The Black Plague

Casual Control Counters Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick

Zorlach

Creature (20)

• 4x Kulrath Knight
• 2x Midnight Banshee
• 4x Necroskitter
• 4x Oona's Gatewarden
• 4x Quillspike
• 2x Soul Snuffers

Land (20)

• 20x Swamp

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Blowfly Infestation
• 2x Crumbling Ashes

Artifact (3)

• 3x Contagion Engine

Instant (8)

• 4x Doom Blade
• 4x Scar

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Black Sun's Zenith
• 2x Incremental Blight

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Since I got my hands on a few great cards, I decided to turn my Red/Black elemental deck into a Mono-Black Wither deck.

As the title already suggests, this deck focusses on distributing many -1/-1 counters to the opponent's creatures.

To give away these -1/-1, I added many creatures with Wither, Scar and Incremental Blight . To distribute the -1/-1 counters quickly to all the opponent's creatures, I can use either Contagion Engine, Soul Snuffers or Midnight Banshee . When the opponent's creatures have -1/-1 counters on them, they will be Pacified by Kulrath Knight.

Now comes the fun part. At the beginning of my upkeep, with a Crumbling Ashes in play, I can destroy any creature of the opponent with a -1/-1 counter on it. Necroskitter then returns that creature under my control. And at last, I can place another -1/-1 counter on an opponent's creature with Blowfly Infestation.

There is always the risk of my own creatures getting -1/-1 counters because of Soul Snuffers or Blowfly Infestation. That's where Quillspike comes in.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.12
Folders	deck, Casual Decks