Maga's Midnight Ritual

Commander / EDH Midrange Mono-Black Ramp Theme/Gimmick Tribal

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Creature (23)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chilling Shade
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Crypt Ripper
• 1x Cursed Ronin
• 1x Darkling Stalker
• 1x Deepwood Legate
• 1x Drifting Shade
• 1x Dungeon Shade
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Evernight Shade
• 1x Frozen Shade
• 1x Gateway Shade
• 1x Liliana's Shade
• 1x Looming Shade
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Nakaya Shade
• 1x Nantuko Shade
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Undercity Shade
• 1x Whispering Shade

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Phyresis

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Walk the Plank

Instant (7)

• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Withering Boon

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Land (35)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 30x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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Creature (5)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Land (3)

• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Vesuva

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rime Transfusion

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Grim Discovery
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament

Instant (3)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lashwrithe

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Shade tribal featuring Maga, Traitor to Mortals. I selected Maga because he's objectively better than Ihsan's Shade and loves the huge amount black mana this deck can create. Shades are my favorite tribe and need no introduction.

The game plan is pretty simple. Ramp into locks and Shades, then creature beats for victory, hopefully finishing up with a black fireball via Maga himself. I've included Mike & Trike as an alt wincon.

The deck name comes from how Midnight Ritual essentially turns a creature into a Shade.

Cuts I'm considering: Beacon of Unrest, Necromancy, Diabolic Tutor, Gauntlet of Power, Profane Command,

Adds I'm considering: Petrified Field, Grim Discovery, Phyrexian Arena, Dimir House Guard, Shred Memory, Grim Discovery

Honorable mentions: Shade's Form, Shade's Breath, Cursed Ronin, and Midnight Ritual.

Comments, suggestions, and +1's welcome.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.28
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B
Folders	EPICOSITY, Note other decks.., deck's