Golos, Monoblack Pilgrim (more like Sultai, shhh)

Commander / EDH* Combo Lands

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Land (36)

• 4x Forest
• 2x Island
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 2x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Quarry
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunscorched Desert
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Dark Depths

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Trade Routes

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Creature (20)

• 1x Composite Golem
• 1x Prismite
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Elvish Reclaimer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Scout
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Stone-Seeder Hierophant
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror
• 1x Patron of the Moon
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Yarok, the Desecrated

Instant (13)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Defile
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Sultai Charm
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Artifact (9)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Swan Song

Creature (1)

• 1x Yarok, the Desecrated

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WIP advice much appreciated!

I am a monoblack player at heart, and the first thing i thought of when i saw Golos was "this could work in monoblack with the big mana really easily". Splash some green for ramp, and blue for card draw and counterspells, and you've got a mean core of cards that you have access to. Why stick with (mostly) monoblack you ask? Well he can tutor out both Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Cabal Coffers on his own to get bulk mana. What to do with this mana? Doomsday. With Golos on the board and enough mana to cast Doomsday and activate him, you just win the game and your opponents can't do much about it.

UPDATE 1

The original decklist just durdled around alot until you drew into your Doomsday or managed to tutor your way into infinite mana or Field of the Dead. So i implemented some more land based combos to give infinite landfall, which can win with either Field and Impact Tremors or by flickering Sunscorched Desert.

Lets get into the deck

Doomsday

Doomsday needs no introduction, but gets its own section to explain the pile. After resolving, activate Golos for the win.

Dragonlord Dromoka goes at the top of the pile to stop opponents interacting with you.

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries goes next to actually win the game with its +1.

Mana Drain or another counterspell incase they try to make me deck out in response to casting Dromoka.

Laboratory Maniac for redundancy.

Treasure Cruise for redundancy and actually winning with Lab Man rather than Jace.

Combos

These are more likely to happen over the course of a game than your Doomsday, but take more work to win with.

Llanowar Scout + Retreat to Coralhelm + Yarok, the Desecrated combine with a bounce land to get infinite landfall by repeatedly bouncing the land and tapping/untapping the scout to play it again. Sakura-Tribe Scout can replace the other scout.

Lotus Cobra + Patron of the Moon + Trade Routes infinite landfall by generating mana by playing lands, then using the mana to bounce them and play them again. Meluko the Clouded Mirror can replace Trade Routes, Amulet of Vigor or Stone-Seeder Hierophant can replace the cobra.

Ashnod's Altar + Field of the Dead + Golos, Tireless Pilgrim lets you sac and recur your commander to fetch EVERY LAND OUT OF YOUR DECK. Combine with Amulet of Vigor so they enter untapped.

Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawmoth + Deserted Temple + Rings of Brighthearth gives infinite and utility land untaps if you somehow need those too. Use Prismite to filter into whatever colour you need.

Composite Golem + Nim Deathmantle gives infinite mana of whatever colour you want. No filtering needed.

Scapeshift + Splendid Reclamation or God-Eternal Bontu + Splendid Reclamation gives crazy ramp and landfall triggers. Bontu also draws cards.

Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage instant 20/20 flying indestructible threat. And we have ways to recur the sacrificed land to get another one if someone deals with it.

Any of the infinite landfall combos with Sunscorched Desert or Field of the Dead + Impact Tremors or Dread Presence + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or Retreat to Hagra to kill players directly.

Any of the nutty landfall combos with Tatyova, Benthic Druid for lots of card draw and lifegain.

Copying Field of the Dead with either Vesuva or Thespian's Stage gives you surplus zombies. Use dem landfall triggers.

Ramp

Typical green ramp package with Cultivate, Explosive Vegetation, Farseek, Kodama's Reach, Rampant Growth, Sakura-Tribe Elder.

Sol Ring for obvious reasons.

Crypt Ghast mana doubler with Urborg out.

Deathrite Shaman Can act like a mana dork in a pinch by getting our own fetchlands, but usually other players to hate on their graveyard.

Lotus Cobra gets crazy mana ramp with all the landfall we will hopefully be doing.

Sprouting Vines little unconventional for a ramp spell, but if someone is having a crazy turn you can capitalize on it with some sweet multiple land ramp, for the same price as a cultivate!

Fixing

Fetchland package with Ash Barrens, Polluted Delta, Prismatic Vista, Verdant Catacombs

Commander staples with Chromatic Lantern, Command Tower, Expedition Map

Cascading Cateracts and Crystal Quarry filter for specifically so we can activate Golos.

Lotus Field sacs some lands but taps for 3 of any colour. Seems cool, and we can copy it if we need it.

Utility and Value

Alchemist's Refuge gives us flash whenever we want. And we can recur it if it gets blown up.

Amulet of Vigor our lands don't enter tapped anymore! Think of all the disgusting stuff this lets you do.

Blade of Selves equip to something with an ETB to get mad value. Golos gives you loads of fetch triggers, but all the tokens die, but we don't care so seems good.

Buried Ruin recur some artifacts you need.

Crucible of Worlds recur lands from our graveyard.

Dread Presence playing swamps gives us cards or drain opponents life. A decent landfall payoff with Urborg in play.

Eternal Witness lets us recur...things.

Petrified Field can recur some lands

Sanctum of Eternity bounce Golos for extra triggers, wrath protection, and all sorts of fun stuff. Will see how good this is, but only during our turn hurts it.

Removal

Assassin's Trophy and Beast Within are unconditional permanent removal.

Defile for killing indestructible threats.

Putrefy and Sultai Charm can destroy creatures or other permenants.

Krosan Grip for when an artifact/enchantment REALLY needs to die.

Strip Mine land destruction which we can recur.

Board Wipes

Cyclonic Rift best spell in the format. Removal or one sided wipe.

Decree of Pain wrath that also draws cards.

In Garruk's Wake one sided wipe. Pricey tho.

Kindred Dominance can kill the board but leave our zambie tokens.

Settle the Wreckage can deal with a massed attack, or cast after combat damage on our own army of zombies to fetch a crap load of lands. Which create more zombie tokens with Field of the Dead.

Tutors and Draw

Black tutors in Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent, Vampiric Tutor.

Read the Bones and Treasure Cruise are just good value draw spells

Manabase

A mix of regular and Snow lands, so different names can trigger Field of the Dead.

Possible Additions

Narset's Reversal also needs to go in, possibly replacing the counter on THE PILE.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage Scapeshift + Splendid Reclamation Composite Golem + Nim Deathmantle Deserted Temple + Rings of Brighthearth Dread Presence + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Ashnod's Altar + Field of the Dead + Golos, Tireless Pilgrim God-Eternal Bontu + Splendid Reclamation Llanowar Scout + Retreat to Coralhelm + Yarok, the Desecrated Lotus Cobra + Patron of the Moon + Trade Routes Field of the Dead + Impact Tremors
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Marit Lage, Plant 0/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B