This is mono-black, control deck which profits from huge manapool.
The central position of this deck has Liliana of the Dark Realms. Her abilities cooperates with other cards in this deck.
+1: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. - Lashwrithe and eventually Mutilate profits from the huge pool of Swamps.
Nantuko Shade
and Profane Command use ramp to be really powerful.
-3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control - by this ability, we can destroy opponents creature, add more lives by creatures with lifelink (Vault Skirge, Vampire Nighthawk) or to deal really strong combat damage by Phyrexian Obliterator.
-6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have 'T: Add BBBB to your mana pools - this emblem in combination with
Nantuko Shade
or Profane Command (eventually
Consume Spirit
) is really destructive.
Creatures:
Phyrexian Obliterator is really powerful creature on its own.
Geralf's Messenger - When enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life (it is really useful) and undying makes from him strong blocker.
Hypnotic Specter - Whenever deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random (it really helps us control the game). Flying increases the chance to deal damage to an opponent.
Nantuko Shade
pumped by Liliana of the Dark Realms of Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx can be really monstrous.
Vampire Nighthawk - Lifelink provides us more time and control of the game and with Deathtouch can destroy the strongest beasts.
Vault Skirge is weak on its own, but in combination with Lashwrithe or Bad Moon is very useful with its combination of Flying and Lifelink.
Instant:
Go for the Throat (eventually Doom Blade) hepls us control the game and destroy majority of creatures.
Sorcery:
Profane Command Profits from huge mana pool and its "Choose two Target player loses X life; or return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield; or target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn; or up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn." can help us in various situations.
Duress is card which allowes us to deal with opponents cards other than creature cards.
Enchantment:
Bad Moon in mono-black deck helps to pump each creature.
Artifact:
Lashwrithe in combination with Lifelink creatures (Vampire Nighthawk or Vault Skirge) or Phyrexian Obliterator is very strong!
Land:
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx profits the most from Phyrexian Obliterator and Geralf's Messenger and prepares huge manapool for Profane Command and
Nantuko Shade
.
SIDEBOARD:
Sorin Markov against white lifelink decks.
Mutilate and Despise against creatures based decks.
Disfigure and
Consume Spirit
against aggro decks.
Doom Blade against artifacts decks.
Dash Hopes the only one counterpell in the black in various situations.
Modern variant of the legacy deck: the-dark-realms-02-12-13-1.
