Devoted Black

Standard* Competitive Midrange Mono-Black

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Creature (18)

• 2x Abhorrent Overlord
• 4x Desecration Demon
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 2x Lifebane Zombie
• 4x Nightveil Specter
• 2x Pack Rat

Land (22)

• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 20x Swamp

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (12)

• 4x Doom Blade
• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Read the Bones
• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Erebos, God of the Dead

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Instant (3)

• 3x Dark Betrayal

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Duress
• 4x Shrivel

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List based on an old build that did okay at FNM. I want to take it up a notch.

Early game:

Thoughtseize turn 1 is the best move for obvious reasons. Use the twelve other removal spells to keep the board sort of clean until you can get out Lifebane Zombie or Nightveil Specter. Then the real fun begins.

End Game:

Evade blockers with Lifebane Zombie and Nightveil Specter until Desecration Demon can come out. Whip of Erebos is cool if you have it, but not game breaking if you don't. Pack Rat is devastating if you're mana flooded, but doesn't kick off fast enough to play super early. Gray Merchant of Asphodel is a mono-black staple, and I've been playing him since pre-release. Usually he's a kill shot, but if not you can use him as a blocker until you get another one, or he dies and you can Whip of Erebos him back into play for double the fun!

Sideboard:

Duress for more enchantment/instant/sorcery removal. Dark Betrayal for the mirror match. Same with Erebos, God of the Dead. Liliana of the Dark Realms is still a maybe card. Good for spamming mana for Pack Rat. Shrivel is because of how heavily Assemble the Legion is played in my meta.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 4 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 12 - 3 Uncommons 6 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Harpy 1/1 B