Ob's All-Black Sac-and-Back

Commander / EDH

MrTomDawson

Instant (5)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Reckless Spite
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Dregs of Sorrow
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Greed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Artifact (4)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Creature (34)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Corpse Hauler
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Endless Cockroaches
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (39)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 33x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Commander (1)

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Mono-black quasi-control deck, using sac outlets to power card draw engines with asymmetrical boardwipes and tit-for-tat creature exchanges (Grave Pact, Attrition etc) to keep opponents' board presences limited before swinging in with the big hitters.

Ob Nixilis as Commander is useful for his anti-searching ability, which - while only really comboing with Maralen of the Mornsong - keeps other players from digging to get answers, but his ability to accrue +1/+1 counters (as well as flying and trample) can make him an easy way to win on Commander Damage if used properly.

The rest of the deck is a collection of death triggers, creature recursion, sac outlets and mana increasers - I discovered in an early build that the deck can be a serious mana hog, though with the removal of cards like Rise of the Dark Realms and Army of the Damned, this is less of an issue.

All suggestions and criticism welcome!

EDIT: as at 09.01.2015, the following cards are in/out. Mostly to increase mana generation and card draw, pump up the spot removal and give some extra sacrifice outlets:

OUT:

Barren Moor, Crypt of Agadeem, Liliana Vess, Swamp x 1, Bone Splinters, Disciple of Griselbrand, Murder, Tenacious Dead, Toxic Deluge, Underworld Connections, Abhorrent Overlord, Pawn of Ulamog,

IN:

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Sensei's Divining Top, Ashnod's Altar, Ashes to Ashes, Dregs of Sorrow, Malicious Affliction, Black Market, Phyrexian Arena, Magus of the Coffers, Overseer of the Damned, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Solemn Simulacrum

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.10
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B