Black Arts

Legacy* Control Mono-Black

crstern

Creature (14)

• 2x Blood Artist
• 2x Creakwood Liege
• 4x Geralf's Messenger
• 4x Gravecrawler
• 2x Shriekmaw

Land (22)

• 22x Swamp

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Bitterblossom
• 4x Contamination

Instant (8)

• 4x Dark Ritual
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 2x Smother

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Hymn to Tourach
• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek

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Creature (22)

• 2x Avatar of Woe
• 2x Bloodghast
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 2x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mortician Beetle
• 4x Nether Traitor
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 4x Vampire Nighthawk

Land (2)

• 2x Dakmor Salvage

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Instant (15)

• 2x Altar's Reap
• 4x Dark Ritual
• 2x Doom Blade
• 2x Go for the Throat
• 1x Smother
• 4x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (19)

• 4x Bone Splinters
• 1x Duress
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mutilate
• 4x Raven's Crime
• 4x Smallpox
• 2x Syphon Life

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I was inspired by Contamination Pox from James Heslip's Super Budget Super Series #1 at mtgsalvation.com source: http://mtgsalvation.com/1366-squandered-resources-super-budget-super-series-1.html.

I wanted to find a great way to abuse Blood Artist's ability, which lead me to Contamination as a great sacrifice generator. Bitterblossom's life loss is cured with Blood Artist in play, and becomes life gain once I have more than one.

The rest of the creatures are built to provide more fodder to sacrifice, or other engines to do so.

I am considering adding in more removal cards, but I don't know what the right balance would be to strike.

Date added	13 years
Last updated	13 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Worm 1/1 BG