Darkness Is The Hearts True Essence (Gix WIP)

Commander / EDH Creature Cheat Mono-Black Phyrexian Unblockable

Gilver

Evasion (23)

• 1x Basilica Screecher
• 1x Battlefly Swarm
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Dauthi Ghoul
• 1x Dauthi Horror
• 1x Dauthi Slayer
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Dauthi Warlord
• 1x Eye Collector
• 1x Ghastly Gloomhunter
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nightshade Stinger
• 1x Pilfering Imp
• 1x Plague Stinger
• 1x Prickly Boggart
• 1x Stirge
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Vampire Cutthroat
• 1x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1x Vault Skirge

Lifegain (4)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Whip of Erebos

PayOff (4)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lithoform Engine

Ramp (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Utility (8)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vorpal Sword

Draw (6)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sign in Blood

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 27x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Removal (7)

• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Defile
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Mutilate

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DiscardSynergy (4)

• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Currency Converter
• 1x Feast of Sanity
• 1x Shadow of the Grave

Evasion (2)

• 1x Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
• 1x Hired Poisoner

Draw (1)

• 1x Skullclamp

Ramp (2)

• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Thran Dynamo

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My take on Gix, the first Praetor.

Gameplan: Use evasive creatures to draw as many cards as possible and use Gix to play your opponent's decks.

Win conditions: Anything useful from your opponent and politics. There is also Vorpal Sword and Torment of Hailfire.

Feedback is appreciated!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.53
Tokens	Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B