The Tricks of Black Devotion

Standard Devotion Reanimator WB (Orzhov)

Ramz-E

Creature (32)

• 4x Abhorrent Overlord
• 4x Ashen Rider
• 4x Champion of Stray Souls
• 4x Crypt Ghast
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Ogre Slumlord
• 4x Pack Rat
• 4x Tenacious Dead

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (19)

• 4x Godless Shrine
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 10x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Silence

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Underworld Connections

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (4)

• 4x Hero's Downfall

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A creature heavy black devotion deck with a few tricks.

The Tenacious Dead are in there as chump blockers/sacrifice fodder to help defend and generate rat tokens and come back from the dead by themselves.

There are 10 big cards with some nice ETB effects on them. These are mostly here to be discarded to generate rat tokens and then be brought back using some of the return from graveyard abilities and cards in the deck.

Two of these cards (Trostani, Selesnya's Voice and Archetype of Endurance) also have some nice effects if they remain in play. The others can be used as sacrifice and to try and beat down opposing creatures with little fear of loss since they can be brought back for the ETB again.

Not sure if I should focus on a few of the same creature for this, or have the different ones to give me more versatility, will have to play test to see how it goes.

The deck is pretty big at 80 cards so I have some extra card draw to help me get through the deck a bit faster and some lifelink options to help the life cost.

Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.44
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Harpy 1/1 B, Rat 1/1 B