Mono Black Control Canadian Highlander 100

Highlander Competitive Control Mono-Black

GracefulDave

Instant (13)

• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Geth's Verdict
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Smother
• 1x Tendrils of Corruption
• 1x Tribute to Hunger
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Victim of Night

Sorcery (22)

• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Distress
• 1x Duress
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Rhystic Tutor
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unmask
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Artifact (4)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mox Jet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Sorin Markov

Creature (12)

• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Bane of the Living
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Master of the Feast
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (41)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 30x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Appetite for Brains
• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Drain Life
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament

Artifact (3)

• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (13)

• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Grinning Demon
• 1x Griselbrand
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Volatile Rig
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

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What started as a Chainer EDH hybrid deck soon became a highlander deck because it simply couldn't play both roles competatively against those 8 cost sorceries.

Now it's an oppressive midrangeish deck, drawing on all the nightmares of black's past. All the best creature kill to make sure you don't lose to any creature decks (tuned against a Boros deck full of swords, speedy, speedy swords) and all the most broken black tutors and card draw I can offord to piece together wins against anything else. Weak to blue based control but I have none of that in my playgroup so... yeah.

Suggestions are always welcome but this deck is essentially card perfect. Could go faster or longer but I like it where it is. If I ever get to the point where I think I'm about to cut Phyrexian Obliterator or Lake of the Dead I stop tinkering.

YJ points 7/7: Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Mox Jet, Mind Twist

EDIT: I have abandoned this deck in favour of a faster, more disruptive version after playing at YJ for a few months this summer. The amount of creature kill that lets me live in my playgroup is garbage against UX tempo/combo. MBC is definitely playable in this format, but I haven't cracked it yet though I have seen lists that have. GGs everyone!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Highlander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Marit Lage, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Highlander Decks, The Many Faces of Black Canlander