5-Color Mono-Black

Commander / EDH

kozilex

Creature (32)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Thrull Parasite
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Fulminator Mage
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Stillmoon Cavalier
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• 1x Deathbringer Liege
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Ghastlord of Fugue
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Gleancrawler
• 1x Gyruda, Doom of Depths
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Crystal Quarry
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 18x Swamp
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Damnation
• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Overwhelming Forces

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Debtors' Knell

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Tawnos's Coffin
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Caged Sun

Instant (6)

• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Apostle's Blessing
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Unmake
• 1x Memory Plunder

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render

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Mono-black with a hybrid twist. I've been playing this deck for over 5 years, but Golos, Tireless Pilgrim is a massive upgrade to the original commander, Reaper King. Either way, I have a commander that can be cast with only black mana that allows me to play all 5 colors in the deck. While there are a lot of the usual black staples, ~20% of the deck is made up of cards that can be cast with only black mana but can't be played in a normal mono-black deck. This gives me access to a lot of effects that fall outside of what people expect to see from the black deck, and that helps keep the games interesting. My favorite part of the deck is the Birthing Pod/Fiend Artisan value engine where I combine Golos and Gleancrawler to tutor a land and a creature each turn.

My deckbuilding philosophy is to avoid playing broken fast mana in the same deck as infinite combos, and fast mana is more fun for me than combos. While I'm running cards like Mana Crypt and Grim Monolith, all I can do with them here is play a fair game unfairly quickly. My endgame involves a lot of permanents to boost mana and devotion, so the deck can be sort of a glass cannon against decks with multiple sweepers or heavy disruption. If you let me build up mana doublers until I can one-shot the table with Exsanguinate, that's on you.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Harpy 1/1 B, On an Adventure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B