Vilis EDH, Life is But Fuel to the Fire of Hatred

Commander / EDH* Mono-Black

sendragon

Creature (23)

• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Blood Celebrant
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Dross Harvester
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Instant (8)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Withering Boon

Artifact (12)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Bond of Agony
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 2x Reanimate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Bitterblossom

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 26x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana Vess

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Who needs life anyway?

Idea is to gain immense value at the expense of your life total with various methods to replenish your tank.

Some unique MVP's for the deck: Blood Celebrant- Essentially becomes an infinite card draw engine for as long as you have life as it's ability can feed itself to pay life, drawing a card from Vilis's ability Doom Whisperer- Allows you to filter what you're drawing from Vilis with it's own ability, great for digging out a win-con in the late game.

Ramp: I've included every possible way to double black mana in this deck in order to get to Vilis as soon as possible in order to gain some high-tier value from him in the early game, and potentially slow down your opponents by burning down their dorks. I have got Vilis out as early as turn 4 so far, but i think it's possible to see him turn 3. (T1 Urborg sol ring, T2 Ancient Tomb Thran Dynamo, T3 Cabal Coffers Vilis) yep it works :) also leaves room for an activation of him too. The ramp also helps get us into the win-cons as well

Win Cons: Some typical mono-black win cons in this deck, Mike/trike, Exquisite Blood/Sanguine Bond, Exsanguinate and Torment of Hailfire will all close the game out

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.88
Tokens	City's Blessing, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B