Life’s Killed Me a Hundred Thousand Times

Pioneer Combo Devotion Mono-Black Ramp Sacrifice Zombie

Xalor90

Creature (20)

• 4x Champion of the Perished
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 4x Festering Mummy
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 4x Relentless Dead
• 4x Shambling Ghast

Instant (4)

• 4x Fatal Push

Land (20)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 2x Mutavault
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 4x Witch's Cottage

Artifact (8)

• 2x Altar of the Pantheon
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 4x Springleaf Drum

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Cemetery Recruitment
• 4x Crawl from the Cellar

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 4x Phylactery Lich
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Thoughtseize

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Mono-Black Devotion, ramp, zombie/demon.

First up is our ramp:

• Shambling Ghast is a one-drop that creates a Treasure when it dies.
• Springleaf Drum allows us to tap creatures for mana.
• Altar of the Pantheon gives us mana and boosts our devotion, which increases the payoff of our devotion-based mana coverage.
• Both Nyx Lotus & Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx give us mana equal to our devotion.
• Cabal Stronghold provides a significant boost in mana production based on how many of our basic swamps are in play.
• Crypt Ghast essentially doubles the production of our Swamp lands.
• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth turns all lands into swamps, meaning our non-swamp lands now tap for black mana. While this does NOT boost the production of Stronghold, it does boost the bonus mana from our Ghast.
• Bontu's Monument reduces the cost of black creatures by {1}.

Next let’s look at Priest of Forgotten Gods, which allows us to sac 2 creatures in exchange for a plethora of value. First off, it forces our opponent(s) to lose 2 life and sac a creature. Second, it gives us {B}{B} and lets us draw a card.

Furthermore, we also have our Relentless Dead, Crawl from the Cellar, & Cemetery Recruitment that allow us to keep resurrecting our creatures repeatedly.

Champion of the Perished gains value from playing lots of zombies, gaining a +1/+1 counter for each zombie that enters the battlefield under our control.

Finally, we have the big payoffs:

• Pay {5} and sac 5 creatures to transform Westvale Abbey   into Ormendahl, Profane Prince  , which is a massive threat as a 9/7 Indestructible creature with Flying, Lifelink, & Haste.
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel deals damage equal to our devotion to black, while also healing us for the amount of damage done. As this is a devotion deck, this will be highly effective in the mid-late game.
• Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet exiles all our opponent’s creatures upon entering the graveyard, while also spawning a 2/2 black Zombie creature token on our side. He is also a sac outlet, giving us more value for sacrificing our creatures.
• [Sideboard] Combo Ob Nixilis, Unshackled with Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire to force an opponent to search their library, which in turn causes them to sac a creature and lose 10 life.

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position in Pioneer 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 8 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.70
Tokens	Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Pioneer