Griselbrand - MTGO 1v1 commander

1v1 Commander* Mono-Black

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Sorcery (21)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blackmail
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Distress
• 1x Duress
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mind Shatter
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sinkhole
• 1x The Elderspell
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Planeswalker (8)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Leyline of the Void

Artifact (20)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Guardian Idol
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Instant (8)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 24x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland

Creature (3)

• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

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MTGO 1v1 commander

Mono-B Griselbrand. This deck is built using the MTGO 1v1 Commander Banlist and ruleset.

The idea behind this deck is simple, land a Griselbrand, generate card advantage, win. The beauty behind this deck lies in the power of its general. Once he hits, you can draw 7 cards anytime you want. This makes it very hard for most control decks, which tend to answer things with 1-for-1 removal, as it is impossible for most decks to keep up with the card advantage generated by Griselbrand. This deck contains many powerful cards, some of which I'll cover here.

Lion's Eye Diamond. This card is unplayable in many scenarios, but in our deck, with access to 5 other mana, we can use this (at the cost of whatever is left in our hand) to power out a Griselbrand sooner than we should be able to. In a pinch, also, we can cast a tutor, hold priority and activate Lion's Eye Diamond as a way out of an otherwise unwinnable scenario (tutor for Toxic Deluge to wipe the board for example)

Infernal Darkness is a total lockout against a lot of decks. This card is more powerful than Blood Moon, at least as long as you can pay the upkeep. Of course, our general helps us with that quite nicely. Othertimes, we use this to keep blue decks off their counterspells for long enough to cast Griselbrand, or deal with problematic cards in their hand. This is game over for a lot of decks.

Other than some of the standout cards, we see a LOT of redundancy in this deck. Lots of mana rocks, discard, draw, and tutors. Everything in the deck is designed to make your opponents life harder, or make your life easier. No fluff here.

The deck wins via attacking with G-Bacon a few times, or the Leyline Helm combo to wrap things up quicker. Any suggestions are quite welcome, but please don't just give me 5 cards to add without also suggesting some things to cut :)

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not 1v1 Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Spirit 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B