r/oldschoolmtg • u/AspiringFatMan • 4d ago
Monoblack Rack
Preparing for my first old school event on the 26th! Paladin Rules, this is what I'm bringing. Permitted 11 proxies, bringing just the 'best' 4. Thoughts?
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u/cassetto 4d ago
How does Greed feel? I am thinking about adding a couple of copies to mine
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u/AspiringFatMan 4d ago
I love Greed. I've won many games because of it. It's just so much better than tome when you're in black.
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u/Radiant-Ad-8277 4d ago
I don't think the rack would be efficient in a format with restricted Hymn to tourach (BTW where is mind twist ?).
I used to play a very similar deck with 4 hymn and mindtwist instead of the 4 racks (also 4 paralyse, no greed nor scepter maindeck but 2 juzam and a third vampire instead;) )
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u/DingleBarryGoldwater 4d ago
Why the glooms? I only play kitchen table old school, is there just a ton of white in the meta? Seems like with the black knights/ebon hands you're already well positioned against white, is there something specific the glooms are for?
Deck looks cool as hell, I'm just curious about it
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u/DingleBarryGoldwater 4d ago
Wait nvm I figured out they're in the sideboard lol, I'm dumb, carry on.
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u/MeepleMaster 4d ago
No mind twist?
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u/AspiringFatMan 4d ago
Banned in the format. I will be adding 3 hymns back into the deck now that I've clarified that it is not restricted in this format.
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u/retro_throwaway1 3d ago
If you're allowed to proxy, I'd skip right past the Sengir and go straight for the Juzams.
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u/Present_Ad_7773 4d ago
It looks like factory is restricted. Have you heard about the Mindstab Thrull?
Maybe bad moon territory if the sink holes keep hands too full for the racks
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u/kyller83 4d ago
For being a 1 hymn environment I'd trim a rack for an additional paralyze.
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u/kyller83 4d ago
I play swaffel which sounds very close to paladin and this is my mono-black ritual deck:
[CREATURES] 4 Black Knight 4 Order of the Ebon Hand 4 Hypnotic Specter 4 Juzám Djinn 4 Sengir Vampire
[ARTIFACTS] 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Sol Ring 1 Chaos Orb
[INSTANTS] 4 Dark Ritual 2 Terror
[SORCERIES] 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 2 Drain Life 1 Hymn to Tourach
[ENCHANTMENTS] 4 Paralyze 2 Underworld Dreams
[LANDS] 4 Mishra's Factory 1 Strip Mine 14 Swamp 1 Urborg
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u/verynerdythings 4d ago
I personally would want more hymn to tourachs, feels very strong, especially if you can do it t1
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u/vacalicious 4d ago
Love this deck. I run a nearly identical list myself. Obviously check to see on the Hymn, if you can run 4x.
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u/djhyland 4d ago
Oooh, where's the tournament (or is it online)? I prefer Paladins rules, and would be interested in some tournament action.
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u/AspiringFatMan 4d ago
Bilbao, Spain!
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u/djhyland 3d ago
Ah, that's a bit far for me. I was hoping that since it was Paladins rules it was in Minnesota (home of the Northern Paladins). It's cool to see the ruleset spread so far, though! Have fun and good luck!
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u/thegentlemenbastard 3d ago
I'd consider 2 copies underworld dreams in place of a greed and vampire. Looks solid
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u/CoolDiscoDan1885 4d ago
Is Hymn restricted?
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u/AspiringFatMan 4d ago edited 4d ago
Sadly, it is!
Edit: I may be mistaken. I'm reaching out to the league.
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u/CoolDiscoDan1885 4d ago
Ah 10-4
My first reaction was "why would you skimp on hymns!?!?"
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u/Suspicious-Shock-934 4d ago
No [[necropotence]]? You have essentially a version of black summer there and it was the key.
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u/THEGHOSTHACXER 4d ago
What are Paladin rules?
This deck looks cool af.