B/u Devotion wins SCG Standard Open Syracuse

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Devotion to Black has again garnered another trophy in the person of 2014 Rookie of the Year Jared Boettcher. His version of the archetype has a splash of Blue for Negate and Notion Thief in the sideboard. His Finals matchup of the tournament was against Eric English playing Team Revolution’s Rabble Red, in which he won in two games.

Here is the winning decklist:

Maindeck
Creatures
4 Desecration Demon
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
4 Nightveil Specter
4 Pack Rat

Enchantments
3 Underworld Connections

Instants
2 Bile Blight
4 Devour Flesh
3 Hero’s Downfall

Sorceries
1 Duress
2 Sign in Blood
4 Thoughtseize

Lands
4 Mutavault
4 Temple of Deceit
3 Watery Grave
13 Swamp
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sideboard
3 Lifebane Zombie
1 Notion Thief
1 Underworld Connections
3 Doom Blade
2 Negate
2 Erebos, God of the Dead
3 Duress