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I'm fairly new to magic and am in love with black. This build started out with primary focus on the new gray merchant and his devastating ability, then has additional critters for support. Unfortunately the build isn't exactly unique, since almost all mono-black decks seem to have any variation of these cards. Any recommendations would be great, thanks.

Breakdown:

As I see it right now, Desecration Demon and Abhorrent Overlord are going to be the front line hitters.

Lifebane Zombie is a great 3 mana critter that (almost) promises direct damage each time he attacks. His special ability is really nice against white or green decks, and if nothing else lets me at least peer at someone's hand.

Nightveil Specter is also an early game 2/3 flyer that lets me get some quick damage in. His mil ability; although it's only one card, has through play testing gotten me land early on for quicker creature throwing.

Erebos, God of the Dead I figured is just a great all around card, not to mention it'll stop opposing decks from getting life regeneration, making Gray Merchants more of a threat.

Hero's Downfall of course for creature/planeswalker control, and Whip of Erebos is there to bring Gray Merchant of Asphodel back to trigger his ability.

What I want now, is to add 2 more Desecration Demon, 2 more Hero's Downfall to round it out.

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After several play tests, I find that I occasionally get mana screwed. Since Agent of the Fates is out of my deck for the moment, I've decided to side board Gift of Orzhova since he was the main reason I threw him it in there (plus for the devotion). I've decided to add two more lands, and an additional Lifebane Zombie since he's been quite successful in my test group (vs a mono white angel/regen deck and a red aggro/snipe combo deck). We'll see how it goes.

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Date added 11 years
Last updated 11 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 1 Mythic Rares

18 - 6 Rares

8 - 1 Uncommons

7 - 5 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.57
Tokens Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Harpy 1/1 B
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