Monoblack Control

Pauper Competitive Control Devotion Mono-Black UB (Dimir)

destroyermaker

Creature (18)

• 4x Chittering Rats
• 3x Cuombajj Witches
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 4x Phyrexian Rager
• 2x Thorn of the Black Rose

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Chainer's Edict
• 4x Sign in Blood
• 2x Unearth

Instant (11)

• 4x Defile
• 1x Disfigure
• 1x Echoing Decay
• 3x Geth's Verdict
• 2x Tendrils of Corruption

Land (23)

• 3x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 18x Swamp
• 1x Witch's Cottage

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Sideboard

Sorcery (10)

• 3x Choking Sands
• 4x Duress
• 1x Rancid Earth
• 2x Wrench Mind

Creature (2)

• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Liliana's Specter

Artifact (1)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb

Instant (2)

• 1x Pharika's Libation
• 1x Suffocating Fumes

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (22)

• 1x Cartouche of Ambition
• 2x Contaminated Ground
• 2x Eternal Thirst
• 2x Evil Presence
• 1x Font of Return
• 2x Ill-Gotten Inheritance
• 1x Mogis's Favor
• 3x Omen of the Dead
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Pestilence
• 2x Tainted Well
• 4x Trespasser's Curse

Artifact (18)

• 1x Bonesplitter
• 1x Darksteel Pendant
• 1x Giant's Skewer
• 4x Golden Urn
• 2x Guardian Idol
• 3x Mind Stone
• 2x Seer's Lantern
• 2x Serrated Arrows
• 1x Sickleslicer
• 1x Vulshok Morningstar

Sorcery (24)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 4x Corrupt
• 4x Cry of Contrition
• 2x Delirium Skeins
• 2x Distress
• 1x Divest
• 1x Evincar's Justice
• 2x Moan of the Unhallowed
• 2x Nausea
• 4x Sovereign's Bite
• 1x Syphon Life

Instant (15)

• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 3x Darkness
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Funeral Charm
• 2x Moment of Craving
• 1x Reaping the Graves
• 1x Shred Memory
• 2x Snuff Out
• 1x Spinning Darkness
• 2x Victim of Night

Creature (29)

• 3x Banehound
• 4x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 2x Faerie Macabre
• 2x Gurmag Angler
• 2x Marshmist Titan
• 3x Mesmeric Fiend
• 3x Order of the Ebon Hand
• 2x Twisted Abomination
• 4x Whisper Agent
• 4x Whisper Squad

Land (9)

• 4x Desert
• 1x Peat Bog
• 4x Quicksand

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This is just Leobertucci's list with the 1x Divest 1x Duress swapped for 2x Unearth, and a slightly tweaked mainboard and sideboard as I prefer 2 Thorn (would like another side but I'm pretty sure other things are more important). The former was done because it's my feeling discard is only worthwhile in larger amounts (i.e. if you're not consistently casting it turn 1, it's better off being something else). Unearth is chosen because it's a beast, and also helps smooth out draws which can be quite sketchy with 23 land and a high curve.

I'm not sure about Decay (meta dependent) and I kind of want to try Moan of the Unhallowed, even though the win cons feel pretty reliable as is. The deck also seems to want 24 land, so it's possible I try that at some point. In any case it feels pretty much perfect. The tricky part is playing it well and sideboarding correctly but if you do that it is a very potent deck.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Pauper legal.
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	The Monarch