Devotion to Leeches

Standard* Aggro Midrange Mono-Black

Svenare

Creature (17)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Herald of Torment
• 4x Pain Seer
• 4x Squelching Leeches

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (24)

• 24x Swamp

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (8)

• 3x Bile Blight
• 1x Empty the Pits
• 4x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Read the Bones
• 3x Sign in Blood
• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Indulgent Tormentor

Instant (6)

• 1x Bile Blight
• 3x Murderous Cut
• 2x Silence the Believers

Sorcery (7)

• 3x Drown in Sorrow
• 2x Read the Bones
• 2x Stain the Mind

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Brain Maggot

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The idea is to live the Mono Black Dream of paying a shit ton of life to win the game.

Pain Seer + Sign in Blood + Read the Bones + Erebos, God of the Dead give a ton of card draw.

Squelching Leeches gets big fast, and if I'm able to bestow a Herald of Torment ... things get crazy.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel gets back the life lost and deals a massive blow the the opponent.

Whip of Erebos gets back the life lost and gives Gray Merchant of Asphodel another hit.

Round out the rest of the deck with removal, and you have yourself Mono Black

Top Ranked	Achieved #94 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 4 Rares 15 - 6 Uncommons 5 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Devotion, standard, Misc Deck Ideas