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Death's Playground

Commander / EDH Mono-Black

Virlym


Maybeboard


Fun and slightly competitive Horobi, Death's Wail EDH deck.

I find being able to change the game at will pretty fun. It's like being back on the playground and changing the rules of the game mid-way through to make it more enjoyable. That's what Horobi, Death's Wail provides; A way to change the rules of the game while playing.

The deck typically plays like a control deck. Control the board until you are comfortable enough to just take out your opponent(s) in a conventional manner. In group games, it becomes a political match where you are like a mercenary for hire. You don't want to get rid of everything, you just want to keep someone from spiraling out of control with power.

The deck refuses to use infinite combos. It used to follow the Duel Commander (French Commander) banned list, but it's not as popular anymore so I don't keep up with it. However, you could just make simple swaps like Sol Ring for Mind Stone if it matters to you. Some notable cards on the list are:

Benefits from death:




Neat interactions:



With Horobi, Death's Wail, things that kill:


1) Cauldron of Souls and Touch of Darkness become instant speed Plague Wind for a lot cheaper.
2) Sacred Armory and Mirage Mirror become a Murder for one less mana (and not color specific).
3) Dauthi Embrace and Tetzimoc, Primal Death become a Murder for less mana.
4) Liquimetal Torque, Liquimetal Coating, Sorceress Queen, Maze of Ith, and Urborg now have : Destroy target creature.
5) other cards that can now spot kill: Hex Parasite, Profane Command, Shizo, Death's Storehouse, Sorin Markov, Liliana, the Last Hope, Unspeakable Symbol, and Tower of the Magistrate.
6) Grim Hireling becomes a Bone Splinters without having to sac a creature (X = 0 still targets), and it can generate some mana for you on occasion.
Gift of Doom helps Horobi, Death's Wail get around their own ability as the morphing will allow you to attach the aura to Horobi, Death's Wail without targeting.

Possible fuel for it can come from Black Market Connections, Springjack Pasture, Mimic Vat, Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni, a recurring Tenacious Underdog, Liliana, the Last Hope, and the rat tokens from a flipped Tribute to Horobi  .

The Maybeboard consists of cards that were considered for the deck or have been removed for one reason or another. They're not necessarily worse cards, but just ones that aren't in the physical build of the deck. I've had the deck for a long time, and it's slowly been changed over the years based on new releases and the shifting meta. There's plenty of ways Horobi, Death's Wail can be built, so do what's fun for you. That's the real reason I've kept this deck for so long. It's not because it wins more often than not, it's because it's fun and reminds me of the playground days.

Thoughts? Suggestions? (If it's a suggestion for a card addition, please say what you would take out for it and why.)




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Removed the hidden elements of the css so the description wasn't broken.

Added some possibilities into the maybeboard and swapped a few cards with it.

The deck is in a pretty good spot right now, but still taking suggestions.

Updated through Core Set 2021

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Date added 10 years
Last updated 1 year
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

39 - 0 Rares

19 - 0 Uncommons

9 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.98
Tokens Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Goat 0/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Rat Rogue 1/1 B, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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