Kokusho, all the life

Commander / EDH

Dunadain

Artifact (21)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Feldon's Cane
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum

Instant (10)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Sacrifice
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (15)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Initiates of the Ebon Hand
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Myr Moonvessel
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Overeager Apprentice
• 1x Phyrexian Marauder
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Shifting Wall
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Ebon Stronghold
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Peat Bog
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 19x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Duress
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Carnival of Souls
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Lich
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Nefarious Lich

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Maybeboard

Artifact (2)

• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mishra's Bauble

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Thoughtseize

Creature (1)

• 1x Dark Confidant

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Mono black Storm? Say hello to Kokusho.

How does it work

The main method this deck wins is by ramping and tutoring into an early Ad Nauseam with our sleek mana curve we can generally draw 20+ cards of Ad Nauseam before stopping, then, using mana rocks, and rituals we ramp into Kokusho, the Evening Star and sacrifice him to a slew of different dpells (eg. Sacrifice ) then we repeat this process a few times with reanimator cards, then we tutor for Yawgmoth's Will to recast Ad Nauseam with all the life we just gained, do some more shenanigans, and finish what's left of our opponents with exanginuate and tendrills-of-agony. While like any Storm deck there are multiple playlines, most games will follow this generall guideline

Playing Storm

Storm is an increadibly difficult deck strategy to play, you must know when to spend mana and when to save it and ultimately, the best teacher is expierience, I strongly encourage you to playtest this deck multiple times to get a feel for it before trying it out against real opponenets.

Cards

W.I.P.
Cabal Therapy- Cheap discard and sac outlet in one
Exsanginuate- how to win the game, Kokusho can help lower the bar
Praetor's Grasp

C-c-c-c-combos!

Many mono black storm decks elect to run infinite cobos, the most popular being Basalt Monolith and Rings-of-Brightheat and win with Exsanginuate these combos provide altrenate wincon but can be dead weight when you can't assemble them, that said they are solid cards and should be considered

This deck runs 1 combo, and it is more of an accident since both cards are amazing on their own = Lich + Ad Nauseam, Lich prevents us from losing for having 0 or less life, so Ad Nauseam can draw mthe entire deck. Note that this does not work with Nefarious Lich as it does not have the "you do not lose the game for having 0 or less life" claus

Why Kokusho?

Kokusho is, when paired with Ad Nauseam, Necropotence , Lich , and Nefarious Lich an insane source of card advantage, in a 4 player pod each time he dies you gain 15 life, generally two triggers from Kokusho is enough to recast Ad Nauseam. For people experimenting in 5+ pods Kokusho simply becomes more and more powerful.

Kokusho, with minor changes to the deck can be replaced with Sidisi. Sidisi offers a tutor for Ad Naus in the Command zone whearas Kokusho provides win-con. Choosing which one is better would be difficult but drive the gameplan in entirely different directions.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.60