Devotion Extort

Standard Lifegain Mono-Black Ramp

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Creature (26)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 4x Baleful Eidolon
• 4x Basilica Screecher
• 2x Crypt Ghast
• 3x Desecration Demon
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gnawing Zombie
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 4x Tenacious Dead
• 1x Thrull Parasite

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (23)

• 18x Swamp
• 5x Swamp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (7)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Pharika's Cure

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor

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Sideboard

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 2x Gift of Orzhova
• 2x Quag Sickness

Instant (7)

• 2x Bile Blight
• 4x Dark Betrayal
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Asphyxiate
• 2x Duress

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This is my mana-ramp extort deck, that allows me to play some expensive combos, as well as suck the life from my opponents.

Creature Core

Abhorrent Overlord

Useful late-game. He allows me to have flying chum-blockers. I usually just sacrifice a harpy on each upkeep unless I have Tenacious Dead on the field, where I can just pay 2 mana and not sacrifice anything.

Baleful Eidolon

This provides some early drops as a two drop deathtouch, and can help my Gray Merchant of Asphodel s be more useful after they enter the battlefield.

Basilica Screecher

2 drop flyer with extort. Just a great low-drop card to use in this deck.

Desecration Demon

Mono-black control that makes the opponent sack creatures? Absolutely. Oh, and it's a 6/6 for 4 mana? Splendid!

Erebos, God of the Dead

Erebos is great against anyone playing lifegain, and it also allows the drawing of cards. Since this deck also has lifegain, it should be less of a problem.

Gnawing Zombie

Combo this with Tenacious Dead and you have an expensive extort. I use this combo as a last resort if I keep drawing mana with nothing else to play.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

This guy is the bomb of the deck, because all of that black devotion comes into play.

Ogre Slumlord

This makes the combo with Tenacious Dead and Gnawing Zombie a lot more worthwhile because it'll give me a 1/1 Rat with Deathtouch in addition to the extort. This also is great with any of the opponent's creatures dying.

Tenacious Dead

I can combo this with Gnawing Zombie , and he's a generally awesome 1-drop. He doesn't regenerate like Dutiful Thrull but he allows me to combo if he blocks.

Spells (Instants and Sorceries

Diabolic Tutor

Naturally, I put this in because I have mono-black and mana-ramp. Allows me to get my big guys out.

Doom Blade

Every mono-black deck should have a doom blade, but I have Dark Betrayal s in my sideboard if I happen to be facing an opponent playing black.

Hero's Downfall

This is just a great destruction card.

Pharika's Cure

Instant 2-drop damage and gain life. Love it.

Enchantments

Quag Sickness

Useful with Liliana of the Dark Realms because of all them swamps. Can also kill Indestructibles

Artifacts

Whip of Erebos

This helps with the lifegain so I can use Erebos's abilities more efficiently. And of course, bringing back dead Gray Merchant of Asphodel s.

Land

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Provides all the mana-ramp I need to get some of those nice high-drops.

Planeswalkers

Liliana of the Dark Realms

Liliana is here so I can get tons of mana. I rarely use her -3 ability, but it is very useful if my opponent should use an indestructible creature.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 7 - 1 Rares 14 - 7 Uncommons 12 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Harpy 1/1 B, Rat 1/1 B