Greatness, At Any Cost

Commander / EDH* Artifact Combo Competitive Control Mono-Black Stax

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Artifact (35)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Disruptor Flute
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Orb of Dreams
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Vexing Bauble
• 1x Ward of Bones
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 2x Blinkmoth Well
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Pit
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Strip Mine
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Instant (7)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Duress
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Creature (6)

• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Nether Void

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Artifact (54)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 3x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 3x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 3x Expedition Map
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 3x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 2x Jester's Cap
• 3x Jet Medallion
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 2x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 3x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sentinel Totem
• 4x Silent Gravestone
• 1x Skullclamp
• 3x Smokestack
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Vexing Bauble
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Land (16)

• 1x Blinkmoth Well
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 2x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Malakir Mire  ^Flip
• 3x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 2x Volrath's Stronghold

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Professor Onyx

Sorcery (44)

• 1x Beseech the Mirror
• 2x Beseech the Queen
• 3x Bitter Ordeal
• 3x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Chain of Smog
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Cruelclaw's Heist
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Deathmark
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 3x Doomsday
• 1x Duress
• 2x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Infernal Contract
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Morbid Curiosity
• 2x Peer into the Abyss
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Promise of Power
• 2x Read the Bones
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 3x Sign in Blood
• 2x Stargaze
• 1x Temporal Extortion

Creature (25)

• 1x Arcbound Reclaimer
• 3x Blood Pet
• 2x Bloodhusk Ritualist
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 2x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Maga, Traitor to Mortals
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Overeager Apprentice
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 3x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Instant (45)

• 3x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 4x Culling the Weak
• 2x Deadly Rollick
• 2x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Fatal Push
• 2x Feed the Cycle
• 2x Force of Despair
• 2x Grasp of Darkness
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 2x Nasty End
• 1x Nightcreep
• 3x Rain of Filth
• 2x Sacrifice
• 1x Shred Memory
• 3x Skeletal Scrying
• 3x Slaughter Pact
• 2x Snuff Out
• 2x Tainted Pact
• 2x Victim of Night
• 3x Word of Command

Enchantment (32)

• 3x Bitterblossom
• 3x Black Market Connections
• 4x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Descent into Madness
• 1x Desolation
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 3x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Greed
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 2x Oppression
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x The Abyss
• 2x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Words of Waste

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Twisted mire, rank muck-

Dead life under the black moon.

From sweet blood, power

Combos:

Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith = Infinite Colorless, cast Maga or Exanguinate for the win. Add Sensei's Divining Top to draw your whole deck by copying top's draw ability with Rings, drawing 2, recasting top, repeat.

Cabal Coffers tapping for 6+ with Deserted Temple (usually Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth too) and Rings of Brighthearth for infinite black mana. The top combo is usable here too.

Leyline of the Void + Helm of Obedience + Helm ability for 1 to exile target opponent's library via replacement effect. Recur helm with Arcbound Reclaimer if needed.

Contamination + Bitterblossom to lock down the board's mana. Also can use Infernal Darkness .

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.40
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Orc Army
Folders	Mono Black