Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Necropotence Suicide Black Vampires Voltron

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Creature (22)

• 1x Armory Automaton
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Instant (2)

• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (21)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Strip Mine
• 16x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland

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Creature (6)

• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Mirri the Cursed
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Tree of Perdition

Artifact (5)

• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Trading Post

Instant (1)

• 1x Nightcreep

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Decree of Pain

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Retribution of the Ancients

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This is an aggressive take on "Big Black" mono-black, focused on Yahenni, Undying Partisan. With built-in haste, low CMC and easily realized potential for explosive growth, he can regularly and unexpectedly one shot opponents, often on very early turns. This version is a lot more based on a voltron strategy than I would usually build in mono-black, while maintaining the "Big Black" ability to make massive amounts of mana and draw tons of cards, with support from Grave Pact effects.

The voltron aspect is helped along with several man-lands and low CMC, self-recurring creatures with evasion, so the damage starts adding up, often before there is much time to react. They also make Yahenni more sticky, as he always has something to sacrifice to himself. Finishers like Exsanguinate, Grey Merchant of Asphodel and Massacre Wurm close out the game and/or reset my life total.

This is the 2nd iteration. I'll add more insight as I play it more. So far this is much closer to finding a balance between all the different aspects of the deck and enough draw/acceleration than the initial build. Overall it has been way more fun and effective than I expected.

As always, very open to input. Thanks for looking, and please Upvote! if you like what you see!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.52
Tokens	Demon X/X B, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Things