Bant: WUG Bant Battlemage | Illustration by Donato Giancola Bant is a primarily white-aligned shard with green and blue as secondary colors
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You can't discard a card with madness just because you want to, though
Winner: Soul WardenSoul Warden (Creatures: 2, Artifacts: 1, Enchantments: 1) 6
The only black based decks which dont play Thoughtseize at all in Modern are highly synergistic decks like Goblins or Mill, or decks which cant afford to play it due to other restrictions like Living End
These archetypes are usually called aristocrats, paying homage to Falkenrath Aristocrat and other similar cards