First to (Make Others) Suffer

Commander / EDH Combo Control Jank Mono-Black Multiplayer

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Creature (12)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Wall of Blood

Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 33x Swamp

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Diabolic Servitude
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Greed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Strands of Night
• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (19)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (4)

• 1x Murder
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Victim of Night

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Zombify

Commander (1)

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I saw Kagemaro and wanted to capitalize on such an underutilized commander. The deck is all about card draw, with cards like Alhammarret's Archive and Venser's Journal being something fun, and Phyrexian Arena and Bloodgift Demon and just regular old black staples.

Your main win condition is commander damage. Destroy everything with Kagemaro, bring him back with something like Animate Dead, attach Fireshrieker or Lashwrithe and you should hopefully have double digit damage with him alone. Cards like Dark Ritual and Sol Ring will help you get Kagemaro out early, meaning you'll be able to score some commander damage from the get go.

There are also cards like Essence Harvest and Rite of Consumption to take some life and with Kagemaro's huge p/t.

Want a nice combo on turn 4? Turn 1 Sol Ring. Turn 2 Dark Ritual play Kagemaro. Turn 3 Alhammarret's Archive. Turn 4 Disciple of Bolas gaining 10+ life drawing 10+ cards. Bring Kagemaro out again the next turn, sac him for his wrath, animate him the next turn and win the game the next three turns with commander damage.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.57
Tokens	Demon X/X B, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B