You might be curious what this article brings about in relation to Magic: The Gathering. Well, the title is just a little spice and is somehow related to the idea we’re going to discuss today. So which demon am I referring to? Yep, its the (ex)favorite Abyssal Persecutor of Worldwake. As its title says it, it seems that he is doing the opposite in the current Standard. Players tried him in Jund but failed miserably despite alot of removals the deck have.

As I have observed the big tournaments in the recent weeks, there’s no appearance of AP in the top decks. Does this mean the total failure of the demon for constructed? I think not. We are going to check how this card became a hype and how to turn its adversity into advantage.

For an update, AP made it in a Day Two deck nicknamed as “Guess Who?” which was piloted by Conley Woods. the deck had an option of either bouncing the demon via Ninja of the Deep Hours or sacrifing it to the Gatekeeper of Malakir. You can check the complete decklist here.

With Extended shedding a ray of hope for AP, I think it may also have a chance in Standard. Here’s a list I’ve came up with.

BR Persecutor V. 1.0
by Mark Ian Alloso
Lands
2 Akoum Refuge
10 Swamp
4 Marsh Flats
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
4 Dragonskull Summit

Creatures
4 Abyssal Persecutor
4 Bloodghast
3 Vampire Hexmage
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
3 Vampire Nighthawk

Spells
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Duress
4 Blightning
2 Bone Splinters
4 Terminate

It features the best cards of black and red in the current Standard. The deck may appear like Vampires with Red though the alternate win goal is beatdown by this tribe.

As you may have noticed, we have ten kill cards for the demon. Bone Splinters seems to be an odd choice, but 4 Bloodghasts makes sure that you have fodder to play this sorcery.

Cards that would make it to the sideboard is meta-based but mine would probably include the following:

2 Deathmark
2 Duress
3 Earthquake
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Thought Hemorrhage
1 Malakir Bloodwitch
1 Vampire Nighthawk

Feel free to test this deck and let me know of any suggestions or changes you might add. Thanks for reading! 🙂