Merchant's Still Relevant Baby!

Standard* Devotion Midrange Mono-Black

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Instant (10)

• 4x Bile Blight
• 2x Empty the Pits
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Murderous Cut

Sorcery (10)

• 2x Read the Bones
• 4x Sign in Blood
• 4x Thoughtseize

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Creature (17)

• 4x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 2x Brain Maggot
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 2x Herald of Torment
• 3x Master of the Feast
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

Land (21)

• 21x Swamp

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Silence the Believers

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Drown in Sorrow
• 2x Gild

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Creature (7)

• 2x Brain Maggot
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 3x Phyrexian Revoker

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Basically...I hate multicolor sets. A lot. Mostly because I do NOT have the money to keep up with the HOUSE PAYMENTS required for dual lands. I just don't. So this is my attempt to keep mono-black relevant after rotation. Gray Merchant is still the primary kill mechanism with Bile Blights, Hero's Downfall as removal. Brain Maggots and Thoughtseize for hand control. Sign in Blood, Pain Seer, and Read the Bones as draw mechanisms. Bloodsoaked Champion and Master of Feasts to up pressure, before finally ending it all with a Gray Merchant drop. While admittedly less effective than my old model, this one has been running rather well in tests. Any comments, please leave them down below. Thanks!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 18 - 9 Rares 8 - 5 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Gold, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	standard