Cabal Coffers

Volrath's Stronghold

Gauntlet of Power / Caged Sun ?

Not going to lie. This dude seems fucking gross.

Love-in-Theory: Thank you! Yep, those are going in (at the time I hadn't worked on the manabase at all).

Casey4321: IKR? Any time I see a commander with indestructible I start drooling. Haste and a strong ability to get larger is just the cherry on top of the cake.

draws pentacle I SUMMON THEE, DECKLORDS FROM BELOW!

PartyJ, aekrusty, TheRedGoat, Love-in-Theory, Casey4321, Lilbrudder, AwezomePozzum, ceji3, Raging_Squiggle, n0bunga

Most trustworthy deckbuilders...what would you do to improve this deck? Particularly, I had trouble cutting down to 100 cards, so there are lots of awesome cards still sitting in the sideboard.

What would you switch out? Do any of you have much experience with mono-black control? Thanks! :)

Did you consider Jet Medallion, Avatar of Woe, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Noxious Gearhulk and some tutors? I'd cut some artifacts and small creatures. Overall it's awesome.

Lol, this is already a deck

I'm working on a build for him/her/it right now, will get back to you shortly. :)

Side note, it's a pentagram, not a pentacle. ;)

I haven't tested them in Commander, but I really do love Weaponcraft Enthusiast, and Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip.

FOOLISH MORTAL YOU DARE SUMMON ME!?!? If you seek ultimate power, you must first cast more Dark Rituals. Then you must seek the council of Demonic Tutors and Vampiric Tutors alike. Only after learning from them may you dare call upon my name.

As per usual, I love the deck.

Just good stuff to go in:
I think that Damnation and any black under 6cmc wipe you can find should go in. You don't need as many mass token producers, such as Hangarback Walker, rather things that will produce one or maybe two tokens a turn to feed your commander, like Ophiomancer especially. I see Bitterblossom already, so that is good.

Fatal Push seems very good to deal with Hermit Druid combos and the like, and it is very efficient.

You also likely want to stray from -1/-1 effect board wipes, as these will likely end up killing all of your creatures without any benefit, as your commander will die before he gets huge.

maybe Triskelion to pair with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed. I know it doesn't quite fit the theme but it is a good combo nonetheless with your commander being a sack outlet

You definitely need Forbidden Orchard to feed your opponents with spirit tokens so that you can get more out of your boardwipes.

I would consider cutting Deluge and Black Sun. They get around Yaheeni's ability. Just my two cents.

I could see an argument for cutting Black Sun's Zenith since it would cancel out any counters your commander could accrue but I'd like to make the argument that Toxic Deluge and Bane of the Living are exceptionally good here because:

1) A decent amount of your dudes that want to survive are 5+ toughness, so it could make for a reasonably one-sided boardwipe against people running more utility or less fat butt creatures.

2) It gets rid of your opponent's indestructible stuff, which black removal runs a bit short in outside of two spells which are barely good enough to run anyways.

I can see that argument. But I do agree about the sun.

WOW. I am blessed with a lot of comments! :)

Let me respond to each of you in order.

Rogue's Passage Prowler's Helm more ways to make Yaheeni unblockable.

aekrusty: Thanks for the comment and +1!

Jet Medallion is a good idea, especially since I'm actually playing mostly black cards this time, and since black has relatively little acceleration.

Avatar of Woe is a great idea. She's actually in my maybeboard right now :) But what would you cut specifically? I don't want to move my curve TOO far up...

Sheoldred, Whispering One is good, but usually it's better to cast her very early. Do you think I can add enough reanimation/ramp to make her worth it early?

I'm not too much of a fan of Noxious Gearhulk in commander TBH. I'd rather play Nekrataal or friends.

Again, thanks! Though you've made my life harder by giving me more things to cut, lol.

CthulhusNo1FavCultist: But of course! I work fast :D

I started brewing about five minutes after she was spoiled, and I uploaded this deck maybe 25 minutes later.

Raging_Squiggle: 1) I eagerly anticipate the outcome of your deckbuilding!

2)

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Is it a she? The whole time I thought it was a flamboyant guy.

Casey4321: The aetherborn are agender, so they're technically a "they". A lot of nonbinary magic players (including some of my friends) are very happy that they're getting representation in the game :)

Technically speaking, Ashiok and Xantcha might be agender, but neither is really a hero. Yahenni is a complex character slowly sliding down the slippery slope, but for the moment they are a hero.

Errast: Ooh! I like both of those here. I'll have to see if I can include them. Thanks!

That is cool. I forgot they were Agender. Neat.