Sarcomancy

Sarcomancy is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Tempest printing.
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How often Sarcomancy is played
Sarcomancy is maindecked in 5 of 77 tournament decks in this archive (6%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 1 of 21 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 45 decks that can cast black cards, 5 of them play it (11%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Sarcomancy
- Zombies: The second two-power one-drop: an enchantment that makes a 2/2 Zombie token when it enters. As long as any Zombie is on the battlefield it costs nothing more, and in this deck that is almost always true. Together with Carnophage it gives eight copies of a turn-one 2/2.
Tournament decks with Sarcomancy
- Horror Stompy: 3rd Place at MTGO Premodern Challenge (4× mainboard)
- Red Broccoli Soup: 2nd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante La Casa dei Giochi (4× mainboard)
- Mono Black Aggro: 4th Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (4× mainboard)
- zombies: 4th Place at La Parroquia Friday Night (4× mainboard)
- Mono Black: 6th Place at PMPMPMPM XXXVIII (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Sarcomancy
- Deadapult (4×)