Shadowborn Apostle and Other Shenanigans

Commander / EDH Demons Humans Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (44)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Cabal Archon
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Master of Dark Rites
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 30x Shadowborn Apostle
• 1x Skirsdag Flayer
• 1x Taborax, Hope's Demise
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Echoing Return
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Profane Prayers

Instant (1)

• 1x Village Rites

Artifact (13)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Relic Vial
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thrumming Stone

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Liliana's Contract
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Commander (1)

Land (31)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 23x Swamp
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Artifact (2)

• 1x Avarice Amulet
• 1x Bottled Cloister

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Archfiend's Vessel
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Vindictive Vampire

Artifact (3)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Nim Deathmantle

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Open the Graves

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Do not look at me, for I am only a lowly draft.

Shadowborn Apostle. Relentless Rats. Persistent Petitioners. What do they all have in common? They're a little silly, and a fun theme/tribe to build around and bend the rules of EDH with.

The objective of the deck is to get as many Shadowborn Apostles on the field as possible and use them to do nasty things, most notably to cheat out some big boys, such as Rune-Scarred Demon and Harvester of Souls. Cabal Archon, Profane Prayers, and Skirsdag Flayer take a bit of advantage of the Human Cleric theme, and of course there's plenty of good ol' black staples like Liliana of the Dark Realms and some nice tutors.

Skullclamp, gravepact, Dictate of Erebos, and Black Market take advantage of the large number of cheap creatures to sacrifice for card advantage or board control. Creatures which are easy to recur thanks to the Commander, Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker! So long as she is on the field, you can sacrifice away and will always have fresh blood.

I'm a Johnny, so I had to toss Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank in there just in case, but that's not the point. The point is to swing with big beefy demon boys, get out 30 Shadowborn Apostles with Thrumming Stone and swinging with them, or use them for a variety of draw triggers.

As it stands, the deck is very vulnerable to boardwipes. I would appreciate some advice on board protection in mono-black, as I'm not very experienced in the color, or if there are any cool new black cards from the past few sets that I'm not aware of.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	6 days
Key combos	Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 3 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 36 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.20
Tokens	Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C