'm actually kinda honored that you would take my advice. Something else I noticed, the day you made this deck was my birthday. Not that it matters, just kinda a neat coincidence.

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Posted 13 October 2014 at 02:04

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Funny coincidences happen. Believe me. Two of my good friends were born 14.3., the same day.

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Posted 13 October 2014 at 05:37

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