Black Stars

Standard Budget Combo Cruel Control Enchantment Mono-Black

Aylash

Creature (12)

• 1x Brain Maggot
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 2x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Gnarled Scarhide
• 1x Grim Guardian
• 4x Master of the Feast
• 1x Spiteful Returned

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (25)

• 4x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 21x Swamp

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Stab Wound

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (9)

• 4x Bile Blight
• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Murderous Cut

Sorcery (10)

• 3x Damnable Pact
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Drown in Sorrow
• 2x Extinguish All Hope
• 2x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood

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Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Virulent Plague

Sorcery (11)

• 4x Despise
• 4x Duress
• 3x Thoughtseize

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Mono Black deck trying to pull off some resistance until you can finish off your opponent with the main combo.

Damnable Pact + Fate Unraveler is the main combo of the deck, capitalizing on the pain the hags inflict on drawing. Goal is to survive until you have high devotion to pull off a Pact trough Nyktos devotion or trough enough lands. Everything else is to try to defend yourself from being killed until then.

You might also consider Damnable Pact + Dark Deal if you have a hag on the board and enough mana to pull it. Dark deal is also a great way to get rid of any cards your opponent might have taken back from killing your Brain Maggot.

Against token decks Virulent Plague is on the side board. Duress, Despise and Thoughtseize are there to deal with control decks that are light on creatures.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Damnable Pact + Fate Unraveler Damnable Pact + Dark Deal
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 3 Rares 10 - 8 Uncommons 5 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.17