Erebos Pestilence Tribal

Commander / EDH Devotion Enchantment Mono-Black

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Creature (18)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Draugr Necromancer
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Plague Spitter
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Squelching Leeches
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Thrashing Wumpus

Land (37)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 32x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (6)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Defile
• 1x Drag to the Underworld
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Tendrils of Corruption

Artifact (16)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Morgue Theft
• 1x Mutilate

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Death Pits of Rath
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Last Laugh
• 1x Liability
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Season of the Witch
• 1x Spreading Plague
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Vampiric Link
• 1x Withering Wisps

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Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Planar Void
• 1x Warlock Class
• 1x Wound Reflection

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Blood on the Snow
• 1x Dakmor Plague
• 1x Dead of Winter
• 1x Insatiable Avarice

Land (1)

• 1x Terrain Generator

Creature (2)

• 1x Barbed Servitor
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star

Instant (2)

• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Simulacrum

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The idea of this deck is to take advantage of these words on Erebos, God of the Dead:

"Indestructible" and "Your opponents can't gain life".

Pestilence and friends are perfect at clearing the way for a Voltron-ed Erebos. Once life gain is turned off for your opponents, you pressure all life totals then start finishing them off.

EDIT: After some playing I've made some changes. I'm a lot lighter on the Voltron plan now and have tried to pack in some quality creatures. I've found that it is actually difficult to get enough devotion to turn on Erebos a lot of the time, however, I found that the powerful equipment worked well as long as I had a creature and was killing off potential blockers.

PESTILENCE:

Pestilence, Crypt Rats, Thrashing Wumpus, Pestilence Demon, Last Laugh, and to a lesser extent Plague Spitter, and Dakmor Plague.

CREATURE SUPPRESSION:

All the Pestilence stuff, Mutilate, Dictate of Erebos, Doomwake Giant, Death Pits of Rath, Archfiend of Depravity, Decree of Pain, In Garruk's Wake, Steel Hellkite, Season of the Witch, Tainted AEther, Spreading Plague, and Midnight Banshee

VOLTRON PACKAGE:

Nightmare Lash, Lashwrithe, Strata Scythe, O-Naginata, Inquisitor's Flail, Empyrial Plate, Fireshrieker, Dauthi Embrace, and Rogue's Passage

LEECHES/ONE TIME DAMAGE:

Consume Spirit, Exsanguinate, Fate Unraveler, Crypt Ghast, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Liability, and Corrupt

CARD DRAW:

Erebos, God of the Dead, Graveborn Muse, Dregs of Sorrow, Bloodgift Demon, Decree of Pain, Kothophed, Soul Hoarder, Night Dealings, Underworld Connections, and Necropotence

There is also lifegain built in to counteract Pestilence against yourself.

Let me know what you think!

REMOVE: Basalt Monolith, Bloodgift Demon, Diabolic Tutor, Doomwake Giant, Increasing Ambition, Kothophed Soul Hoarder, Morgue Theft, O-Naginata, Sangromancer, Silence the Believers, Tendrils of Corruption, Archfiend of Depravity

REPLACEMENT: Warlock Class, Bolas's Citadel, Thought Vessel, March of Reckless Sorrow, Rain of Filth, Arcane Signet, Consuming Corruption, Barbed Servitor, Dead of Winter, Solemn Simulacrum (and similar), Insatiable Avarice, Cabal Ritual, Bloodchief Acension

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Physical Copy