"Song of Mourning" (Maralen MBC)

Commander / EDH 8-Rack Control Discard Mono-Black Pox Suicide Black

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Hand Disruption (23)

• 1x Black Cat
• 1x Blackmail
• 1x Brain Maggot
• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Despise
• 1x Distress
• 1x Duress
• 1x Harsh Scrutiny
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mesmeric Fiend
• 1x Mind Peel
• 1x Mind Rot
• 1x Mire's Toll
• 1x Ostracize
• 1x Pulse of the Dross
• 1x Ravenous Rats
• 1x Raven's Crime
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Skull Fracture
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Transgress the Mind
• 1x Wrench Mind

Win Con (3)

• 1x Nezumi Shortfang  ^Flip
• 1x Shrieking Affliction
• 1x The Rack

Pox Effects (2)

• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Smallpox

Spot Removal (11)

• 1x Bile Blight
• 1x Complete Disregard
• 1x Disfigure
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 1x Smother
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Victim of Night

Edicts (6)

• 1x Chainer's Edict
• 1x Cruel Edict
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1x Geth's Verdict

Wraths (6)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Drown in Sorrow
• 1x Flaying Tendrils
• 1x Infest
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Other - Creatures (2)

• 1x Nether Spirit
• 1x Pack Rat

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 31x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Card Draw (5)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sign in Blood

Other - Spells (3)

• 1x Funeral Charm
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Withering Boon

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Punishers (11)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Megrim
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Psychogenic Probe
• 1x Quest for the Nihil Stone
• 1x Rackling
• 1x Wheel of Torture

Damage Increase (2)

• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Wound Reflection

Ramp (2)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Cabal Coffers

Locks (9)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Possessed Portal
• 1x Tawnos's Coffin
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box

Counter Magic (2)

• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Imp's Mischief

Discard (2)

• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Dark Deal

Other (6)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Winding Canyons

Non-draw Card Advantage (4)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Necropotence

Multiple Effects (2)

• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

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I bought this deck off of someone primarily to get Liliana of the Veil and Dark Confidant, as well as several other valuable cards in here. However, I'm very intrigued by the deck, as I can't quite figure out its madness! (Full disclosure: I've also never played the deck before, so.... that might be why I can't figure it out.)

The seller stated that it is a very competitive (albeit highly disliked) deck. All I can see is that Maralen lets all your opponents benefit from her tutor effect first, allowing them to tutor up answers to your deck before it can get going. How is that good?

I also noticed the inclusion of some draw effects, which are completely useless with Maralen in play. The only one that works is Dark Confidant, because you're not actually drawing from his ability. Are these good in the deck? Or should they be cut?

Pack Rat also seems less useful, since this deck seems like it'll run out of a hand fairly fast.

What cards would work in this deck? More draw effects that don't actually use the "draw" action, like Necropotence? I noticed a combo with Maralen involving Teferi's Puzzle Box which seems like a good include, since you get to order the draw step triggers. Then they'll NEVER tutor and you always will.

I tried to group the cards into meaningful categories as well as I could to assist in parsing the decklist. Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated!

If you like to watch others suffer.... then throw Maralen a +1! ;)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 17 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.03
Tokens	Copy Clone