Who's a Heretic Now

Commander / EDH Control Discard Mono-Black Multiplayer

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Creature (25)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Filth
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Liliana, Waker of the Dead
• 1x Sorin Markov

Instant (5)

• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Malicious Affliction

Land (36)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 16x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

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Artifact (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Words of Waste

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Enchantment (3)

• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Infernal Darkness

Land (1)

• 1x Field of the Dead

Instant (1)

• 1x Dark Ritual

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Unearth

Creature (2)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

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**Imagine a high-heeled boot stamping on a human face - forever. **

I've had this deck for a while now and it's finally in a solid state. The deck is based around getting the opponent's hand to zero cards and wrecking their board state.

This deck has been iterated on for quite a while now to get it to the state it's at.

Contamination is an all-star card in this deck and overperforms every time that it is allowed to get in play since Liliana wants to have a sac outlet, and forcing everyone into mono-black ensures that most ways to remove it are gone. Contamination + Ophiomancer or Bitterblossom + Contamination can stop most other decks from playing. Infernal Darkness serves as a second copy of the effect. It works well with Vampire Hexmage and Hex Parasite to keep the cost low and keep it humming through several turns. Even when it doesn't have an enabler, it's still quite good at just taking a few extra turns to set up.

Because I'm already running Vampire Hexmage and Hex Parasite for handling walkers, they do of course combo with Dark Depths. While that can be a dead card on its own, all the cards around it are good. Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage is in as well, because Stage is good and useful on its own.

Filth is the other strong card of note. It's over-performed every time I have managed to get it in the grave. Which, in this deck is very easy. There are many times where this deck will have a hand of over seven at the end of turn and he can just be freely discarded or discarded for advantage with Liliana's plus ability. There's almost never a time where there won't be a swamp in play and with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth it allows free attacks.

I'm very happy with this list and am happy to answer any questions about card choices that have been made in it.

Top Ranked	Achieved #19 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black 5 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Bitterblossom + Contamination Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage Contamination + Ophiomancer
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	City's Blessing, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Liliana, Waker of the Dead, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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