A $20 Ticket For The Highway To Hell (Budget EDH)

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Control Mono-Black Multiplayer Primer

Sargeras

Ramp (15)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orazca Relic
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Combat Mastery (5)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Nighthowler

Lands (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 34x Swamp

Removal Creatures (13)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Kaervek, the Spiteful
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Visara the Dreadful

Dying Matters (6)

• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Profane Memento
• 1x Sangromancer

Reanimation (4)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Necromantic Summons
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser
• 1x Rise from the Grave

Tutors (3)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Razaketh's Rite

Commander (1)

Draw (7)

• 1x Blood Pact
• 1x Greed
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Syphon Mind

Hard Removal Spells (5)

• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Power Word Kill

Wraths (3)

• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x Reiver Demon

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Maybeboard

Other (15)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Kaervek, the Spiteful
• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x War Room

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Deck description is WIP after major updates, but is a cheap and effective list that is <$20 in paper and is "free" on MTGO with a cardhoarder loan account

Introduction

I had a friend who wanted to play commander with the cash he had in his pocket, so I decided alright, time to build a $20 budget commander deck. I figured I'd build it on here to get any help needed.

This colorful build is a mono-black control deck, styled to play removal.dek while advancing the board, this enables the pilot to play cards rather indiscriminately, and with cards like Kothophed, we get loads of card draw.

You usually want to keep a hand with 3 or more lands or 2 lands and a 2 mana ramp piece. We run tons of interaction and our bombs are 6 mana plus, so we really lean in on having tons of mana in the early game and then flip into one of our many, many kill spells.

I've also put in ideas for upgrades since this deck can do however you want it to.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The prices displayed for this deck are skewed with the market price on tcgplayer you can easily find this deck for $20 OR LESS!

Manabase

Since we are mono colored, we really don't have to worry about our mana, allowing us to save money by running a list of entirely basics except for a Barren Moor and Polluted Mire which we hope to cycle but can absolutely play if needed.

UPGRADES

The very first upgrade I'd suggest is Reliquary Tower, as we draw TONS of cards with this deck, and unfortunately don't get to keep every piece of our toolbox.

From then on you can grab utility lands like Blast Zone, Bojuka Bog, Ghost Quarter, Wasteland and the like.

Also, big mana lands can be Cabal Coffers, Deserted Temple, and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx.

Of course, as you increase in such lands, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth becomes rather essential.

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.81
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Demon X/X B, Energy Reserve, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Decks, Commander, Budget Fun Times, Budget EDH, Interesting Commander Decks, Mono Black, Deck Ideas, EDH Love, Budget, brahy