Demons and Shenanigans

Commander / EDH* Combo Demons Lifegain Mono-Black Zombie

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Creature (33)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Basilica Screecher
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Diregraf Ghoul
• 1x Dread
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Helldozer
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Phage the Untouchable
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Urborg Syphon-Mage
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Viscera Seer

Land (32)

• 1x Blighted Fen
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 19x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Blood Tithe
• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Languish
• 1x Murderous Compulsion
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms

Artifact (4)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Shadows of the Past
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x Triskaidekaphobia
• 1x Wound Reflection

Instant (7)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Murder
• 1x Tragic Slip

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Maybeboard

Creature (28)

• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Ashling, the Extinguisher
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cao Cao, Lord of Wei
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Hythonia the Cruel
• 1x Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
• 1x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
• 1x Lim-Dul the Necromancer
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Null Champion
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Soul of Innistrad
• 1x Sutured Ghoul
• 1x Umbra Stalker
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Ever After
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Ruthless Disposal
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Land (2)

• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse

Artifact (2)

• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Oblivion Stone

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos

Instant (1)

• 1x Malicious Affliction

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The point of this deck is to sustain, while constantly whittling all opponents down. Well, it was, anyway. But now I'm shifting away from that and moving towards a more hard-hitting deck. The idea of this deck originally was to thrive in large commander games, by sustaining off everybody (primarily with "deal x damage to each opponent, and gain that much life" types of cards), without drawing too much heat upon yourself (since most pings were for only 1 damage). But to make it more suitable for 1v1 EDH games, and just to make it a bit stronger overall, I'm shifting towards a little bit more token generation and graveyard play, along with building up strong attacks, as opposed to tiny hits every turn focused on lifelink.

Edit #1: I've been looking into some larger (and inherently more powerful) creatures recently, and there were quite a many that caught my interest. So for a while henceforth, I will be experimenting a lot with different creatures that are currently in the limbo of my maybeboard, to see which ones will make the final cut; this includes swapping in and out many creature cards until I can find the deck's perfect balance of powerful creatures and average CMC. I can't have that running too high, you know? I will also be playing around a bit with how many of each card-type I want in the deck, with instants and sorceries most likely seeing most of the cutbacks to make room for more creatures (that I can ultimately dump in my graveyard anyways). Overall, I don't want this deck to be solely based off of lifestealing and slowly poking everyone to death, so this time will most importantly be used to help me figure out exactly how I want this deck to function as a whole: in an actually viable manner.

Edit #2 I've come to the conclusion that Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath is not the ideal commander for what this deck has become. But so I don't miss Ob Nixilis too much, I've decided to go with Ob Nixilis, Unshackled as my new commander. I'm less concerned with his searching libraries effect, but more so his +1/+1 effect; it should work quite nicely with all of the killing and sacrificing I plan to do. And then as far as the rest of the deck goes, I've been constantly substituting out (mostly creature) cards to get rid of any worthless stragglers and to create a better balance of weak and strong (at least in terms of CMC). Also, I've made some changes to my enchantments to make the whole lot even more disgusting to play against!

Disclaimer: I'm not super experienced when it comes to deck-building currently. I've been playing for a while now, so I have a fine grasp over the game itself, but I'm still learning plenty of new cards and combos everyday. I've worked on a few, rather simple decks, but this is the first seriously in-depth one I've worked on. So as I continue you to tweak this deck, any tips and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

And lastly, upvotes are always welcomed :)

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.74
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Thrull 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Mono black Commander