Wages of Sin

Black/Green/Blue Theft

Hedonist’s Trove by Peter Mohrbacher

They say “the wages of sin is death,” but they didn’t specify whose death … or which sin!

The sin in question here is definitely greed. Multiple castings of Villainous Wealth is the ultimate goal: use Damia, Greed, Increasing Ambition, Treasured Find, and Secret Salvage to gather as many copies as you can. Boundless Realms will build up your land portfolio. Spell Swindle and Plasm Capture will filch your opponent’s mana to fuel the villainy. When you cast Villianous Wealth, save a little mana to trigger Duskmantle Guildmage so all those cards you’ll be sending to your opponent’s graveyard will ping them to death on the way. Don’t forget to pile counters on Vulturous Zombie while you’re at it.

Greedy for more? Get Zaxara out first, then create massive Hydra tokens with each casting of Villianous Wealth. So much fun it oughta be a sin!

You might wonder why Fallen Shinobi is in this deck? I have a new policy of putting one random Ninja with the ninjutsu ability into any deck that has room for another card. I just like springing random Ninjas on my opponent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Creatures (24)

  • 1 Damia, Sage of Stone
  • 1 Sisters of Stone Death
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Zaxara, the Exemplary
  • 1 Puppeteer Clique
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Perplexing Chimaera
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 2 Vulturous Zombie
  • 2 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 2 Mystic Snake
  • 2 Coiling Oracle
  • 2 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 2 Baleful Strix
  • 2 Gleaming Barrier

Enchantments (2)

  • 1 Hedonist’s Trove
  • 1 Greed

Sorceries (14)

  • 1 Grim Bounty
  • 1 Treasured Find
  • 1 Boundless Realms
  • 1 Increasing Ambition
  • 1 Secret Salvage
  • 1 Soul Salvage
  • 4 Villainous Wealth
  • 4 Emergent Ultimatum

Instants (6)

  • 2 Growth Spiral
  • 2 Plasm Capture
  • 2 Spell Swindle

Lands (24)

  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 3 Opulent Palace
  • 6 Swamp
  • 6 Forest
  • 6 Island

Tokens

  • 0/0 Green Hydra
  • Treasure
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