Black Merchant of DOOOOOM!

Standard Lifegain Midrange Mono-Black UB (Dimir)

Veledan

Creature (19)

• 2x Abhorrent Overlord
• 2x Desecration Demon
• 2x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 3x Lifebane Zombie
• 2x Mogis's Marauder
• 3x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Nightveil Specter

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (25)

• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 23x Swamp

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Underworld Connections

Artifact (3)

• 3x Whip of Erebos

Instant (7)

• 3x Doom Blade
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Pharika's Cure

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Read the Bones

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Sideboard

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Gift of Orzhova
• 2x Sanguine Bond

Artifact (4)

• 2x Pithing Needle
• 2x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (1)

• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Duress
• 1x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Creature (12)

• 3x Agent of the Fates
• 2x Blood Scrivener
• 3x Crypt Ghast
• 2x Lord of the Void
• 2x Rakdos Cackler

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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.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 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