Tier rogueprison

Mono Black Rack

Discard Prison

Featured list~$1027ShoeCityShowdown3: Land Grant @ Webway Games (Marlborough, MA)

Overview

"A discard-focused prison deck that shreds the opponent's hand with Stupor, Duress, and Stupor, then punishes an empty hand with The Rack for persistent damage."

Game Plan

Strip the opponent's hand as quickly as possible with targeted and random discard, then let The Rack deal 3 damage per turn while they topdeck. Nether Void or Pox adds further lock elements.

Key Cards

Core engine & flex

Duress

$3.70

TCG MP CK

Diabolic Edict

$0.38

TCG MP CK

Smother

$4.10

TCG MP CK

Signature

Hypnotic Specter

$3.58

TCG MP CK

Funeral Charm

$0.41

TCG MP CK

The Rack

$1.18

TCG MP CK

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Sample Decklists

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ShoeCityShowdown3: Land Grant @ Webway Games (Marlborough, MA)

1st PlaceApr 4, 2026

Phil Lorrain

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Phil Lorrain

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$623

Creature (13)

$27.38

$6.702BB

$14.321BB

$1.72BB

$1.241B

$3.40BB

Instant (10)

$21.72

$0.761B

$1.64B

$7.84XB

$4.101B

$7.383B

Sorcery (9)

$110

3Cabal Therapy

$74.13B

2Chain of Smog

$21.501B

4Duress

$14.80B

Artifact (4)

$4.72

4The Rack

$4.721

Land (24)

$458

4Mishra's Factory

$38.24

2Rishadan Port

$192

14Swamp

$5.74

4Wasteland

$223

Sideboard (15)

$405

$87.911

$1401BB

$24.272B

$0.472B

$2.002B

$25.901

$40.481B

$75.962

$3.92XB

$4.101B

Est. Total$1027

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Adriatic Pile - 5° tappa

1st PlaceOct 24, 2025

Luca Mosconi

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Luca Mosconi

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$614

Creature (10)

$22.36

4Hypnotic Specter

$14.321BB

4Ravenous Rats

$1.241B

2Withered Wretch

$6.80BB

Instant (10)

$21.72

$1.64B

$0.761B

$7.84XB

$4.101B

$7.383B

Sorcery (9)

$96.47

4Duress

$14.80B

3Chain of Smog

$32.251B

2Cabal Therapy

$49.42B

Artifact (8)

$206

4The Rack

$4.721

2Cursed Scroll

$1761

2Phyrexian Furnace

$25.901

Land (23)

$267

14Swamp

$5.74

4Mishra's Factory

$38.24

4Wasteland

$223

1Spawning Pool

$0.41

Sideboard (15)

$255

$32.362B

$2.734BB

$1401BB

$3.962B

$0.761B

$75.962

Est. Total$870

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May Monthly @ Darkside Games (Las Vegas, NV)

2nd PlaceMay 17, 2026

Justin Jones

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Justin Jones

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$386

Creature (14)

$23.44

$1.083B

$14.321BB

$1.241B

$6.80BB

Instant (14)

$39.84

$21.04B

$0.761B

$1.64B

$16.401B

Sorcery (8)

$73.78

2Cabal Therapy

$49.42B

4Duress

$14.80B

2Victimize

$9.562B

Artifact (5)

$92.63

1Cursed Scroll

$87.911

4The Rack

$4.721

Land (19)

$157

1Cabal Pit

$2.09

4Mishra's Factory

$38.24

12Swamp

$4.92

2Wasteland

$111

Sideboard (15)

$232

$49.42B

$21.501B

$93.061BB

$16.182B

$4.002B

$29.382B

$3.92XB

$14.763B

Est. Total$619

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Archetype Anatomy

Based on 30 decks with known dates2025-06-18 to 2026-05-31

Mana Base

Average22.8lands

Median23lands

Range19–25lands

Spells37.2avg non-land

Based on 30 decks (All-time)

core Cards(>80%)

Duress

100%

4.0x

Diabolic Edict

97%

2.0x

Smother

97%

1.7x

Hypnotic Specter

93%

4.0x

Funeral Charm

93%

3.6x

The Rack

90%

3.9x

Mishra's Factory

87%

4.0x

Wasteland

87%

3.7x

Skeletal Scrying

87%

2.0x

Ravenous Rats

80%

4.0x

Chain of Smog

80%

2.2x

flex Cards(30-80%)

Cabal Therapy

77%

2.8x

Withered Wretch

60%

1.7x

Snuff Out

60%

1.1x

Cursed Scroll

53%

2.1x

Bane of the Living

50%

1.9x

Rishadan Port

50%

1.8x

Knight of Stromgald

37%

1.9x

Phyrexian Furnace

37%

1.8x

fringe Cards(<30%)

Dark Ritual

27%

4.0x

Plague Spitter

17%

2.2x

Phyrexian Arena

13%

2.5x

Bottomless Pit

10%

3.7x

Nantuko Shade

10%

3.0x

2.5x

2.5x

2.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

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4.0x

4.0x

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2.0x

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1.0x

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1.0x

Sideboard Anatomy

core Sideboard Options(>80%)

Engineered Plague

93%

3.2x

flex Sideboard Options(30-80%)

Dystopia

77.9%

2.7x

Gloom

66.1%

1.6x

Powder Keg

66.1%

1.3x

Perish

62%

1.3x

Skeletal Scrying

47.3%

1.0x

Spinning Darkness

44.4%

1.8x

Smother

44%

1.0x

Phyrexian Furnace

43.3%

1.9x

Plaguebearer

42.7%

1.2x

Cursed Scroll

30.8%

1.0x

fringe Sideboard Options(<30%)

Tormod'S Crypt

20.3%

1.9x

Withered Wretch

19.8%

2.1x

Diabolic Edict

19.4%

1.5x

Snuff Out

19.2%

1.3x

Cabal Therapy

18.7%

1.5x

Plague Spitter

11.7%

1.8x

Nevinyrral'S Disk

7.1%

1.5x

Graveborn Muse

7.1%

1.0x

Mesmeric Fiend

1.5x

Cursed Totem

6.7%

2.0x

Contagion

6.4%

1.0x

Infest

6.2%

1.6x

Planar Void

6.2%

2.4x

Knight Of Stromgald

3.7%

1.0x

Withering Wisps

3.6%

3.0x

Innocent Blood

3.6%

3.0x

Mind Sludge

3.6%

2.0x

Null Rod

3.6%

1.0x

Ensnaring Bridge

3.6%

1.0x

Masticore

3.6%

1.0x

Chain Of Smog

3.6%

2.0x

Phyrexian Negator

3.6%

2.0x

Stupor

3.5%

1.0x

Evincar'S Justice

3.5%

2.0x

Dread Of Night

3.5%

1.0x

Bone Shredder

3.5%

2.0x

Vendetta

3.5%

3.0x

Vicious Hunger

3.5%

2.0x

Defense Grid

3.5%

2.0x

Eastern Paladin

3.5%

1.0x

Strongarm Tactics

3.5%

2.0x

Haunting Echoes

3.4%

1.0x

Persecute

2.7%

1.0x

Phyrexian Arena

2.6%

1.0x

Recent Events Featuring this Archetype

Orustmästerskapen @ Spelförbundet Orust (Sweden)

2026-05-31•Sweden•21 Players

Highest Finish: 3rd

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LCOS Mayo 26

2026-05-24•Barcelona, Spain•30 Players

Highest Finish: 5th

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May Monthly @ Darkside Games (Las Vegas, NV)

2026-05-17•Las Vegas, USA•10 Players

Highest Finish: 2nd

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Lobstercon 2026 - North American Championship - Duress Crew @ Cambridge (MA)

2026-05-01•Cambridge, USA•326 Players

Highest Finish: 120th

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League Esslingen #3-7 @ Würfelzwerg (Esslingen, Germany)

2026-05-01•Esslingen, Germany•4 Players

Highest Finish: 2nd

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Quick Facts

Tierrogue

Styleprison

Meta Share0.1%

Avg Lands22.8

Est. Price~$1027

Colors

Deck Weaknesses

Empty — hand dependency - The Rack only deals damage while the opponent holds fewer than three cards, so any deck that naturally draws extra cards or refills on its own turn neutralizes the win condition without dedicating sideboard slots.
Fragile two — part lock - the deck needs Cabal Therapy, Duress, or Ravenous Rats to empty the hand AND The Rack to punish it; disrupting either half (removing The Rack, or simply holding two cards) buys full turns of zero pressure.
Slow clock — outside of Hypnotic Specter the deck wins solely through The Rack's three-per-turn drip, giving opponents many turns to topdeck an answer, stabilize, or race with their own threats before the total is lethal.
Thin creature base — Ravenous Rats and Hypnotic Specter are the only real bodies, so cheap removal or a static effect that shrinks a creature type's power and toughness shuts both off and forces the deck onto The Rack alone, its slowest line.

How to beat it

The entire engine depends on keeping your hand empty, so if you can refill faster than Cabal Therapy, Duress, and Ravenous Rats can strip cards, The Rack stops dealing damage entirely. Lean on card draw that triggers at end of turn or on their turn so the discard lands on an already-refilled hand.
Race The Rack by deploying threats that win before its incremental damage piles up: every turn the deck spends paying mana for Smother, Diabolic Edict, or Snuff Out is a turn The Rack is not closing the game, so present more bodies than their removal can answer one at a time.
Hypnotic Specter is what makes an empty hand catastrophic, so prioritize removal timed before it connects on turn three or four, since each hit compounds the lock. Exile-based removal is ideal because it leaves nothing to recur.
Go wide so the deck's sweeper, Bane Of The Living, must pay a large amount of mana to set its fixed -X/-X high enough to clear the whole board, and a single Diabolic Edict only takes one body. Forcing them to overpay on a single wrath, or to leave creatures alive, buys turns of zero pressure.
The deck has almost no maindeck answer to enchantments or artifacts, so a passive card-advantage engine that replaces discarded cards can simply outrun the discard lock and strand The Rack as a blank; deploy that engine early and protect it.

Last Updated: May 2026