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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Contamination
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Contamination unless you sacrifice a creature.
If a land is tapped for mana, it produces (Black) instead of any other type and amount.
Profet93 on
Kill, Kill and Kill some more.
2 weeks ago
Cabal Stronghold/Cabal Coffers - Former budget, latter not. Big black mana producing lands. Contamination does shut them off though. Should that be an issue, note Infernal Darkness as a potential alternative.
Crypt of Agadeem - Ramp
Bojuka Bog - Personally, not a huge fan of tapped lands. But with fetches, you can use at instant speed. Not needed but worth considering depending on amount of GY decks in the meta.
Shizo, Death's Storehouse > Rogue's passage - Once budget opens, this is an upgrade. Not needed but worth considering.
Contamination - Sacrifice synergy. High synergy with bitterblossom, reassembling skeleton and any other creature that can return to field.
Syphon Mind > Dark Tutelage - While you have a relatively low avg cmc of 3.00, black has better draw that doesn't hurt you as badly. Not to mention it's steady draw, which can be good, but sometimes burst draw is preferred. Syphon mind is draw 3, each opponent discard 1. Budget friendly too.
Skullclamp - Speaking of draw, this goes well with all your sac synergies.
Murderous Rider > Murder - Can hit Walkers, is versatile as a creature with lifelink that can recoup your lifeloss. Almost a strict upgrade.
Feed the Swarm - Removal that hits enchantments. Black has difficult with artifacts and enchantments. I can provide you with some potential artifact removal should you wish depending on your meta. But this might be worth considering given that a Rest in Peace can mess u up.
Maybe Corpse Dance - With your sac outlets, you can ignore the negative aspect of the card. Also do note that after a wipe, you can choose the order in which your creatures enter the GY if they go together simultaneously.
Dark Ritual - Simple ritual ramp
Mind Stone - Ramp when you need it, draw when you don't.
Oubliette - Commander hate
At the risk of being too risky and pricey, Hatred - Do note life loss is additional cost to cast but it can be fun with use with your commander, either with it's ability or commander damage. Not to mention the political aspect of using it on your opponents attacking each other (Bonus points if you use it on their commander).
indieinside on
Dauthi Shadow Tribal
2 weeks ago
Why do you need so many blockers? honestly, it's just a casual 1v1 deck. If I haven't won by turn 5 or 6, then the deck isn't working.
I can definitely see myself trading out one of my blockers for Bitterblossom.
Contamination is always a great card, but may be too OP for my playgroup. Thanks for the upvote.
Profet93 on
Dauthi Shadow Tribal
2 weeks ago
indieinside +1
Thank you for your patience. I thought there was a deck that you told me to comment on that I have yet to comment on, my mind is playing tricks on me. Anyways....
Why do you need so many blockers? Is your meta more battle cruiser? I personally like (instant speed) removal but it really depends on your meta and power level. No Mercy has always been hit or miss for me. Its good because it's a deterrent, but sometimes people will just stall out for 1-2 turns (which is nice) but then just overrun you and the trigger falls of the stack as you die.
Alternatively, another blocker with flying could be Bitterblossom. Should you wish, you could add a Contamination to synergize with it, although it might be a tad too anti-synergistic given you run coffers, lake, nykthos.
Mausoleum Secrets might always be worth considering given that you run a bunch of creatures. Do keep in mind you can only tutor for black cards though.
Skullclamp is not half bad to get some return on your creatures. Is also nice with bitterblossom.
Lastly, a fringe suggestion is Awaken the Erstwhile. You make a bunch of creatures that you can use to draw more cards. You can mess with opposing tutors (potentially).
SufferFromEDHD on
Cockroaches Never Die
1 month ago
Neat. Your oldest deck, unplayed and full of creatures!
This deck needs a couple of Dredge cards. Urborg and Yavimaya as well.
I don't like Jester's Cap here because you have no way of reusing it and does it more effectively.
Planar Portal seems awkward in . Diabolic Intent seems appropriate with this strategy.
Nether Spirit is a unique card. It's perfect in your creatureless strategy but it's going to fail here. Back in the day MBC utilized it with Contamination. I would cut one for the other.
Pernicious Deed Golgari staple for a reason.
SufferFromEDHD on
1 month ago
Changeling Outcast solid rat.
Species Specialist serious card draw.
Crippling Fear/Kindred Dominance tribal destruction.
Haunting Voyage tribal reanimation.
Cover of Darkness tribal evasion.
Deserted Temple utility.
Vesuva utility/Inkmoth #2
Jet Medallion ramp.
Gate to Phyrexia artifact destruction in
Contamination control.
Profet93 on
Yahenni, The One Punch Partisan
1 month ago
sonalexander +1
The Ozolith - Save counters
Ancient Tomb - Ramp
Contamination - Synergy with reassembling skeleton and bitterblossom. It does shut down coffers and Nykthos but also shuts off opposing cradles and other large mana producing lands. Do note it's cousin, Infernal Darkness which does not. Both are counterspell bait.
Imp's Mischief - Counter counterspells and redirect targeted removal, draw and extra turns.
How do you deal with artifacts and enchantments?
Profet93 on
Inflicting Pain and Everlasting Bloodshed
1 month ago
Cabal Coffers or budget version Cabal Stronghold are great for ramp. Deserted Temple to untap it and Thespian's Stage to copy it (or another utility land). Cut Mortuary Mire and Grasping Dunes as they are not impactful. Maybe add a fetchland or 2 simply for witches cottage should you wish.
Maybe an Erebos's Intervention for removal/flexibility?
Depending on how rude you want to be, an Infernal Darkness is solid to stall for a turn or 2, not to mention counter bait. Dealing with mana dorks to circumvent is easy, although their mana rocks can still get around this. A Contamination could also work as it is synergetic with your reassembling skeleton. Adding a Bitterblossom for redundancy as well as token production which can help you draw cards from your -1/-1 effects.
Jet Medallion is solid for ramp. Mind Stone is ramp that brings your commander out a turn sooner or draw when you don't need it. Dino DNA and maybe Nightmare Lash can be cut.
What is your wincon?
Case42 on
2 months ago
Profet93 I prefer Martyr's Bond as it's another gravepact effect with an additional bonus: it makes opponents sacrifice artifacts when I sacrifice treasures. It always instantly makes me feel like a villain when I use it in my mardu token deck, so I tossed it in here since I have more treasure production cards.
I was considering Cabal Coffers and a few other of the black ramp cards for it, but I don't own any so it would be a purchase I have to consider.
Not sure on Contamination but it's worth a test. I only worry that it might lock me out of my white token production/doublers at a bad time. But it's worth a test, I'll try it out as I begin to playtest this deck and see how it works.
