The Black King

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Casual Combo Control Counters WB (Orzhov)

Goji

Creature (26)

• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Necropotence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 7x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Strip Mine
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Damn
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (8)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Triskelion

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Necromancy

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Maybeboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Imposing Sovereign
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Mephidross Vampire
• 1x Su-Chi
• 1x Swarm of Bloodflies
• 1x Workhorse
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Arrest
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Ghostly Prison

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Moan of the Unhallowed

Instant (3)

• 1x Erase
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

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This is my first Commander deck that's been adjusted slightly over the years. Includes a few powerful and sneaky synergies/combos with Vish Kal, as well as other ways to control the board, hit the gas, and win the game.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 4 Rares 18 - 3 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	Inkling 2/1 WB, Marit Lage, Spirit 1/1 WB, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B