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Zeal's Trainers - Mono Black Haters

Commander / EDH Casual Control Goodstuff Mono-Black

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This deck is part of a cycle I'm putting together, one of each colour - and if I get ambitious, one of each two-colour combination, too.

The basic idea is for each deck to be an introduction to that colour. I try to include many of the most popular cards of each colour, as well as many of the most famous cards of each colour, the sorts of cards people make off-hand reference to ("oh, Freyalise's -2 is a Naturalize"; "Damnation is a black Wrath"). These decks are generally going to be low on synergy and more of a "Goodstuff" deck, but hopefully also capture the essence of what each colour is about in addition to showcasing many of the individual cards. Green should be stompy, red should try to win quick, etc.

On the other hand, because these are "trainer" decks, I try to avoid tutors (because they require knowing what you're digging for), Planeswalkers (because they're complicated), and effects that can really lock players out of the game (for what I hope are obvious reasons).

I haven't playtested these at all, and have no idea yet how they'll play against eachother, but I figure I can tune as I go.


For Black, the gameplan is Murder - having more targeted removal than your opponent has threats. There's some ramp, draw, reanimation, and big scary demons. By keeping up pressure with Ravenous Chupacabra and other murder-on-a-stick creatures, we slow down the game until we can win with value or by resolving one of our high-cost threats like a kicked Josu Vess, Lich Knight.

Any of the legendaries in the deck make decent commanders, but Sheoldred, Whispering One exemplifies the gameplan well.


Full cycle:

Zeal's Trainers - Mono Green Stompy

Zeal's Trainers - Mono Black Haters

Zeal's Trainers - Mono Red Goblinslide

Zeal's Trainers - Mono Blue Switcheroo

Zeal's Trainers - Mono White French Vanilla

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97% Casual

Competitive

Date added 3 years
Last updated 3 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

30 - 0 Rares

17 - 0 Uncommons

11 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.76
Tokens Rat 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B
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