
By Blake Rasmussen
Blake is the content manager for DailyMTG.com, making him the one you should email if you have thoughts on the website, good or less good (or not good). He's a longtime coverage reporter and hasn't turned down a game of Magic in any format ever.
This week, we are looking at some of the deck techs shown over the weekend during Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar. I could tell you all about these decks, how sweet they are, and how they work, but it's probably best you hear it from the experts—the pros who designed and played these exciting decks. Today we have an interesting Demonic Pact deck from Adrian Sullivan.
Instant (15)
4 Disperse 3 Utter End 1 Silumgar's Command 1 Horribly Awry 2 Clash of Wills 4 Dig Through TimeEnchantment (4)
4 Demonic PactLand (27)
3 Mage-Ring Network 2 Shambling Vent 2 Prairie Stream 4 Sunken Hollow 4 Polluted Delta 4 Flooded Strand 5 Swamp 3 Island60 Cards
Sideboard (15)
1 Utter End 1 Silumgar's Command 1 Horribly Awry 1 Languish 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited 2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 1 Negate 2 Dispel 2 Ultimate Price 3 Jace, Vryn's ProdigyBlack (22)
4 Demonic Pact 1 Dark Petition 3 Reave Soul 4 Languish 1 Crux of Fate 2 Ob Nixilis Reignited 3 Despise 2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 2 Ultimate PriceColorless (31)
2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 2 Horribly Awry 3 Mage-Ring Network 2 Shambling Vent 2 Prairie Stream 4 Sunken Hollow 4 Polluted Delta 4 Flooded Strand 5 Swamp 3 Island75 Cards
6 (2)
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang48 Cards
Rare (26)
4 Utter End 2 Silumgar's Command 1 Dark Petition 4 Dig Through Time 4 Languish 1 Crux of Fate 2 Shambling Vent 2 Prairie Stream 4 Sunken Hollow 2 Tasigur, the Golden FangMythic (19)
4 Demonic Pact 2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 2 Ob Nixilis Reignited 4 Polluted Delta 4 Flooded Strand 3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy75 Cards
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