Paint It Black

Commander / EDH Casual Midrange Mono-Black Multiplayer Phyrexian Sacrifice Theme/Gimmick Vorthos

theMarc

Creature (30)

• 1x Blightbelly Rat
• 1x Bloated Processor
• 1x Defiler of Flesh
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Entomber Exarch
• 1x First-Sphere Gargantua
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Gixian Puppeteer
• 1x Grafted Butcher
• 1x Ichor Rats
• 1x Injector Crocodile
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Phyrexian Gargantua
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Phyrexian Vivisector
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Scheming Aspirant
• 1x Scrapwork Rager
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Vraan, Executioner Thane
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Wurmcoil Larva
• 1x Zenith Chronicler

Artifact (13)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Atlas
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Vat of Rebirth
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Gix's Command
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Instant (2)

• 1x Black Sun's Twilight
• 1x Vraska's Fall

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Hall of Tagsin
• 1x Mirrex
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 28x Swamp
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x The Dross Pits
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Enslave
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x The Cruelty of Gix

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This deck's theme is not based on mechanics, but on flavor. So if you can't think like a Vorthos, then turn back now!

The theme, as you may have guessed, is Phyrexia, both new and old. Their allies are fair game too, so references to the Rathi Stronghold and Mercadia City are welcome in this deck. Cards whose flavor doesn't really reference any particular person, place, or thing, like Murder or Animate Dead can also go in this deck.

Cards that aren't welcome in this deck are ones that directly reference people or organizations that aren't associated with the Phyrexians. (So no Cabal Coffers, sadly.) This goes double for people and orginizations that have directly opposed Phyrexia, like Urza or the Thran. Anything with a Mirran watermark (or any non-Phyrexian watermark, for that matter) isn't allowed, either.

One grey area here is the cards from the original Mirrodin block. As we now know, the Phyrexian oil made its way onto the plane long before the first Mirrodin block started. So Phyrexia's influence was present even during Mirrodin, Darksteel, and Fifth Dawn. As such, I am willing to give the green light to certain cards. Anything related to Geth or Glissa gets a free pass, since those two have since joined the Phyrexians. Many cards with graveyard-related mechanics are okay, as well. Like Skullclamp; that's totally the sort of device a Phyrexian would use.

Fun Fact: This was the first EDH deck I ever made, though its original general was Tsabo Tavoc.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.81
Tokens	Incubator, Phyrexian 0/0 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Phyrexian Mite 1/1 C, Phyrexian Wurm 1/2 C, Phyrexian Wurm 2/1 C, Powerstone, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	EDH, EDH, Commander