Mono-Black Devotion

Modern Competitive Devotion Mono-Black

Kai-Erik

Land (23)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 3x Polluted Delta
• 2x Smoldering Marsh
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Liliana of the Veil
• 2x Liliana, the Last Hope

Creature (18)

• 3x Bloodghast
• 2x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 4x Geralf's Messenger
• 4x Gifted Aetherborn
• 2x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 3x Phyrexian Obliterator

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Phyrexian Arena

Instant (7)

• 4x Fatal Push
• 2x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Victim of Night

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Damnation

Instant (1)

• 1x Victim of Night

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Blood Moon

Creature (5)

• 2x Fulminator Mage
• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator

Artifact (3)

• 2x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Ratchet Bomb

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Demigod of Revenge
• 1x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade

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I love a good monochomatic deck, and black has some of the nastiest creatures (looking at you, Phyrexian Obliterator) so here's my take on the mono-black deck that pops up in tournaments from time to time.

Black also offers us the best hand disruption in the game in the forms of Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek. Pair that with a foolproof mana base and some solid threats that fire off consistently and you've definitely got the tools to rumble with the tier one decks in the format.

Basically what you want to do is build devotion faster than a cult leader and drop a Gray Merchant of Asphodel and it's gg.

I think Bloodghast has beautiful synergy with this deck because you can pitch them to Liliana of the Veil, crack a fetch and then bring them in when needed to count towards that sweet, sweet devotion.

Top Ranked	Achieved #16 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 3 Mythic Rares 22 - 10 Rares 16 - 1 Uncommons 1 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Ideas from others, Good Ideas, Interesting Modern