The Last Samurai

Commander / EDH* Control Lifegain Mono-Black Necropotence

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Instant (25)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Bile Blight
• 1x Consume the Meek
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Murder
• 1x Reckless Spite
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Shriveling Rot
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Victim of Night
• 1x Vona's Hunger
• 1x Withering Boon
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Final Parting

Creature (17)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Kagemaro, First to Suffer
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sangromancer

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 30x Swamp

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana Vess

Commander (1)

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Tainted AEther

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Creature (6)

• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Magus of the Will
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Visara the Dreadful

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Revel in Riches

Instant (3)

• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Vraska's Contempt
• 1x Withering Boon

Artifact (3)

• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Orbs of Warding
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Mutilate

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Toshiro mono-black control. Has a lifedrain subtheme. Consistently kills around turn 7-8, or turn 5 with a god hand.

Combos:

Hell's Caretaker + Thornbite Staff + any two creatures = Infinite sac/reanimation. This means you win if you have Blood Artist or a Falkenrath Noble out or if Gray Merchant of Asphodel/Kokusho, the Evening Star are one of the creatures. Harvester of Souls being out will also let you draw your deck.

Ashnod's Altar + Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho + Toshiro Umezawa = Infinite General sac/reanimation.

Avatar of Woe + Thornbite Staff = destroy all creatures you don't control.

Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond = You kill everyone once any opponent loses life or if you gain any life.

Best Synergies:

While it's not an infinite, a sac outlet + Chainer, Dementia Master + Gray Merchant of Asphodel will usually kill everyone but you in less than five activations. Kokusho, the Evening Star can replace Gray Merchant here.

Thornbite Staff + Magus of the Coffers + any kill spells can give you net gains in mana, which can lead to some really silly turns, especially with free spells like Snuff Out.

Shriveling Rot is an amazing tech card in this deck. This is usually either a blowout win condition or something you can do in response to an opponent trying to do a sac infinite. You can also flashback it with Toshiro in the same turn to cause double life loss triggers.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Avatar of Woe + Thornbite Staff Hell's Caretaker + Thornbite Staff Ashnod's Altar + Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho + Toshiro Umezawa
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.75
Tokens	City's Blessing, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Energy Reserve
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