Erebos, God Of All Of The All The Of Enchantments

Commander / EDH Eboksba

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Deck 1.4 —Dec. 21, 2014

The deck has hit a rather stable state, pumping out wins rather efficiently. I'm looking to expand the scope of recovery options if something breaks/gets destroyed, but with enchantments, there's so few black options.

Deck is stable, playtest it to your hearts content. Make sure to leave an upvote if you like it!

Luken says... #1

Four Suggestions; Mindcrank. killing off their decks would be amazing, especially if they have sensei's top out and you just place down sensei's top and make them mil the card they just drew.

Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Giving you a bit less focus and giving him some with Garenteed grain and/or a 5/5 Flying blocker incase Flyers every become a giant issue.

Grave Betrayal, that and a Board wipe Giving you a ton of Blockers or enough fire power to turn the match around in your favor. At the worst you have a 2 Devotion and everyone is a bit more cautious of killing their creatures.

Silent Arbiter, I know you said you didn't want any creatures But Silent could seriously be a godsend against some decks. Especially if you get matched against a token deck or a Flyer. might not even be in your best interest and you might gain an ally for a bit.

December 12, 2014 8:27 p.m.

Eboksba says... #2

Thanks for commenting!

No creatures.

That's the challenge, that means no creatures period with the sole exception being Waste Not. Since these three feature creatures as a primary component, I"m going to have to pass on them. Mindcrank is nice, but this isn't a mill deck. Still, this combos nicely with Liability to no end, but it offers no other synergy with anything else.

December 13, 2014 12:49 a.m.

Megalomania says... #3

Cool concept! ever ran into Aura Shards and All Is Dust? Those cards are the ones that give my deck Apocalypse Project problems from time to time.

Try using Yawgmoth's Will. It won't necessarily get all your enchantments back into play but it might be the best black has to offer.

Also, i'd replace Charcoal Diamond and/or Coldsteel Heart with Jet Medallion and/or Cloud Key.

Also, Thespian's Stage and Skeletal Scrying might be worth considering.

December 14, 2014 4:40 a.m.

Eboksba says... #4

Thanks for the comments again, these were closer to what I was looking for.

Thespian's Stage and Vesuva sound good, but Skeletal Scrying is problematic because nothing ever ends up in the graveyard except for mass wiping shenanigans. Yawgmoth's Will is a great idea.

No All Is Dust yet, but I have encountered Aura Shards. My only response to it was to promptly hardcast Curse of the Cabal on him.

December 14, 2014 5:03 a.m.

Weirdhat says... #5

Bravo! Awesome idea for a deck, love the discard enchantments. I've been working on a similar deck with fringe enchantments. one that i dream about putting Lich Into. Except there are creatures in the deck. Cards that work well with discard like Haakon, Stromgald Scourge or Nether Traitor with a smattering of aura enchantments. You should take a look it is very far from a definitive list so any insight is good.

December 17, 2014 11:29 p.m.

Steaditup says... #6

You have a lot of lands. A lot. I would only run this many in an Azusa deck. Maybe trim down to 35-36 and add some more of your enchants back in?

December 17, 2014 11:35 p.m.

Weirdhat says... #7

The deck is called The Black Legion.

December 17, 2014 11:38 p.m.

Eboksba says... #8

This....is actually a good point, I seem to have a full 10 land extra in there. Where in the world did I not see that bit of oversight?

I'll add some back in.

December 17, 2014 11:38 p.m.

Weirdhat says... #9

December 17, 2014 11:51 p.m.

Eboksba says... #10

This is intended to be an absolute, completely creatureless deck. The amount of solid creature hate inside well out does the need for creatures, plus I do not need them to bring other decks to their knees.

Forcefeed isn't a style of deck like standard discard decks. Forcefeed is to have everyone just enough cards to not be useful, yet enough to bleed them dry with Megrim and Liliana's Caress. It doesn't go too far into the discard theme because Quest for the Nihil Stone and Wheel of Torture require too much work. Everyone will be expending resources for more cards. This deck is rather going to focus on killing everyone directly.

E.g. Play Font of Mythos, before any responses, Use Erebos, God of the Dead's abillity twice, activate Words of Waste twice and watch them bleed. That's forcefeed, only it's supposed to be much better than having to use Erebos' ability (he's expensive).

December 18, 2014 12:16 a.m.

Weirdhat says... #11

Sorry blanked on that point.

December 18, 2014 12:20 a.m.

Eboksba says... #12

No problem, it's an unusual style of deck because I don't think this is a style of deck. It's fun to have found something completely original. I can't even find modern decks or legacy with this style of gameplay. Nekusar maybe? Except without all the Nekusar.

December 18, 2014 12:22 a.m.

Weirdhat says... #13

Like the idea of all those black permanents on my field and the accumulated value attached and Erebos at the center.

December 18, 2014 12:31 a.m.

Really like the deck, though I don't see the synergy between liability with words of waste or word of command. Liability only triggers when a non token permanent leaves the battlefield, not from the hand or library, so discard and cards like mindcrank have no synergy there. But a card that does is Bloodchief Ascension! I would also suggest Sorin Markov!

December 18, 2014 12:02 p.m.

Doh, just saw you have the ascension. But yeah, your deck reminds me of my deck, Havoc Reflection. Very similar game plan!

December 18, 2014 12:07 p.m.

Eboksba says... #16

Can never have enough Bloodchief Ascension. In fact, I think I tutored for it turn two when I saw Sidisi, Brood Tyrant as a commander in a game.

December 18, 2014 2:22 p.m.
December 19, 2014 12:53 p.m.

Eboksba says... #18

Not quite enough value, I'm thinking something more along the lines of Pestilence. That said, It didn't make the cut for the deck (yet).

December 19, 2014 1:05 p.m.

This reminds me of an old deck I used to run when I first started plying EDH, Mono Black Hand Control.

I also see that you are not running my favorite combo!!! (and it's with Words of Waste)

Geth's Grimoire + Words of Waste

Keep your hand full, and their hands empty, beautiful in multiplayer games!

December 19, 2014 1:08 p.m.

Two things I thought of when I saw this. First, while not particularly major, I saw Lake of the Dead and thought that maybe you could add in Crucible of Worlds. I don't expect you to, as it really doesn't provide anything else, unless you play a lot of land destruction, like I sometimes do. The other thought I had was Merciless Eviction. Do you have any plans to counteract that, or do you just hope that they don't have it, because if they do you're fucked?

December 19, 2014 2:18 p.m.

gurthang034 says... #21

i am shocked not to see a Necropotence. that being said Eternity Vessel may provide needed resilience on the self inflicted life drain

December 19, 2014 3:24 p.m.

Eboksba says... #22

As much as it physically hurt me to say it, Erebos kinnae removes the need for Necropotence. Or, rather, I already have a very reliable source of card draw (Commander, albiet life-pricey) but the difference between the two is simply drawing it vs consistantly having it, and after a lot of agonizing, I went with Erebos. Also, Necropotence countered the good parts of Howling Mine and Font of Mythos.

@Vergil_Redgrail: Yeah, yeah I am. Specifically, the challenge I'm running into is Austere Command and Fracturing Gust.

Presumably Merciless Eviction, Austere Command and Fracturing Gust are the only ones I worry about. If only black had a way of protecting artifacts.....Imp's Mischief would have helped me there if it could do anything about the "all" clause, which it doesn't. Seems like it'd have to be some kind of artifact that says "artifacts and enchantments are indestructible", or some form of black/artifact Privileged Position.

I have a couple of backups in case of catastrophic failure, chiefly being Crystal Chimes and Skull of Orm. That said, enchantment destruction is rather rare except for Austere Command. Oh how I love/hate that card...

I agree with Eternity Vessel, although I"m having a hoot with Erebos, God of the Dead + Venser's Journal . I just gain life at the end of the previous turn.

Geth's Grimoire How did I not see this...

Thoughts?

December 19, 2014 7:21 p.m.

Eboksba says... #23

This post was made the moment I had 1337 views. Milestone!

December 20, 2014 4:28 a.m.

If you have Darksteel Forge and Mycosynth Lattice all your shit is indestructible. Not that you would have much reason for lattice though

December 20, 2014 5:07 a.m.

shepherdofire says... #25

December 20, 2014 1:49 p.m.