Erebos, God of Mana Ramping

Commander / EDH Lifegain Mono-Black Multiplayer Necropotence Reanimator Stax

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Creature (31)

• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Ascendant Evincar
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demon of Wailing Agonies
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Dread
• 1x Eater of Hope
• 1x Erebos's Titan
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kagemaro, First to Suffer
• 1x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
• 1x Nightmare
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Phyrexian Gargantua
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Land (33)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 31x Swamp

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Waste Not

Artifact (10)

• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (3)

• 1x Fated Return
• 1x Murder
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Behold the Beyond
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Phthisis
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 1x Sickening Dreams
• 1x Sins of the Past

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Land (4)

• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Wasteland

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My first own EDH deckbuild so any suggestions are very welcome! **

I'm trying to get the deck multiplayer ready, if it makes me the archenemy in a group I wouldn't mind but not disabling other players decks too much. Apart from that I am looking to get the first few turns streamlined so I can set up my play for long games (These are most common in the playgroup) **

Table of contents

1. The General
2. Signature Cards
3. Strengths
4. Weaknesses
5. Combos

The General

Theros is by far my favourite block in terms of flavor. And the gods are at the absolute top, so Erebos was an easy pick for me. He is hard to remove, enters the battlefield early and helps you draw cards.

Signature Cards

• Koskun Falls
• Necropotence
• Painful Quandary
• Black Market
• Exsanguinate
• Dread
• Sickening Dreams
• Venser's Journal
• Cabal Coffers
• Crypt of Agadeem

Strengths

Ramping

I don't agree with the idea that green is the only color that can properly ramp, black can stand its own more then you would expect. Cabal Coffers + Crypt of Agadeem do more then enough to help the fatties of this deck come to fruition.

Low land count

As you can see this deck doesn't run that much land, and it doesn't need to! It has a few answers to people trying to ruin your day this way.

Lifegain

Due to cards like Venser's Journal and Trading Post the life you lose running this deck comes back easily.

Weaknesses

Early Game

The Deck doesn't shine in the early game and prefers to set itself up for the bigger baddies later on in the deck.

Combos

Necropotence + Venser's Journal

Using Necropotence on your opponents turn, then get all the life you spent back and not even having to discard down to 7 cards? No loss here.

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade + Lashwrithe

A creature that gets stronger when you have more swamps paired with a Artifact that grows with more swamps? This combo has gotten out of hand often pretty quickly.

Koskun Falls + Painful Quandary

Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Key combos	Necropotence + Venser's Journal Cabal Coffers + Crypt of Agadeem Korlash, Heir to Blackblade + Lashwrithe Koskun Falls + Painful Quandary
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 3 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.52
Tokens	Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Goat 0/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Awesome Decks, Mono-Black