Cruel Council of Maralen

Commander / EDH Control Cruel Control Death and Taxes Forcefeed Mono-Black Reanimator

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Instant (5)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Head Games
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Nether Void
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Wound Reflection

Artifact (20)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Omen Machine
• 1x Psychogenic Probe
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Winter Orb

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Sorin Markov

Creature (10)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

Land (35)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 30x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Commander (1)

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This is a mono black deck that is essentially built for multiplayer games (preferably free-for-all). Maralen's "players can't draw cards" ability is very good control, and although you give them a tutor, you will find that Maralen being your commander makes perfect sense (because you can't exile commanders). I've had games where it comes down to me and one other player, and I just have to cast Maralen every turn from the command zone to fish out all the removal in that player's deck. If they choose not to remove her, you get a tutor as well, and there are a lot of really great things to tutor for in this deck. One very good card in the deck is Strionic Resonator because you can copy the tutor (or the lose 3 life if you need the damage more), and you can also copy the trigger on Omen Machine (a perfect card for this deck archetype).

Take a look at the card list and you can begin to understand why this deck does so well in multiplayer games.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	decks I like, X Inspiration