Modern 8Rack deck

8Rack is a mono-black control deck in Modern. It uses a large number of discard spells like <c>Thoughtseize</c>, <c>Inquisition of Kozilek</c> and <c>Raven's Crime</c> to empty out the opponent's hand and force them to throw away cards before they get the opportunity to use them. After this, the deck utilizes <c>The Rack</c> to deal continuous amounts of damage. The card <c>Shrieking Affliction</c> is used as additional copies of <c>The Rack</c>, giving the deck its Name. As the deck often has very few cards in hand itself, it employs <c>Ensnaring Bridge</c> as creature control.
<deck title="Discard Rack - Feuerteufel - Modern Daily Event">
Lands
8 Swamp
4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Darkslick Shores
3 Buried Ruin
2 Dakmor Salvage
1 Academy Ruins
Sorceries
4 Wrench Mind
4 Thoughtseize
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Raven's Crime
Instants
2 Darkblast
Creatures
2 Spellskite
Enchantments
4 Shrieking Affliction
2 Bitterblossom
Artifacts
4 The Rack
4 Ensnaring Bridge
Planeswalkers
4 Liliana of the Veil
	
Sideboard
2 Darkblast
2 Spellskite
4 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Royal Assassin
</deck>
==Mono Black Infect==
Mono-Black Infect, sometimes also called Mono-Black Control is a variant of 8Rack. It also employs a heavy discard theme in order to disrupt the opponent. However, rather than attempting to whittle down the opponent to 0 cards and win through The Rack and Shrieking Affliction, it employs creatures with Infect. The biggest threat here is <c>Phyrexian Crusader</c>, who has protection from many popular removal spells such as <c>Path to Exile</c> and <c>Lightning Bolt</c>, and is also immune to spells like <c>Doom Blade</c> and <c>Victim of Night</c> thanks to it being a black Zombie. It also often plays well against many green creatures thanks to the combination of first strike and Infect.
The deck also draws a lot of power from pumping up its infect creatures with <c>Runechanter's Pike</c>. It also is able to use <c>Funeral Charm</c> in four different ways: A one-time discard spell, killing opponents creatures, pumping up an unblocked infect creature, or making an infect creature unblockable if Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is on the table.
<deck title="Mono Black Infect">
Lands
17 Swamp
4 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Creatures
4 Phyrexian Vatmother
4 Phyrexian Crusader
Artifacts
2 Runechanter's Pike
Sorceries
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Raven's Crime
2 Wrench Mind
1 Thoughtseize
1 Blackmail
3 Night's Whisper
Instants
4 Disfigure
4 Funeral Charm
3 Doom Blade
2 Victim of Night
1 Devour Flesh
Enchantments
1 Phyrexian Arena
Sideboard
1 Doom Blade
1 Thoughtseize
1 Blackmail
2 Pithing Needle
4 Duress
2 Bile Blight
4 Leyline of the Void
</deck>
==8-Wake==
8-Wake is an XLN standard variant of 8rack, but instead of using The Rack and Shrieking Affliction, it uses discard punishers like <c>Fell Specter</c> or the namesake <c>Raiders' Wake</c> to hit them for near lethal damage.
Category:Modern format
Category:Tournament decks