The Black Death

Commander / EDH Lifegain Mono-Black Multiplayer

DerektheRed

Creature (23)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Blood Speaker
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demonlord Belzenlok
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Dread Shade
• 1x Faceless Butcher
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Xathrid Gorgon

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Greed
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Strands of Night

Artifact (12)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Ritual of Soot
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Instant (9)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Sacrifice
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 22x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

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Creature (15)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Dread Cacodemon
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Spawn of Mayhem
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Xathrid Demon

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Dregs of Sorrow
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Promise of Power

Artifact (5)

• 1x Altar of Shadows
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Eternity Vessel
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Instant (6)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Defile
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Suffer the Past
• 1x Tendrils of Corruption
• 1x Tragic Slip

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Malevolent Awakening
• 1x Underworld Connections

Land (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Stronghold

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First ever attempt at a mono-black deck.

Life is a resource. Who needs mana when you have lifegain?

Strategy is to gain life in order to spend it -- either cheating out large creatures with bat wings and bad breath, or draining out opponents with things like Exsanguinate or the Exquisite Blood/Sanguine Bond combo.

Finally got this down to 100 cards, but I haven't played it enough to know whether this is the final cut... Suggestions (and upvotes) appreciated!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.09
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Harpy 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Active, EDH - from scratch