Black is the Night!

Commander / EDH Mono-Black

SpawnMan

Creature (17)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Seeker
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Dread
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thrashing Wumpus
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Sorin Markov

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 30x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Blood Reckoning
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Night of Souls' Betrayal
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Wound Reflection

Artifact (11)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Dingus Staff
• 1x Farsight Mask
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (8)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Terror
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Chainer's Edict
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Ill-Gotten Gains
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Pox
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Zombify

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Words of Waste

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Hissing Miasma
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x No Mercy

Artifact (1)

• 1x Ward of Bones

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Black can be a b*tch to play against at times. This takes it a step further. Very few creatures, lots of answers, and enough mono-black control to make you cry tears of joyous evil.

The main idea is to deny your opponent everything: Creatures, life, choices, and eventually, fun. All the while, you build up the pressure, gain life and wait until you have the cards you need to wipe everyone out.

Combos/Synergy:

Staff of Domination + Magus of the Coffers = Infinite mana.

Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond = Douchey insta-kill.

Leyline of the Void / Bojuka Bog + Ill-Gotten Gains = I get cards back you don't.

Necropotence + Venser's Journal = Nearly free card draw.

Win Cons:

Exsanguinate; Gen damage with Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief; a large board-wipe with Dingus Staff or Massacre Wurm out; Thrashing Wumpus (even better with Whip of Erebos out); Exquisite Blood/Sanguine Bond; and pretty much anything with Wound Reflection

But of course, the main idea of this deck is control. Glorious, mono-black, unfair control:

Opponent's turn: Draws a card, loses 1 life to Underworld Dreams. Plays a land, loses 2 life to Polluted Bonds, you gain 2. If Infernal Darkness isn't out, then they get to play spells! Plays a creature. Discards card to Painful Quandrary. You gain 3 life from Sangromancer. They lose 1 life to Blood Seeker. Thinks hard, decides to sacrifice a land to Tainted AEther. They lose 2, you gain 2 with Bloodchief Ascension. They go all in and decide to attack you. Lose 1 life to Blood Reckoning. Dies to Dread. They lose 2 life from Massacre Wurm, 1 life each from Blood Artist, another 2 from Dingus Staff and 2 from Bloodchief Ascension, and you gain 4 life, plus another 3 from Sangromancer. They end their turn, and take an extra 15 damage from Wound Reflection.

And that's an average turn if you've gotten your mana-base sorted. With your board-wipes and spot-removal, they'll most likely never get a creature out. And if they're foolish enough to play one and attack with it, you'll more often than not, come out with more life and them with less, than if they'd done nothing at all. Congrats, your playgroup now hates you.

*Note - Will be swapping out Blood Reckoning for Hissing Miasma when I get one (cheaper and just as good), and Price of Knowledge will be coming out for Ward of Bones when I get one (the lack of creatures will make this card a beast)

*Note on Sideboard - With the recent Grixis Commander decks having come out, I found Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Spiteful Visions were a real problem, often pinging me for 6+ damage a draw phase. Necropotence is great, but against Grixis decks, Words of Waste is very good (especially in conjunction with Sangromancer) at preventing this damage in a pinch and removing their hands at the same time.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 1 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.77
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms