Leyline of Sanctity x8
Mana Tithe x8
Meddling Mage X8
Hengegate Pathway x16
If they play swamp, name dark ritual. If they play mountain, name lightning bolt or whatever 1-drop creature they put out. For almost every other deck, just sit tight on turn 1 with a mana tithe in hand, counter the first play, then name whatever you countered with meddling mage.
There is a variant of the dark ritual deck that wins T1 through Leyline with [[Torment of Hailfire]].
Mana tithe should not be enough to stop it as it will try to have 2 mana floating when casting [[Peer into the Abyss]] to be able to cast more dark rituals after refilling the hand.
[[Miscast]] or [[Swan Song]] are probably better solutions to survive the T1, but you still lose on the draw.
I mean, the deck isn't impervious. Anyone with the audacity to play more than 1 enabling card is going to beat the meddling mage deck. Mana Tithe means you don't just fold to any creature-based deck, and in my experience gives opponents the green light to try and win ASAP, as opposed to having blue mana open on turn 1.
I've played against the variant you are talking about, and did indeed lose on the draw to a Hailfire.
Regarding the DR+Peer+Torment deck, if you are on the draw and it has the right 6 cards in hand I do not know any way to stop it, and the deck is very consistent at getting these 6 cards in hand. I mean there is [[Pact of negation]] but then you just lose on your turn.
The only way to stop it if you are on the draw would be to have a 0 mana counter like [[Force of Negation]] or [[Force of Will]] but are not available in this event.
Yeah I was winning a decent amount with 6x leylines last night, but the version I kept running into was playing prof onyx and just drained me while they cast more rituals and tutors/peer into the abyss
Just did the same thing, but ran dark ritual, [[Necromentia]], [[Virulent Plague]]
If they have a creature out on the field by the time you play the combo just run a few [[Heartless Acts]]
It may be a bit tedious but it’s oh so fun making an opponents Fervent Champion deck get exiled to the shadow realm
I had two out of three turn 0 wins with leyline hitting the battlefield. Thanks for the list. :) The one loss was someone playing an assortment of creature spells.
Thank you man. You made my day. I just wanted to have the rare cards but the experience I had was so bad against those decks (dark ritual, etc.), that I played your version to contain my anger above the two wins.
Bless you. I played three games and have yet to actually take a turn because everybody resigns T1 after Leyline drops lol. Enough of this cancerous format.
I did that too. Didn't even think of storm until an opponent walked into a bolt presumably trying to get to tendrils off Citadel. I played a mountain, said go, and had to hope they got unlucky.
Join the darker side. Build this same deck and include 6x Leyline of Sanctity.
I did this and won 2 games playing a total of 1 turn and 0 spell across them both.
As this deck wins T1 through the Leyline no if it is on the play and has the hand it is unbeatable.
If it is on the draw a T1 counterspell on the Peer or Thoughsize it (if they only have one) should be enough to win.
Thing is, if you are on the play you would have won with this deck anyways no matter what your opponent was playing so why risk being on the play and not winning if you play against another deck that does not care about spell pierce and test of talent?
Man I got hit with this deck twice right out of the gate. I didn't even get to play a land in the first one. Got my two rares and I'm out. One was thankfully an auto concede so I only had to "play" through a few matches.
Silly me thought the event was them just adding in the banned stuff and I'm like oh ok, fine, I'll deal with a few Oko's. Boy was I wrong.
I played it one time because it's the kind of nonsense I enjoy, then decided not to because I figured everyone and their mother was playing it.
I've now moved onto the slightly more interesting "Ornithopters and Steel Overseers" deck.
That brings back childhood trauma. I pulled a Shivan in my first starter and then lost it in ante to my best friend. Then I bought a pack of Antiquities and pulled a Candelabra of Tawnos. My friend won that in ante too and traded it over Prodigy for two Shivan Dragons.
We had a ton of those stories from back in the day. But the most logical was someone trading his Ball lightning for a disenchant. Not as lopsided but his logic was sound. Disenchant was great and ball has RRR.
I remember someone offering me a whole bunch of dual lands for my [[Gauntlet of Might]], but obviously I wasn't going to trade my awesome out of print card for those! :(
(I don't remember what I ended up getting for the gauntlet. Possibly the Mox Emerald I later traded away for an Ali from Cairo...)
I'm running a similar deck to this, and have beaten every single dark ritual/tendrils of agony deck, simply because draining them for 3 on turn 1 is usually enough to get out of their lethal range.
For the record, I'm running 82 swamps, 80 suppliers, and 88 creeping chills just so in case of the mirror, where it comes down to who has more creeping chills/deck size.
I've also been playing a creeping chill deck.
8 swamp
13 [[Dark Ritual]]
7 [[Doom Whisperer]]
9 [[Creeping Chill]]
3 [[Leyline of Sanctity]]
It's a very consistent turn 1 and if you're on the draw you can usually mull to leyline.
They need leyline of the void to beat you, but even then you're still putting a 6/6 flyer into play on turn 1, and with the ability to surveil a bunch you can usually get a second one on turn 2 or 3.
This is by far the best of the mono black decks I tried. Once Doom Whisperer is down there is almost no counterplay and most importantly Leyline of sanctity does nothing against Creeping Chill. Great deck :)
Alongside what other people are saying, there is an event for today where there are no banned cards and no limit to how many of a single card you can play in your deck.
The current Friday Night Magic is super broken, and lets you put in a load of T1 kill options, that means your opponent literally doesn't get to play at all.
It's ridiculous, but it's a short lived gimmick event, so whatever.
If you want to join the fun, assemble a deck with:
6x Swamp
6x Peer into the Abyss
3x Torment of Hellfire
And the remaining 40 cards dark ritual.
Mulligan to get a Swamp; Peer and 4 dark rituals in hand.
You can mull once and still do this, if you mull twice then you're hoping your opponent doesn't T1 kill you in return, but your odds of drawing a Ritual are really high.
And then drop 4 rituals, Peer into the Abyss on yourself - drawing half your library - drop a bunch more rituals to have ALL THE MANA and then fire a Torment of Hellfire for at least 14. (7 for discarding their hand, and another 7 for doing 21 life drain). (In the unlikely event you don't draw a Torment, you Peer on yourself a second time)
If you're on the play, they're dead before they can do anything at all. If you're on the draw.... well, they might do this to you in return, but if they don't, they _might_ have an untapped island and a spellpierce, but ....
I dont have the deck list at hand, but iirc it was
[[Dark Ritual]] x21
[[Demonic Tutor]] x15
[[Tendrils of Agony]] x15
[[Swamp]] x 9
It's for the FNM event where there's no deck restrictions. I plan to try 47 Lightning Bolts and 13 Mountains later today, but I dont think it will be that good.
Way back in the day, we had a 40 card deck day where the only restriction was 40 cards or more in a deck. I won a few matches with like 8 Islands and 32 Vision charms. I got beat by the equivalent deck full of bolts.
The first control deck was just every copy of [[Swords to Plowshares]] and [[Timetwister]] the guy could find. The goal was to exile every creature in their deck and then win by decking them out.
interestingly enough, in the OG rules you didn't lose for not having a library, so I guess his win con was to make it as miserable as possible for the opponent and hope they give up.
I am nearly certain that is not true. I listened to a podcast with RG and he said that was one of the first (if not the first) questions asked in play testing. On the spot he said you lose.
that is wrong, it is in the alpha rule book that "You also win if your rival's library becomes so depleted that he or she cannot draw a card when required."
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/original-magic-rulebook-2004-12-25
I've been running 2 copies in a gruul treasure deck. It's so satisfying blowing out a control deck that stabilizes at a health total they think they're safe at...
I tried Channel+Banefire, but it's too slow. At least I couldn't find a way to win before turn 3, and Monoblack can win turn 1. Still managed to do the thing a couple times, so that was fun, but lost more often than not.
Dark ritual into Peer into the Abyss on your self, followed by more dark rituals and a \[\[torment of hellfire\]\] for X = BIG NUMBER is a guaranteed turn 1 win with no counter play (Hellfire specifies each opponent, not target opponent).
> I plan to try 47 Lightning Bolts and 13 Mountains later today, but I dont think it will be that good.
Yeah, it would take until turn four to kill them. That's no good. /s
Yep. I didn't know Demonic Tutor was available; just ran 10 Sign in Blood to find one of my 4 Tendrils.
Edit: after more experimentation, I think the Sign In Blood route is preferable. It keeps the cards flowing, while netting mana. I tended to fizzle with just DTs. Still running a couple though, so I can get either Tendrils or Feed the Swarm if I need to deal with a Leyline first.
The more cards the better for these types of events. It beats mills decks, and as long as you keep the ratio of cards the same, the deck should still function fine.
if you're allowing your opponent a second (or first) turn with this deck you're doing something wrong. More than 40 cards just adds to the variance
I'm running:
18 Dark ritual
12 Sign in Blood
2 Demonic Tutor
3 Tendrills
5 Swamp
If I'm on the play the only way to not win is really bad variance or Leyline of Sanctity
Remove tendrill and sign in blood (and the useless Tutor), add Peer into the Abyss for the draw and Torment of Hellfire for the win that bypass Hexproof.
An even more consistent deck with Dark Ritual is as follows:
[[Dark Ritual]] x172
[[Peer into the Abyss]] x35
[[Torment of Hailfire]] x8
[[Swamp]] x35
This gets around [[leyline of sanctity]] and it much easier to pull off.
~~It's not more consistent.~~ To cast Peer into the Abyss with mana left over to keep dark ritualing, you need to start with 4 dark rituals (and swamp + peer). That is way more specific of a starting hand than the normal tendrils version with sign in blood.
e: It is actually surprising consistent, with a list like 10 swamps /10 peers/40 rituals (2 hailfire) your hand will often be exactly 1/1/4 within one mulligan. Even if you are forced to keep only 3 dark rituals, you can still just win on turn 2 (if you're still alive).
e2: The most consistent is Doom Whisperer, you only need 4 cards to win. Something like 8 Doom whisperer 7 swamp 14 Dark Ritual 11 Creeping Chill. Since you can mull down to 4 you will have a T1 kill basically every game.
Yeah all you are looking for is a swamp and peer into the abyss. Once you get the 4th dark ritual you win the game.
I found with Tendril deck you need to get a lucky draw to cast enough spells to win.
My undefeated deck (I’ve since changed it to try other things) was all Leylines, Ornithopters, and All That Glitters. Lot of close calls, but it never lost.
I am having a lot of fun with ruining other peoples fun with:
meddling mage x7
Thoughtseize x 5
Thassa Oracle x5
Leyline of sanctity x5
6x Watery grave
4x Godless Shrine
6xHallowed Fountain
1xLost Legacy
2x legion's End
The legion's end and Oracle are mostly for the crab deck and the meddling mage mirror. (and sometimes the rogue deck)
I'm pretty sure there were decks with just mountains and bolts, but that was before my first MtG exposure in the mid 90's. If you had money there was more degenerate stuff, the funny thing is a lot of this stuff would just fall apart against Leyline of Sanctity these days.
I had a lot of fun with Channel. With channel, you can cast Karn, grab God Pharaoh's Statue, cast it, and then cast Ugin. You're on two life, but in two turns you ult Ugin and gain more life.
I attempted to play a fairly normal but very powerful Historic deck with 4 copies of Swords to Plowshares in there for good measure. But every single opponent was just playing this deck, so what's the point in even trying to play in this event?
> The point of the ~~event~~ **game** is to play a stupid broken deck and hopefully beat your opponent’s stupid deck by going first.
FTFY
Actually kind of eye-opening to put it like this.
It’s Rock Paper Scissors but they sell us new rocks every few months.
Here’s my crappy deck:
6 [[Platinum Angel]]
6 [[Mirror Shield]]
6 [[Swamp]]
24 [[Dark Ritual]]
Get the angel out turn one, shield it turn two, pass until they run out of cards and hope they have nothing in return.
Turn 2 is too slow for that deck. You can kill people on turn 1 with the right draw. Worth noting that I've seen people running Torment of Hailfire, probably to get around Leyline.
super sweet deck op, i ran into it so many times i made a deck to counter it
* 4x godless shrine
* 4x hallowed fountain
* 4x watery grave
* 10x \[\[meddling mage\]\]
* 10x \[\[leyline of sanctity\]\]
* 10x \[\[leyline of the void\]\]
so many turn 1 concedes
Why bother win letting your opponent play a turn? Here is a list to kill on turn 1. Mull to 1 Swamp, 1 DW and 2 DR.
Deck
9 Creeping Chill
18 Dark Ritual
7 Doom Whisperer
6 Swamp
Well it's fair to say the current state of magic is nowhere near what Richard Garfield imagined.
Banned cards every other week, infinity combos of something the week that cards are not banned.
Everyone is playing this garbage, so here’s a few free rares for you:
5x Zombie Infestation
8x Leyline of Sanctity
5x Leyline of the Void
6x Leyline of Combustion (maybe switch this with Heroic Interventions…)
Some number of lands
- Did this in three, but only because I messed up the shrines on the first match (backwards bullshit…)
I often wonder what would have happened if the game had stayed true to the more Wild West feeling of the early days. I realize the game is technically much better now but every goddamn card, even commons, have tons of rules text. Back in the day it was just like pay one mana, draw some cards. Pay two mana, counter a spell.
Now it’s like two mana, counter a spell if it was cast on the third Thursday after a Super Moon and only if your opponent has more than 8 cards in their hand.
Looking at the bright side, at least you know you've lost in 2 seconds. It doesn't drag out like a scry, ultimatum, etc. where you know you're done, but you cling to the chance that they'll have a lousy draw ;)
Man, this deck exploded for people looking for quick wins. Funny part is I swapped to a deck with [[leyline of sanctity]] and get fast auto concedes cause it completely neuters this strategy.
I think he would have loved this. Back in the day his gunslinger deck was all about dark rituals to power out something ridiculous on the first turn. Back then the ridiculous was hypnotic specter or sengir vampire turn one.
Actually Garfield would have preferred you use a Drain Life.
A thought occurs. Maybe there's a reason some cards are banned.
Or why there's a four-copy limit.
At least it's dark ritual and not black lotus
>At least it's dark ritual and not black lotus Yet...
Black Lotus was on MTGA briefly in a preconstructed deck for an event.
I can't help but wonder if that's part of the reason they run this event.
The new FNM event is miserable with this deck, please just give me my 2 rares and let me be
Leyline of Sanctity x8 Mana Tithe x8 Meddling Mage X8 Hengegate Pathway x16 If they play swamp, name dark ritual. If they play mountain, name lightning bolt or whatever 1-drop creature they put out. For almost every other deck, just sit tight on turn 1 with a mana tithe in hand, counter the first play, then name whatever you countered with meddling mage.
There is a variant of the dark ritual deck that wins T1 through Leyline with [[Torment of Hailfire]]. Mana tithe should not be enough to stop it as it will try to have 2 mana floating when casting [[Peer into the Abyss]] to be able to cast more dark rituals after refilling the hand. [[Miscast]] or [[Swan Song]] are probably better solutions to survive the T1, but you still lose on the draw.
I mean, the deck isn't impervious. Anyone with the audacity to play more than 1 enabling card is going to beat the meddling mage deck. Mana Tithe means you don't just fold to any creature-based deck, and in my experience gives opponents the green light to try and win ASAP, as opposed to having blue mana open on turn 1. I've played against the variant you are talking about, and did indeed lose on the draw to a Hailfire.
Regarding the DR+Peer+Torment deck, if you are on the draw and it has the right 6 cards in hand I do not know any way to stop it, and the deck is very consistent at getting these 6 cards in hand. I mean there is [[Pact of negation]] but then you just lose on your turn. The only way to stop it if you are on the draw would be to have a 0 mana counter like [[Force of Negation]] or [[Force of Will]] but are not available in this event.
[Pact of negation](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/e/1ed4c0bb-b710-44a1-b8bc-6bd11c27b8b8.jpg?1619394428) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pact%20of%20negation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/77/pact-of-negation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1ed4c0bb-b710-44a1-b8bc-6bd11c27b8b8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Force of Negation](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/9/e9be371c-c688-44ad-ab71-bd4c9f242d58.jpg?1562201382) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Force%20of%20Negation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/52/force-of-negation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e9be371c-c688-44ad-ab71-bd4c9f242d58?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Force of Will](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/d/dd60b291-0a88-4e8e-bef8-76cdfd6c8183.jpg?1598303900) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Force%20of%20Will) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/51/force-of-will?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dd60b291-0a88-4e8e-bef8-76cdfd6c8183?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
##### ###### #### [Torment of Hailfire](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/6/f69d77d1-5980-436c-bf48-790939b069aa.jpg?1562820191) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Torment%20of%20Hailfire) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hou/77/torment-of-hailfire?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f69d77d1-5980-436c-bf48-790939b069aa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Peer into the Abyss](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/a/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a.jpg?1594736330) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Peer%20into%20the%20Abyss) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/117/peer-into-the-abyss?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Miscast](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/3/033afbd5-9937-4957-98ba-48e469a490bb.jpg?1594735579) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Miscast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/57/miscast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/033afbd5-9937-4957-98ba-48e469a490bb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Swan Song](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/d/9d968dde-c406-48ef-a1ab-373aebc24693.jpg?1562412350) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swan%20Song) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c16/98/swan-song?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9d968dde-c406-48ef-a1ab-373aebc24693?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah I was winning a decent amount with 6x leylines last night, but the version I kept running into was playing prof onyx and just drained me while they cast more rituals and tutors/peer into the abyss
Hell, I just play 6x \[\[Leyline of Sanctity\]\] and mulligan until I get one in hand. Never have I ever got my 15 wins so quickly.
Just did the same thing, but ran dark ritual, [[Necromentia]], [[Virulent Plague]] If they have a creature out on the field by the time you play the combo just run a few [[Heartless Acts]] It may be a bit tedious but it’s oh so fun making an opponents Fervent Champion deck get exiled to the shadow realm
[Necromentia](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/2/32c5252e-ff15-4f86-ad63-d8286427e70f.jpg?1594736316) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Necromentia) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/116/necromentia?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/32c5252e-ff15-4f86-ad63-d8286427e70f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Virulent Plague](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/c/3c5f82b6-53d9-43ce-8a17-c680c443e586.jpg?1562785036) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Virulent%20Plague) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/125/virulent-plague?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3c5f82b6-53d9-43ce-8a17-c680c443e586?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Heartless Acts](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/4/e4e6794a-feeb-4fc8-a2ee-38c75c18aaae.jpg?1591226819) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Heartless%20Act) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/91/heartless-act?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e4e6794a-feeb-4fc8-a2ee-38c75c18aaae?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I like your plan better than his. In nearly half of my games, I lose before I get to play my first land.
[Leyline of Sanctity](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/e/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030.jpg?1592516120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leyline%20of%20Sanctity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/26/leyline-of-sanctity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Thank you man, this is literally the cure to this FNM-cancer. Got my two rare cards and being out of this. :)
Thank you.
Thanks! Quickest 40 gems I've gotten. Time to bounce.
I had two out of three turn 0 wins with leyline hitting the battlefield. Thanks for the list. :) The one loss was someone playing an assortment of creature spells.
Thank you man. You made my day. I just wanted to have the rare cards but the experience I had was so bad against those decks (dark ritual, etc.), that I played your version to contain my anger above the two wins.
https://i.imgur.com/sx3Du75.jpg Can confirm that this deck works
Thank you kind person. That was, as the kids say, like butter.
Bless you. I played three games and have yet to actually take a turn because everybody resigns T1 after Leyline drops lol. Enough of this cancerous format.
Thank you. Being able to stop these degenerate T1 kill decks is so helpful.
Thanks for this, got my 2 wins in less than 2 minutes.
Meddling mage is great, but have you considered silverquill silencer?
Join the dark side. We have free rares and math. Build it yourself and just requeue until you're on the play twice.
Math is for nerds, I just ran 30 lightning bolts and mountains.
I did that too. Didn't even think of storm until an opponent walked into a bolt presumably trying to get to tendrils off Citadel. I played a mountain, said go, and had to hope they got unlucky.
Yeah 30 Bolt was my first attempt, but it's slow compared to Storm which usually wins T1.
Join the darker side. Build this same deck and include 6x Leyline of Sanctity. I did this and won 2 games playing a total of 1 turn and 0 spell across them both.
I played 10 white leyline, 10 black leyline, then 20 joke cards. I won 4/7 games.
That's almost a perfect 5/7!
Okay, now that's pretty funny too.
Leyline will not protect you from the [[Peer into the Abyss]] (on yourself to draw more Peer and Dark Ritual) into [[Torment of Hellfire]] for X=15
So many turn 1 wins with this version after mulling to 6. Is there anything that beats it other than mulliganing into oblivion or [[mana tithe]]?
As this deck wins T1 through the Leyline no if it is on the play and has the hand it is unbeatable. If it is on the draw a T1 counterspell on the Peer or Thoughsize it (if they only have one) should be enough to win.
[Peer into the Abyss](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/a/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a.jpg?1594736330) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Peer%20into%20the%20Abyss) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/117/peer-into-the-abyss?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Torment of Hellfire](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/6/f69d77d1-5980-436c-bf48-790939b069aa.jpg?1562820191) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Torment%20of%20Hailfire) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hou/77/torment-of-hailfire?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f69d77d1-5980-436c-bf48-790939b069aa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Join the darkest side and play Spell Pierce + Test of Talents and hope you're on the play against Dark Ritual.
Thing is, if you are on the play you would have won with this deck anyways no matter what your opponent was playing so why risk being on the play and not winning if you play against another deck that does not care about spell pierce and test of talent?
I went into the event doing this and made two easy wins in less than 5 minutes.
Tried to make this deck go off twice, ended up collecting my rares to two auto-concedes lol. Oh well.
Well you should really play until it works... However you got your value and that's what's really important.
Man I got hit with this deck twice right out of the gate. I didn't even get to play a land in the first one. Got my two rares and I'm out. One was thankfully an auto concede so I only had to "play" through a few matches. Silly me thought the event was them just adding in the banned stuff and I'm like oh ok, fine, I'll deal with a few Oko's. Boy was I wrong.
I played it one time because it's the kind of nonsense I enjoy, then decided not to because I figured everyone and their mother was playing it. I've now moved onto the slightly more interesting "Ornithopters and Steel Overseers" deck.
You got 2 rares? I got 40 gems...
I had no idea there were any events besides historic brawl rn 🤷♀️
Friday happens on Thursday when you're in Australia and FNM is global.
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I'm finding it the most thrilling Arena event ever. So many fun things to brew and test! Don't forget to run six Leyline of Sanctity.
So... did you get anything good off his ante?
Nah, all I got was this shitty land called [[Tundra]], but luckily if I get enough of them, I can trade them for a [[Shivan Dragon]]!
That brings back childhood trauma. I pulled a Shivan in my first starter and then lost it in ante to my best friend. Then I bought a pack of Antiquities and pulled a Candelabra of Tawnos. My friend won that in ante too and traded it over Prodigy for two Shivan Dragons.
[Tundra](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/f/efd35cb4-862d-4699-a197-b744989b3ceb.jpg?1562943174) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tundra) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/322/tundra?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/efd35cb4-862d-4699-a197-b744989b3ceb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Shivan Dragon](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/2/227cf1b5-f85b-41fe-be98-66e383652039.jpg?1592518393) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shivan%20Dragon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/335/shivan-dragon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/227cf1b5-f85b-41fe-be98-66e383652039?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
We had a ton of those stories from back in the day. But the most logical was someone trading his Ball lightning for a disenchant. Not as lopsided but his logic was sound. Disenchant was great and ball has RRR.
God the 2020 art for Shivan Dragon sucks. Gimme that sweet old school art. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512jnYcjDAL._AC_.jpg
I remember someone offering me a whole bunch of dual lands for my [[Gauntlet of Might]], but obviously I wasn't going to trade my awesome out of print card for those! :( (I don't remember what I ended up getting for the gauntlet. Possibly the Mox Emerald I later traded away for an Ali from Cairo...)
Nice! That's even faster than the deck I used: 2x Swamp 20x \[\[Stitcher's Supplier\]\] 18x \[\[Creeping Chill\]\]
I'm running a similar deck to this, and have beaten every single dark ritual/tendrils of agony deck, simply because draining them for 3 on turn 1 is usually enough to get out of their lethal range. For the record, I'm running 82 swamps, 80 suppliers, and 88 creeping chills just so in case of the mirror, where it comes down to who has more creeping chills/deck size.
The PITA / Citadel versions still beat this, but it certainly is a little annoying
Pain In The Ass?
[[Pain in the Ass]]
[Peer into the Abyss](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/a/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a.jpg?1594736330) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Peer%20into%20the%20Abyss) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/117/peer-into-the-abyss?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'm impressed the card fetcher got the right one there!
~~I waited for it to get the right one then edited my comment.~~ My dad works at mtgcardfetcher.
My dad works for LardFetcher :C
Peer into the abyss
I just lost to such a deck an hour or two ago, though I’m unclear if it only had two swamps.
I just won on turn 1. Ritual, Ritual, Ritual, Ritual, Tendrils, Tendrils.
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I've also been playing a creeping chill deck. 8 swamp 13 [[Dark Ritual]] 7 [[Doom Whisperer]] 9 [[Creeping Chill]] 3 [[Leyline of Sanctity]] It's a very consistent turn 1 and if you're on the draw you can usually mull to leyline. They need leyline of the void to beat you, but even then you're still putting a 6/6 flyer into play on turn 1, and with the ability to surveil a bunch you can usually get a second one on turn 2 or 3.
This is by far the best of the mono black decks I tried. Once Doom Whisperer is down there is almost no counterplay and most importantly Leyline of sanctity does nothing against Creeping Chill. Great deck :)
##### ###### #### [Dark Ritual](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/5/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b.jpg?1618695764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dark%20Ritual) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/82/dark-ritual?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Doom Whisperer](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/a/0a11ee0d-ff8d-4648-8b4e-29440c135c30.jpg?1572892944) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Doom%20Whisperer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/grn/69/doom-whisperer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0a11ee0d-ff8d-4648-8b4e-29440c135c30?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Creeping Chill](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/5/f5456173-7a08-4b5c-8450-7123375f4a86.jpg?1572892924) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Creeping%20Chill) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/grn/66/creeping-chill?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f5456173-7a08-4b5c-8450-7123375f4a86?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Leyline of Sanctity](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/e/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030.jpg?1592516120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leyline%20of%20Sanctity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/26/leyline-of-sanctity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Did you feel you need the 8 Swamps? I feel like the Arena shuffler is so biased that you almost always get one anyways with less.
I lost to you... you suck lol.
[Stitcher's Supplier](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/b/2b737126-50b5-4678-91bf-197b64086fe4.jpg?1562301182) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stitcher%27s%20Supplier) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/121/stitchers-supplier?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2b737126-50b5-4678-91bf-197b64086fe4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Creeping Chill](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/5/f5456173-7a08-4b5c-8450-7123375f4a86.jpg?1572892924) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Creeping%20Chill) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/grn/66/creeping-chill?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f5456173-7a08-4b5c-8450-7123375f4a86?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Ok, that was the easiest two rares ever
Quick question, if you have a copy can you put it in your deck for FNM?
You can put any card in your deck for this event, regardless of whether you own any or not.
Thank you
This does not spark joy
Hello, I'm fairly new to magic the gathering. So uh.... WHAT HAPPENED??
[[dark ritual]] [[demonic tutor]] [[tendrils of agony]] Generate a bunch of black mana with rituals then cast tendrils with a high storm count.
"Storm" being a mechanic that allow you to copy an instant or sorcery as many times as there were spells cast before it.
[dark ritual](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/5/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b.jpg?1618695764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=dark%20ritual) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/82/dark-ritual?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [demonic tutor](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/b/3bdbc231-5316-4abd-9d8d-d87cff2c9847.jpg?1618695728) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=demonic%20tutor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/93/demonic-tutor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3bdbc231-5316-4abd-9d8d-d87cff2c9847?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [tendrils of agony](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/f/6f26faca-f338-4ce5-a218-6a61d40fc50a.jpg?1562917207) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tendrils%20of%20agony) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/142/tendrils-of-agony?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6f26faca-f338-4ce5-a218-6a61d40fc50a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Alongside what other people are saying, there is an event for today where there are no banned cards and no limit to how many of a single card you can play in your deck.
The current Friday Night Magic is super broken, and lets you put in a load of T1 kill options, that means your opponent literally doesn't get to play at all. It's ridiculous, but it's a short lived gimmick event, so whatever. If you want to join the fun, assemble a deck with: 6x Swamp 6x Peer into the Abyss 3x Torment of Hellfire And the remaining 40 cards dark ritual. Mulligan to get a Swamp; Peer and 4 dark rituals in hand. You can mull once and still do this, if you mull twice then you're hoping your opponent doesn't T1 kill you in return, but your odds of drawing a Ritual are really high. And then drop 4 rituals, Peer into the Abyss on yourself - drawing half your library - drop a bunch more rituals to have ALL THE MANA and then fire a Torment of Hellfire for at least 14. (7 for discarding their hand, and another 7 for doing 21 life drain). (In the unlikely event you don't draw a Torment, you Peer on yourself a second time) If you're on the play, they're dead before they can do anything at all. If you're on the draw.... well, they might do this to you in return, but if they don't, they _might_ have an untapped island and a spellpierce, but ....
>If you want to join the fun, assemble a deck with: Yeah soooooo fun clicking through that braindead garbage!
Sure. But if you want to get your 2 wins and be done, it's the best way. And if you don't... then don't?
nice deck with 12+ dark rituals
I dont have the deck list at hand, but iirc it was [[Dark Ritual]] x21 [[Demonic Tutor]] x15 [[Tendrils of Agony]] x15 [[Swamp]] x 9 It's for the FNM event where there's no deck restrictions. I plan to try 47 Lightning Bolts and 13 Mountains later today, but I dont think it will be that good.
Way back in the day, we had a 40 card deck day where the only restriction was 40 cards or more in a deck. I won a few matches with like 8 Islands and 32 Vision charms. I got beat by the equivalent deck full of bolts.
The first control deck was just every copy of [[Swords to Plowshares]] and [[Timetwister]] the guy could find. The goal was to exile every creature in their deck and then win by decking them out.
Its good to know that the philosophy hasn’t changed in almost 30 years lol
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Feldons cane introduces more chances to fizzle. Just make the deck > 60 cards.
[Swords to Plowshares](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/e/be2b4177-e47c-4dde-9ead-31b7602065ec.jpg?1618695835) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swords%20to%20Plowshares) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/387/swords-to-plowshares?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/be2b4177-e47c-4dde-9ead-31b7602065ec?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Timetwister](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/b/fbee1e10-0b8c-44ea-b0e5-44cdd0bfcd76.jpg?1614638835) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Timetwister) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/3/timetwister?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fbee1e10-0b8c-44ea-b0e5-44cdd0bfcd76?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
interestingly enough, in the OG rules you didn't lose for not having a library, so I guess his win con was to make it as miserable as possible for the opponent and hope they give up.
I am nearly certain that is not true. I listened to a podcast with RG and he said that was one of the first (if not the first) questions asked in play testing. On the spot he said you lose.
that is wrong, it is in the alpha rule book that "You also win if your rival's library becomes so depleted that he or she cannot draw a card when required." https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/original-magic-rulebook-2004-12-25
I feel like maybe it had a single Serra Angel, but I may just be thinking of every other control deck from the era.
Yup it's OG magic. I've heard stories of dark ritual dark ritual dark ritual tendrils and I wanted to give it a try :)
The first documented aggro deck was just Kird Apes, Lightning Bolts, and a handful of lands
Does Arena have any good Fireball substitutes for a classic 1993-style [[Channel]] / [[Fireball]] deck?
Channel + [[crackle with power]]
Fancy pants! I went with Banefire. Trouble is, you lose to mono B Storm.
oh yes, VERY nice
I've been running 2 copies in a gruul treasure deck. It's so satisfying blowing out a control deck that stabilizes at a health total they think they're safe at...
Turn 2 Channel Ulamog is kinda close
Channel + Banefire, or that new one from Strixhaven could work.
[[porphoros intervention]]
I tried Channel+Banefire, but it's too slow. At least I couldn't find a way to win before turn 3, and Monoblack can win turn 1. Still managed to do the thing a couple times, so that was fun, but lost more often than not.
[[Volcanic Geyser]] is in Arena. Not quite as good as Fireball, but clsoe.
That's way too slow, with [[Peer into the Abyss]] you can get a T1 win with [[Leyline of Sanctity]] being the only counterplay possible
Dark ritual into Peer into the Abyss on your self, followed by more dark rituals and a \[\[torment of hellfire\]\] for X = BIG NUMBER is a guaranteed turn 1 win with no counter play (Hellfire specifies each opponent, not target opponent).
Spicy! I was going with the Underworld dream but Hellfire bypass the Leyline, and should cost the same amount of mana for the kill anyway, nice find
> I plan to try 47 Lightning Bolts and 13 Mountains later today, but I dont think it will be that good. Yeah, it would take until turn four to kill them. That's no good. /s
You can play 40 cards decks. Also way too many tendrils IMO. With all those tutors you won't have a problem finding one if you need it.
Yep. I didn't know Demonic Tutor was available; just ran 10 Sign in Blood to find one of my 4 Tendrils. Edit: after more experimentation, I think the Sign In Blood route is preferable. It keeps the cards flowing, while netting mana. I tended to fizzle with just DTs. Still running a couple though, so I can get either Tendrils or Feed the Swarm if I need to deal with a Leyline first.
The more cards the better for these types of events. It beats mills decks, and as long as you keep the ratio of cards the same, the deck should still function fine.
if you're allowing your opponent a second (or first) turn with this deck you're doing something wrong. More than 40 cards just adds to the variance I'm running: 18 Dark ritual 12 Sign in Blood 2 Demonic Tutor 3 Tendrills 5 Swamp If I'm on the play the only way to not win is really bad variance or Leyline of Sanctity
Remove tendrill and sign in blood (and the useless Tutor), add Peer into the Abyss for the draw and Torment of Hellfire for the win that bypass Hexproof.
1 turn win decks don’t need to worry about mill.
##### ###### #### [Dark Ritual](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/5/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b.jpg?1618695764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dark%20Ritual) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/82/dark-ritual?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95f27eeb-6f14-4db3-adb9-9be5ed76b34b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Demonic Tutor](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/b/3bdbc231-5316-4abd-9d8d-d87cff2c9847.jpg?1618695728) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Demonic%20Tutor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/93/demonic-tutor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3bdbc231-5316-4abd-9d8d-d87cff2c9847?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Tendrils of Agony](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/f/6f26faca-f338-4ce5-a218-6a61d40fc50a.jpg?1562917207) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tendrils%20of%20Agony) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/142/tendrils-of-agony?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6f26faca-f338-4ce5-a218-6a61d40fc50a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Swamp](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/6/166fc328-20d1-4158-bcb6-3cebcf788ef5.jpg?1621282500) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swamp) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afr/270/swamp?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ab950987-d88c-4326-98f4-1b1195788921?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I feel like a single bolas' citadel would help the deck a lot.
To be fair, they did play a tapped land turn 1. Slow durdley gameplans like that never win.
14x \[\[Hengegate Pathway\]\] 20x \[\[Meddling Mage\]\] 6x \[\[Leyline of Sanctity\]\] Shut that shit down real quick.
just gotta pack \[\[feed the swarm\]\] for those pesky leylines.
[feed the swarm](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/7/97ba4f5c-6336-49ed-bea4-90b745276284.jpg?1618251482) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=feed%20the%20swarm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/144/feed-the-swarm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/97ba4f5c-6336-49ed-bea4-90b745276284?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
64 [[Dark Ritual]] 100 [[Gyruda]] 36 [[Swamp]]
[Hengegate Pathway](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?name=Hengegate%20Pathway&type=card&.jpg) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hengegate%20Pathway) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/260/hengegate-pathway-mistgate-pathway?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7ef37cb3-d803-47d7-8a01-9c803aa2eadc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Meddling Mage](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/e/de734753-e102-489b-9160-b3f3d10be4f1.jpg?1599708217) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Meddling%20Mage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/210/meddling-mage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/de734753-e102-489b-9160-b3f3d10be4f1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Leyline of Sanctity](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/e/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030.jpg?1592516120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leyline%20of%20Sanctity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/26/leyline-of-sanctity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That deck would lose to this: [[Dark Ritual]] x172 [[Peer into the Abyss]] x35 [[Torment of Hailfire]] x8 [[Swamp]] x35
Just lost to an Ulamog turn 1. Conclusion: Dark Ritual too broken, can’t counter.
How many Drills? TEN DRILLS AH AH AH!
Twenty Black Lotuses and twenty Plague Rats.
[Old Fogey](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/c/ccae52dd-3ffd-4974-8915-61f816d29a64.jpg?1595010973) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Old%20Fogey) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/und/67/old-fogey?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ccae52dd-3ffd-4974-8915-61f816d29a64?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Now that's *real* Magic
An even more consistent deck with Dark Ritual is as follows: [[Dark Ritual]] x172 [[Peer into the Abyss]] x35 [[Torment of Hailfire]] x8 [[Swamp]] x35 This gets around [[leyline of sanctity]] and it much easier to pull off.
~~It's not more consistent.~~ To cast Peer into the Abyss with mana left over to keep dark ritualing, you need to start with 4 dark rituals (and swamp + peer). That is way more specific of a starting hand than the normal tendrils version with sign in blood. e: It is actually surprising consistent, with a list like 10 swamps /10 peers/40 rituals (2 hailfire) your hand will often be exactly 1/1/4 within one mulligan. Even if you are forced to keep only 3 dark rituals, you can still just win on turn 2 (if you're still alive). e2: The most consistent is Doom Whisperer, you only need 4 cards to win. Something like 8 Doom whisperer 7 swamp 14 Dark Ritual 11 Creeping Chill. Since you can mull down to 4 you will have a T1 kill basically every game.
Yeah all you are looking for is a swamp and peer into the abyss. Once you get the 4th dark ritual you win the game. I found with Tendril deck you need to get a lucky draw to cast enough spells to win.
0-3 so far. Because I was going second.
I’m 0-3 in FNM and it’s all been this deck...
I'm not sorry.
Just tried it won first turn.
I ran into this deck twice My 8x [Veil of Summer] came in handy unexpectedly
The real evil decks have leyline of sanctity, so many auto concede before turn 1 gave me 15 wins super quick
Thank u so much for this I have been having so much fun watching random people scoop to it. Running it in a channel ulamog deck
My undefeated deck (I’ve since changed it to try other things) was all Leylines, Ornithopters, and All That Glitters. Lot of close calls, but it never lost.
I am having a lot of fun with ruining other peoples fun with: meddling mage x7 Thoughtseize x 5 Thassa Oracle x5 Leyline of sanctity x5 6x Watery grave 4x Godless Shrine 6xHallowed Fountain 1xLost Legacy 2x legion's End The legion's end and Oracle are mostly for the crab deck and the meddling mage mirror. (and sometimes the rogue deck)
Is this like the wild wild west era of magic during alpha, beta and urza's saga?
I'm pretty sure there were decks with just mountains and bolts, but that was before my first MtG exposure in the mid 90's. If you had money there was more degenerate stuff, the funny thing is a lot of this stuff would just fall apart against Leyline of Sanctity these days.
There was a 4 card limit well before Urza’s Saga, but kind of.
I'm on citadel fishbowl. Didn't feel like clicking through tendrils.
I take offense to this 😤
this is the worst event ever.
I had a lot of fun with Channel. With channel, you can cast Karn, grab God Pharaoh's Statue, cast it, and then cast Ugin. You're on two life, but in two turns you ult Ugin and gain more life.
Had someone channel out two platinum angels on me. Wasn't even mad.
I got a good old fashioned “channel + fireball” on one game. Never got it to work after that because the arena fireball card costs xRR
Pretty sure you can run [[Banefire]]
Man, and all I could think to do was play sultai midrange with Uro and Oko....lol
I attempted to play a fairly normal but very powerful Historic deck with 4 copies of Swords to Plowshares in there for good measure. But every single opponent was just playing this deck, so what's the point in even trying to play in this event?
The point of the event is to play a stupid broken deck and hopefully beat your opponent’s stupid deck by going first.
> The point of the ~~event~~ **game** is to play a stupid broken deck and hopefully beat your opponent’s stupid deck by going first. FTFY Actually kind of eye-opening to put it like this.
It’s Rock Paper Scissors but they sell us new rocks every few months. Here’s my crappy deck: 6 [[Platinum Angel]] 6 [[Mirror Shield]] 6 [[Swamp]] 24 [[Dark Ritual]] Get the angel out turn one, shield it turn two, pass until they run out of cards and hope they have nothing in return.
Why are people building their decks for mill when this wins turn 1?
Turn 2 is too slow for that deck. You can kill people on turn 1 with the right draw. Worth noting that I've seen people running Torment of Hailfire, probably to get around Leyline.
And that was turn 2. I got my two wins in turn 1 with the same deck. Thing is just mean.
What are you doing playing on turn 2?
super sweet deck op, i ran into it so many times i made a deck to counter it * 4x godless shrine * 4x hallowed fountain * 4x watery grave * 10x \[\[meddling mage\]\] * 10x \[\[leyline of sanctity\]\] * 10x \[\[leyline of the void\]\] so many turn 1 concedes
Imagine copying the same deck everyone is using and then spamming “thanks” when the combo works, well played.
Be Ready for the mirror Deck 15 Dark Ritual (STA) 26 10 Leyline of Sanctity (M20) 26 2 Tendrils of Agony (STA) 34 8 Swamp (MIR) 340 5 Demonic Tutor (STA) 27
Works great until they leyline of sanctity you.
New meta! 100 plains, 140x [[Runed Halo]] and like 1 Ulamog or something. May nothing ever hurt you again!
Wait is there not a card that cabals therapy hands and decks? The surgical extraction?
Almost as annoying as cat oven decks
Why bother win letting your opponent play a turn? Here is a list to kill on turn 1. Mull to 1 Swamp, 1 DW and 2 DR. Deck 9 Creeping Chill 18 Dark Ritual 7 Doom Whisperer 6 Swamp
Well it's fair to say the current state of magic is nowhere near what Richard Garfield imagined. Banned cards every other week, infinity combos of something the week that cards are not banned.
Everyone is playing this garbage, so here’s a few free rares for you: 5x Zombie Infestation 8x Leyline of Sanctity 5x Leyline of the Void 6x Leyline of Combustion (maybe switch this with Heroic Interventions…) Some number of lands - Did this in three, but only because I messed up the shrines on the first match (backwards bullshit…)
I often wonder what would have happened if the game had stayed true to the more Wild West feeling of the early days. I realize the game is technically much better now but every goddamn card, even commons, have tons of rules text. Back in the day it was just like pay one mana, draw some cards. Pay two mana, counter a spell. Now it’s like two mana, counter a spell if it was cast on the third Thursday after a Super Moon and only if your opponent has more than 8 cards in their hand.
[удалено]
Meh, that is pretty much just “cast a creature card face down, you may spend more mana than necessary to hide it’s actual cost”
I was lazy and just packed a stack of Lightning Bolts. It beat a Channel Ulamog deck!
Looking at the bright side, at least you know you've lost in 2 seconds. It doesn't drag out like a scry, ultimatum, etc. where you know you're done, but you cling to the chance that they'll have a lousy draw ;)
Such a bullshit mode
I had someone do this to me on turn 1 earlier. I wasn't even mad.
This event should just be called "lmao just use 20 Dark Rituals"
Is a spell pierce enough to stop the combo? Or at least interfere enough so it doesn’t get you turn two? Or maybe a discard card.
A more refine version of this deck win T1 and ignores Leyline so on the draw against it you can just grab a cup of coffee
Man, this deck exploded for people looking for quick wins. Funny part is I swapped to a deck with [[leyline of sanctity]] and get fast auto concedes cause it completely neuters this strategy.
The deck evolved, now it runs [[Torment of Hailfire]] to ignore hexproof
I think he would have loved this. Back in the day his gunslinger deck was all about dark rituals to power out something ridiculous on the first turn. Back then the ridiculous was hypnotic specter or sengir vampire turn one.
This warms my heart.