Phage, the Unplayable

Commander / EDH Casual Control Mono-Black Voltron

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Instant (8)

• 1x False Cure
• 1x Fated Return
• 1x Footbottom Feast
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Withering Boon

Sorcery (16)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Syphon Mind

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Dragon Shadow
• 1x Endless Whispers
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Soul Stair Expedition

Artifact (15)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Sorin Markov

Creature (12)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Thrull Wizard
• 1x Visara the Dreadful

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 25x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Commander (1)

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Instant (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Diabolic Revelation

Artifact (3)

• 1x Kusari-Gama
• 1x Phyrexian Processor
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

Creature (2)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel

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Trying out a Phage the Untouchable list as a proof-of-concept. Ideally, I find a Torpor Orb or Sundial of the Infinite through either tutors or drawing and straightcast Phage. Failing that, I can counter her once with Thrull Wizard or Withering Boon and use graveyard grab to pull her to my hand and cast her normally. I'm running lots of different boardwipes and Royal Assassin type creatures to keep the opponents from getting too strong.

The deck also boasts a fair amount of Voltron staples in order to keep Phage alive and let her get to the opponents.

As a subtheme, the deck generates a massive amount of mana through Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and through doubling effects like Caged Sun and Crypt Ghast. No mana flood is complete without outlets like Exsanguinate and Profane Command to dump mana into.

Looking for any suggestions one might have to offer, and if there are any obvious cards I may have missed, please feel free to suggest them.

Top Ranked	Achieved #60 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Goat 0/1 W
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