Mono Black

Pauper Budget Casual Competitive Control Goodstuff Lifegain Mono-Black

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Creature (14)

• 2x Bone Picker
• 2x Crypt Rats
• 2x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 2x Gingerbrute
• 2x Grimclaw Bats
• 2x Gurmag Angler
• 2x Thorn of the Black Rose

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Chainer's Edict
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 2x Foreboding Fruit
• 4x Sign in Blood

Instant (16)

• 4x Cast Down
• 2x Deadly Dispute
• 4x Defile
• 2x Echoing Decay
• 1x Fanatical Offering
• 1x Suffocating Fumes
• 2x Unexpected Fangs

Land (21)

• 2x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 14x Swamp
• 2x Vault of Whispers
• 2x Witch's Cottage

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Arms of Hadar
• 2x Choking Sands
• 2x Duress
• 1x Feed the Swarm

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Phyresis

Creature (3)

• 1x Bog Raiders
• 1x Merrow Bonegnawer
• 1x Nath's Buffoon

Artifact (2)

• 2x Nihil Spellbomb

Instant (3)

• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Debt to the Kami
• 1x Suffocating Fumes

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My mono black control deck I've been playing and developing for many years. Some cards have been in the deck since day 1, others have been added later. Some cards are staples, others aren't. This is my alternative for the most commonly played mono black Pauper control deck. Basically it's a goodstuff control deck with a little bit of everything. Back when I made this, I had no idea about what creatures others were playing in Pauper decks. I didn't even know how to play control back then. The more experience I had, the more fun and the better this deck got.

Some changes I made before 2024: I replaced Sultai Scavenger with Gurmag Angler. Before it was 4 Foreboding Fruit and 0 Sign in Blood, now it's 2-4. I saw the Crypt Rats - Unexpected Fangs combo and I think it's very cool. Dross Golem was in the deck once but that's an aggro card. I almostcut Gingerbrute but adding Monarch to the deck made it have a new use, so I ended up keeping it. Also added more draw spells because the deck only works if it can maintain card advantage, obviously.

Last changes in summer, 2024 : the deck always had Divest in mainboard. First 4 then 3. Lately I didn't like having it too much, too often it ended up being useless so I decided to have even more removal and draw instead. Added 2 other Defiles and 1 Offering. At the latest event with this deck I had the 2nd place from 8 so it looks like the update made the deck better.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	4 days
Legality	This deck is Pauper legal.
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.44
Tokens	Food, Map, Monarch Emblem, Treasure