Godfather Death (Horobi EDH)

Commander / EDH* Artifact Competitive Control Mono-Black Multiplayer

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Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Desert
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Quicksand
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 14x Swamp
• 1x The Black Gate
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Revel in Riches

Instant (5)

• 1x Debt to the Kami
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Touch of Darkness
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Creature (20)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Forsworn Paladin
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Maddening Imp
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Passageway Seer
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Ravenloft Adventurer
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Shelob, Dread Weaver
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x Vicious Battlerager

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x From the Catacombs
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn, Living Legacy
• 1x Sorin Markov

Commander (1)

Artifact (20)

• 1x Baton of Morale
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Dungeoneer's Pack
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Navigation Orb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sacred Armory
• 1x Sarevok's Tome
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Veilstone Amulet
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Ebondeath, Dracolich
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
• 1x Sorceress Queen
• 1x Xenic Poltergeist

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Fortuitous Find

Artifact (2)

• 1x Glass-Cast Heart
• 1x Onyx Talisman

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Season of the Witch
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Instant (2)

• 1x Devour in Shadow
• 1x Reckless Spite

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For my build the cards had to meet three criteria.

1) Targeting effects that are good when the commander is off the field A card like Cabal Torturer is good with Horobi, Death's Wail, but on its own it is low impact. Cards like these I stayed away from. As for a card like Xenic Poltergeist and Karn, Silver Golem these are a special case. Obviously this deck can handle creatures. However, being in mono-black there aren't many ways to destroy artifacts. Being able to turn them into destroy-able creatures gives this deck and advantage.

2) Be useable at instant speed Typically, for good reason, Horobi dies when it hits the field. So making the ship go down with the captain becomes the name of the game. Be prepared to destroy as many creatures as you can when you play the commander. Cards like Cauldron of Souls, Sacred Armory and Mirage Mirror are worth their weight in gold. Being able to stack these effects is what makes this deck work.

FYI: You can save Horobi from his own effect from time to time. Veilstone Amulet is the main fail safe.

3) No equipments This deck views equipments like capes. If you have seen the movie The Incredibles you will understand there are no capes. The reason for this is that equipments target. With Horobi on the field a card like Lightning Greaves will kill a creature. This is a great silver bullet for a lot of decks but it does make your deck play against the meta.

This is an unusually fun commander. Being able to change a fundamental rule gives your play group new ways to interact with the board. If you are looking for a mono-black commander that is good in multiplayer and one-on-one this could be the deck for you.

If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to comment down below

Top Ranked	Achieved #31 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #21 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Artifact 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 4 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 3 Mythic Rares 45 - 5 Rares 23 - 5 Uncommons 10 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Blood, City's Blessing, Dungeon: Undercity, Emblem Karn, Living Legacy, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, On an Adventure, Powerstone, Skeleton 4/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, The Initiative, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 WB, Zombie 2/2 B
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