Escaping that Summer Heat

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Jank Mono-Black Ramp Shade

alkymyst

Shades (25)

• 1x Crypt Ripper
• 1x Darkling Stalker
• 1x Deepwood Legate
• 1x Dread Shade
• 1x Drifting Shade
• 1x Dungeon Shade
• 1x Evernight Shade
• 1x Frozen Shade
• 1x Gateway Shade
• 1x Genju of the Fens
• 1x Ghostly Changeling
• 1x Looming Shade
• 1x Midnight Covenant
• 1x Mire Shade
• 1x Nakaya Shade
• 1x Nantuko Shade
• 1x Nightwing Shade
• 1x Perilous Shadow
• 1x Shade's Form
• 1x Skyclave Shade
• 1x Slithering Shade
• 1x Thirsting Shade
• 1x Undercity Shade
• 1x Veiled Shade
• 1x Whispering Shade

Utility (14)

• 1x Aphetto Dredging
• 1x Dance of Shadows
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Liliana's Shade
• 1x Lithoform Blight
• 1x Minions' Murmurs
• 1x Mire's Toll
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Night Terrors
• 1x Paragon of Open Graves
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Vampiric Link
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Removal (10)

• 1x Altar of Shadows
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Defile
• 1x Devour in Shadow
• 1x Gloomlance
• 1x Kiku's Shadow
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Tendrils of Corruption
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Commander (1)

Ramp (12)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Vesper Ghoul

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Ebon Stronghold
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 32x Swamp
• 1x Witch's Cottage

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This is part of my experiment to make a budget tribal deck for every creature type that has enough cards to warrant a deck. This one is built around shades, the spooky creatures made of shadow and... black mana probably. Nerarly every single shade has the ability known as the "shade ability". This allows you to pay mana to make the creature bigger for the turn, often one black mana for +1/+1 until end of turn. This deck works to leverage this as best possible by playing a whole bunch of black ramp stuff to generate as much mana as possible. In theory, you should be able to play a few shades, swing them at someone, and profit while your opponent has no good options for blocking.

I do want the deck to be as flavorfully on point as possible, so recommendations that are somehow tied to darkness, shades, shadow, etc. would be much appreciated. Budget-friendly cards are also awesome. Thanks!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.24
Tokens	City's Blessing, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	The Tribal Wars