Once You Go Black...

Standard Devotion Mono-Black

Edosaurus_Rex

Creature (24)

• 4x Desecration Demon
• 2x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 2x Herald of Torment
• 4x Master of the Feast
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 3x Pack Rat
• 4x Rakdos Cackler

Land (24)

• 24x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Gift of Orzhova
• 2x Underworld Connections

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (6)

• 3x Bile Blight
• 3x Doom Blade

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Sideboard

Land (2)

• 2x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Gift of Orzhova
• 2x Underworld Connections

Instant (7)

• 2x Bile Blight
• 2x Dark Betrayal
• 2x Devour Flesh
• 1x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Gild

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Agent of the Fates
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Deathcult Rogue
• 1x Lifebane Zombie
• 1x Lord of the Void

Land (1)

• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Ordeal of Erebos

Instant (1)

• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Read the Bones

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Black Devotion!

This deck is designed to be very aggressive and just start swinging as soon as possible. Plenty of removal is present to get rid of bothersome creatures, and a low mana curve gives the deck a fair amount of resilience. Generally speaking, the strategy is to whittle the opponent down with creatures and deal the finishing blow with either Desecration Demon or Gray Merchant of Asphodel. I am trying to keep the deck on the cheaper side for now, which is why I do not have any thoughtsieze or additional Hero's Downfall and Nightveil Specter. I have considered Duress instead of thoughtsieze, but I have yet to try it out. Additional removal is in my sideboard to replace the Doom Blade that would be useless when facing another black devotion deck and/ or decks that utilize gods a lot.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 4 Rares 7 - 7 Uncommons 9 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Copy Clone, Gold
Folders	Standard