Maybeboard


Initial draft of Gonti. Currently cutting. See missed synergies? Please let me know! I'd especially appreciate insight into how cards in the maybe board compare to cards performing similar tasks in the main list, as well as if I should alter the ratios of the roles I have now.

Details:

This deck is largely focused on exploiting Gonti's ETB triggers to gain filtered card advantage by cycling him into and out of the graveyard or just bouncing and flickering him traditionally. The deck similarly cycles other black ETB triggers for value, and in testing tends to win by cheating out Grave Titan or Massacre Wurm and swinging away, as well as playing around with whatever shenanigans can be gained from opponent's decks. Beyond that, it's mostly just a mono-black ramp and good stuff deck.

Card Functions:

Value ETBs:

  • Abhorrent Overlord
  • Big Game Hunter
  • Demon of Dark Schemes
  • Fleshbag Marauder
  • Grave Titan
  • Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • Massacre Wurm
  • Nekrataal
  • Noxious Gear Hulk
  • Phyrexian Delver
  • Rune-Scarred Demon
  • Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • Solemn Simulacrum

Getting ETBs into the graveyard:

  • Abhorrent Overlord
  • Fleshbag Marauder
  • Hell's Caretaker
  • Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • Ashnod's Altar
  • Buried Alive
  • Entomb
  • Rescue from the Underworld (amazing value)
  • Decree of Pain
  • In Garruk's Wake
  • Mutilate
  • Vampiric Rites
  • Victimize

Getting ETBs out of Graveyard:

  • Chainer, Dementia Master
  • Hell's Caretaker
  • Phyrexian Delver
  • Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • Mimic Vat (kinda, for cards other than Gonti)
  • Whip of Erebos
  • Rescue From the Underworld (again, insane value)
  • Beacon of Unrest
  • Rise of the Dark Realms
  • Animate Dead
  • Palace Siege
  • Nim Deathmantle (as long as it's equipped prior)
  • Victimize

Getting ETB triggers sans Graveyard:

  • Blade of Selves
  • Cloudstone Curio
  • Conjurer's Closet
  • Erratic Portal (kinda)

MB Ramp:

  • Burnished Hart
  • Crypt Ghast
  • Magus of the Coffers
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Ashnod's Altar
  • Caged Sun
  • Commander's Sphere
  • Journeyer's Kite
  • Sol Ring
  • Sword of the Animist
  • Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • Black Market
  • Dark Ritual

Value out of dying triggers:

  • Butcher of Malakir
  • Harvester of Souls
  • Massacre Wurm (opponent's)
  • Pawn of Ulamog
  • Solemn Simulacrum (just himself)
  • Sundering Titan (just himself)
  • Mimic Vat (a little)
  • Black Market
  • Grave Pact

Generic Value Cards:

  • Phyrexian Arena
  • Morbid Curiosity
  • Beseech the Queen
  • Silence the Believers (good with high ramp)
  • Hero's Downfall

Deck-Specific Additional Value:

  • Panharmonicon
  • Strionic Resonator
  • Misinformation
  • Painful Memories

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 7 years
Exclude colors WURG
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

9 - 0 Mythic Rares

35 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

4 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 4.17
Tokens Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Harpy 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders Deck Feed, EDH Gauntlet
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