Black is Life

Commander / EDH Death and Taxes Demons Lifegain Mono-Black Multiplayer Vampires

Vedar666

Instant (9)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Murder
• 1x Pharika's Cure
• 1x Sorin's Thirst
• 1x Tendrils of Corruption
• 1x Terror
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Chainer's Edict
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Endless Obedience
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Forced March
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Syphon Life

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Forsaken Wastes
• 1x Gravestorm
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Subversion
• 1x The Abyss

Artifact (2)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Gauntlet of Power

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin Markov

Creature (28)

• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Demon of Wailing Agonies
• 1x Dread
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Herald of Leshrac
• 1x Hollowborn Barghest
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Kheru Bloodsucker
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Roiling Horror
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Servant of Tymaret
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Soulcage Fiend
• 1x Spiteful Returned
• 1x Wall of Limbs

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 25x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Commander (1)

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When the new magic set came out, I immediately loved Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath and wanted to make a deck with him. This deck focuses on multiple players rather than one on one. However, I am not amazing when it comes to deck building and would like some advice on how to change the deck to make it better.

Focusing mostly on life gain / life loss, I have a number of cards that allow this to be possible in various ways:

Blood Artist + Falkenrath Noble both allow targeted loss/gain of life whenever a creature goes into the graveyard. Even allowing to stack with Bloodchief Ascension

Hollowborn Barghest + Bloodgift Demon + Indulgent Tormentor + Subversion allow your upkeep to force your opponents to lose life in each unique way.

Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond is an obvious combo as long as you have both on the field.

Then there are cards which mess with your opponent, some of which are creatures which you can bring back with some cards like Dread Return.

Leyline of the Void allow immediate hinderance at the start of the game.

Erebos, God of the Dead + Forsaken Wastes ensure your opponents cant gain life.

Demon of Wailing Agonies + Indulgent Tormentor + Sheoldred, Whispering One + Infernal Offering helps get rid of pesky creatures that may be hexproof or have shroud.

Herald of Leshrac + Ob Nixilis, the Fallen focus on the gaining of lands and abilities focused from each. Obtaining some lands which may be key to your opponents stratageies such as Reliquary Tower

Caged Sun + Nirkana Revenant + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth gives you the mana you need when you need it for some high cost spells such as Exsanguinate

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Blood Artist + Falkenrath Noble Erebos, God of the Dead + Forsaken Wastes Herald of Leshrac + Ob Nixilis, the Fallen Caged Sun + Nirkana Revenant + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Folders	Commander, Decks I Like