Ashnod's Aristocratic Toolbox

Legacy Combo Competitive Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick

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Instant (8)

• 4x Dark Ritual
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 2x Tainted Pact

Sorcery (12)

• 3x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Drain Life
• 3x Grim Tutor
• 4x Hymn to Tourach

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Carnival of Souls
• 1x Shadows of the Past

Artifact (5)

• 3x Ashnod's Altar
• 2x Nim Deathmantle

Creature (16)

• 2x Initiates of the Ebon Hand
• 2x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Order of the Ebon Hand
• 2x Priest of Gix
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite
• 4x Xathrid Necromancer
• 4x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (17)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 2x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Peat Bog
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Starlit Sanctum
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Urborg
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 3x Dismember

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Duress
• 1x Persecute
• 3x Sinkhole
• 3x Unmask

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Leyline of the Void

Creature (1)

• 1x Stillmoon Cavalier

Land (1)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All

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The Pieces:

The key to creating infinite loops within this deck is the classic Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle with various other pieces.

The first and most obvious is the Priest of Gix. Needing two untapped mana to start the loop, unless you played Priest of Gix that same turn, sacrifice the Priest to Ashnod's Altar and gain two mana. Using two of the mana gained from entrance to battlefield trigger or from the lands/mana sources return the Priest of Gix To the battlefield and gain another three black mana. Sacrifice again for another 2 colourless mana and loop, leaving you always with and net positive of one colourless mana per loop.

"What do I do with all this mana" you ask, well....

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 10 Rares 21 - 3 Uncommons 11 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.19
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Zombie 2/2 B