Black, Black Again

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Mono-Black Reanimator

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Sacrifice Fodder (16)

• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Weaponcraft Enthusiast
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1x Tombstone Stairwell
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Graveyard Recursion (6)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes

Board Wipes (5)

• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Life's Finale

High Synergy (2)

• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Card Draw (10)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Ramp (10)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Lands (33)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 28x Swamp
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Blood Artist Effects (6)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim

Increased Consistency (6)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Targeted Removal (5)

• 1x Defile
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Murderous Rider

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Other (10)

• 1x High Market
• 1x Qarsi High Priest
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Sultai Emissary
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Thrilling Encore

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This is an aristocrats deck that seeks to win the game by going wide and slowly drain each opponent with creature death triggers. The endless supply of recursive blockers also allows you to durdle and protect Liliana so that she can ultimate, making it difficult to lose from there. There is also enough lifegain and potential for big mana that it is possible to use Crypt Rats to nuke everyone for the win.

I'm considering adding Thornbite Staff due to the combo potential with Hell's Caretaker, but I think it might require more tutors (too expensive for me) in the deck to find both pieces and the staff doesn't seem good enough on its own.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Energy Reserve, Goat 0/1 W, Goblin 1/1 R, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Rat 1/1 B, Serf 0/1 B, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 B, Spirit 2/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Haste, Zombie Army 0/0 B