Devotion with a Twist

Standard Devotion Mono-Black Zoo

Naksu

Creature (23)

• 2x Gutterbones
• 3x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 3x Tymaret, Chosen from Death
• 3x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 3x Savage Gorger
• 2x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 4x Spawn of Mayhem
• 3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Land (24)

• 4x Castle Locthwain
• 18x Swamp
• 2x Witch's Cottage

Enchantment (7)

• 4x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 3x Underworld Dreams

Instant (6)

• 2x Erebos's Intervention
• 4x Drag to the Underworld

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Sideboard

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Duress
• 1x Price of Betrayal
• 1x Spark Harvest
• 2x Legion's End
• 2x Cry of the Carnarium
• 1x Witch's Vengeance

Instant (3)

• 3x Pharika's Libation

Creature (2)

• 2x Blightbeetle

Artifact (1)

• 1x Grafdigger's Cage

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Creature (1)

• 1x Murderous Rider

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Black devotion with steady pings.

Cards that provide the best devotion (Ayara, First of Locthwain and Underworld Dreams), also provides steady pings to opponents face. This lets us to play the waiting game, while we dig for Gray Merchant of Asphodel.

Pingers

• Ayara, First of Locthwain
• Underworld Dreams
• Spawn of Mayhem

Early game defence

• Gutterbones
• Knight of the Ebon Legion
• Tymaret, Chosen from Death

Card Draw

• Ayara, First of Locthwain
• Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• Castle Locthwain

Lifegain/Support

Lifegain is somewhat important in certain match-ups, since we do ping ourselves too.

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel This dude also acts as one of our finishers.
• Erebos's Intervention
• Dreadhorde Invasion This card seems out of context here, but it's so good on many levels.

This blend of abilities is strong and fun to play!

Heres my other Theros Devotion Heliods Devotion

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Standard 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 4 Rares 13 - 5 Uncommons 5 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.64
Tokens	Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	ayara, Decks, T2 Theros, Standard 2020, Standard Decks