Dies to Removal

Its good against decks with minimal removal - like for instant Wb, Ux, Dredge, monsters, GW and all those midrange decks people like so much (TS, Maggot, LBZ..... green/white is almost going too be a bye).

It also forces people to target the maggot while cards like Pain Seer can roam free.

I was reading some SCG articles and I came across this:

[deck=Patrick Chapin's Mono-Black Aggro]Creatures (29)
4 Lifebane Zombie
1 Mogis's Marauder
4 Pain Seer
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Tormented Hero
4 Brain Maggot
4 Gnarled Scarhide
4 Herald of Torment

Lands (22)
18 Swamp
4 Mutavault

Spells (9)
4 Hero's Downfall
1 Ultimate Price
4 Thoughtseize

Sideboard (15)
4 Dark Betrayal
4 Doom Blade
3 Pharika's Cure
4 Duress[/deck]

IF burns dies out a little couldn't deck has some real game? 8x Hard Discard MD + 4x Duress SB seems quite strong no? Hell with Cure and Duress postboard maybe burn could be decent.

I think the deck would be MUCH better just being pure black.