Immortal

Standard Combo Cruel Control Demons WUB (Esper)

Kellcron

Creature (16)

• 2x Abhorrent Overlord
• 4x Desecration Demon
• 2x Disciple of Phenax
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 3x Nightveil Specter

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Land (24)

• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 14x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Gift of Immortality
• 3x Underworld Connections

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (11)

• 2x Doom Blade
• 3x Far / Away
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Pharika's Cure

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Prognostic Sphinx

Instant (11)

• 2x Dissolve
• 2x Doom Blade
• 2x Essence Scatter
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 3x Silence the Believers

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This is a devotion to black deck.

I was intrigued by the idea of putting Gift of Immortality on an Aborrent Overlord, and so I went about building a deck around that. Because Abhorrent Overlord is rather expensive my early game is based around a bit of blue/black control, i.e. Far / Away, Pharika's Cure , and Doomblade.

Then mid game ramping up my card draw and boosting my devotion to black with Underworld Connections and Nightveil Specter in addition to some major threat removal with Desecration Demon and Disciple of Phenax .

Finally moving to late game with either major Gray Merchant of Asphodel drops and/or Abhorrent Overlord, with Gift of Immortality on either. Using Abhorrent Overlord's sac condition to exploit Gift of Immortality's return to the battlefield effects and the innate abilities of both the former and latter.

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EDIT:

Reduced the number of Gift of Immortality in favor of Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver in the main. Gift was just sitting in my hand more often than not and I'd rather have a card I can play and use.

I've also taken two Doom Blades out of the main and replaced them with hero's downfalls to improve overall balance in multiple match ups.

Added Silence the Believers over Duress to the sideboard to deal with bestow heavy heroic decks. As well as Prognostic Sphinx over Negate and the extra Whip of Erebos's. I would like to have it standard in the main board because its ability to dig is amazing but I don't know what to replace with it. Maybe 2x Whip of Erebos and keep the remaining two sphinxes in the sideboard.

Critiques welcome, wondering about subbing some different lands.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 7 Rares 9 - 4 Uncommons 8 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Harpy 1/1 B
Folders	Favorites, Black, Im Auge behalten, 3/28/14 deck ideas, decks i wanna build, mid expense deck