The Evil Mastermind copy

Archenemy Discard Mono-Black

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Creature (2)

• 2x Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Veil

Land (20)

• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 18x Swamp

Enchantment (14)

• 4x Bloodchief Ascension
• 4x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Necropotence
• 3x Phyrexian Arena
• 2x Waste Not

Artifact (4)

• 3x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (3)

• 3x Dark Ritual

Sorcery (15)

• 4x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 4x Innocent Blood
• 4x Smallpox
• 2x Unnerve

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Sideboard

Specialty (2)

• 2x Behold the Power of Destruction *oversized*

Unknown (18)

• 2x All in Good Time *oversized*
• 2x Every Hope Shall Vanish *oversized*
• 2x I Delight in Your Convulsions *oversized*
• 2x May Civilization Collapse *oversized*
• 2x Mortal Flesh Is Weak *oversized*
• 2x Only Blood Ends Your Nightmares *oversized*
• 2x Realms Befitting My Majesty *oversized*
• 2x Surrender Your Thoughts *oversized*
• 2x Your Puny Minds Cannot Fathom *oversized*

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Painful Quandary

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In battlecircle I had much success with a monoblack discard deck, due to Bloodchief Ascension. I thought that an altered version could work well as an Archenemy deck.

1. Defend my castle! - Staying alive against multiple opponents.

When you play against 2-4 opponents chances are that they will overwhelm you with creatures. How do we solve that? Well mass removal seems like a good way to even the battlefield. In Archenemy it doesn't just clear the board of a single opponent rather 2-4! To further the efficiency of this strategy, it seems logical to go creatureless (Gray Merchant of Asphodel used for the ETB effect only). Now an Innocent Blood can suddenly become 4x Diabolic Edict for one mana.

2. Lower their morale! - Limiting their hands.

One of the core concepts of the deck: discard. Apart from comboing to deal damage, discard fulfills another important role: limiting the enemies' options. Liliana of the Veil becomes a big threat, as she keeps up the discards all around and should have free reign with frequent board wipes. Ideally the opponents' hand sizes never go above 1.

3. Finish them off! - Killing multiple opponents at the same time.

The deck deals damage in the same fashion it stays alive: By utilizing "each..." spells. We won't bother with targeting single creatures or players. Different card types will flow to the graveyards from different zones and most of them will hurt the opponents. As long as you have the right enchantments and artifacts down.
Discard: Liliana's Caress
Everything from anywhere: Bloodchief Ascension
Each creature dying and each discard deals 2 damage and each time they happen all around.
As a bonus Bloodchief Ascension is amazing lifegain when you drop an "each player discards...". Anvil of Bogardan can keep this up each turn. Smallpox is also amazing with this, 6 lifegain and damage per opponent.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Archenemy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 18 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.30
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B