The Lich-king of Angmar

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Reanimator Value Engine Wraith

Oakiegg

Land (35)

• 17x Swamp
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shire Terrace
• 1x War Room
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Witch's Cottage
• 1x Barad-dur
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Control (8)

• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Grima Wormtongue
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Gravepitch (4)

• 1x Angel of Suffering
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Buried Alive

Necromancy (14)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Incarnation Technique
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Persist
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Secret Salvage
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Victimize

Wraiths (11)

• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Infernal Tutor

Ramp (6)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Commander (1)

Bombs (11)

• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Breach the Multiverse
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Card Advantage (6)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Palantir of Orthanc
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Demonic Tutor

Protection (4)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

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Maybeboard

Other (15)

• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Filth
• 1x Oriq Loremage
• 1x Vile Entomber
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Darkness
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Soul Exchange
• 1x Unmarked Grave

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Patch 2.3

I had recently been building a Mono{B} Vampire "Heritage" deck for the past few months and was feeling like there wasn't much going on with it, the deck felt very dull and clunky during playtesting and I just wasn't really vibing with me.

I had been talking about a desire to build a Ringwraith deck since before the spoils even dropped for LTR, and as soon as I saw the cards for the Witch-King and Nazgûl, I knew that I had the perfect build around it.

Thus far in playtesting I am very much enjoying the ramping ability both of innate monoblack as well as the incredible Nazgul abilities to add counters when the ring tempts you. It's very easy to get things rolling big if you have a turn2 Call of the Ring Followed by T3 and T4 Nazgûl, throwing out the Witch-King on 5; by that time, your first t3 Nazgûl will be a 5/6 Deathtouch that doubles as a fully loaded Ring-Bearer!

With version 2.0, the title update means switching the deck's entire focus from a clunky pseudo-aristocrats "I want to do all the black things" focus into a primarily Reanimator playstyle. Plenty of card draw and milling effects will get us the graveyard we want, and everytime we reanimate our Nazgul we can pump up the Witch-King, bringing with him a decent win condition that can throw down some heavy punches. Other big threats like Grave Titan, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, and Archon of Cruelty will keep opponents sweating as we bring them back time and time again.

One day I'd love to get a serialized Sol Ring (Human) in the deck, but at $1600 as of 8.22.23, I don't think there's a shot at that for quite some time unless there's a major shift in my financial security... After all, 1600 is nearly 3 HP Dual Lands. That said, I'm happy to own a non-serialized Human ring, and I'm glad to be able to include it in this deck. My Witch-king deck has been a labor of love over the summer of 2023 and I'm happy to have it started in September, just about the same time of the year the Nine left Minas Morgul after Gollum uttered the infamous words, "Shire, Baggins!"

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	23 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Orc Army, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Decklists