Toshiro Umezawa

Commander / EDH Mono-Black

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Instant (31)

• 1x Aphotic Wisps
• 1x Blood Pact
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Cling to Dust
• 1x Consuming Corruption
• 1x Cremate
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Hostile Negotiations
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Power Word Kill
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Rowan's Grim Search
• 1x Sheoldred's Edict
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Spoils of Evil
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Thrilling Encore
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Vona's Hunger
• 1x Withering Torment
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Land (36)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 26x Swamp
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Chain of Smog
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Insatiable Avarice
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Creature (8)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Canoptek Wraith
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Kaervek, the Punisher
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Seance Board
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Enchantment (3)

• 1x NecropotenceGC
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x The Meathook Massacre

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Professor Onyx

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Creature (47)

• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Asmodeus the Archfiend
• 1x Black Knight
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Darkstar Augur
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Dream Devourer
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Horobi, Death's Wail
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Marvin, Murderous Mimic
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Opposition AgentGC
• 1x Oriq Loremage
• 1x Scampering Surveyor
• 1x Scourge of the Skyclaves
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tergrid, God of FrightGC  ^Flip
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
• 1x Vashta Nerada
• 1x Walking Atlas

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Sorin Markov

Instant (38)

• 1x Bile Blight
• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Cut Down
• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Darkness
• 1x Defile
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Geth's Verdict
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Heartless Act
• 1x Hellish Rebuke
• 1x Howl from Beyond
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Long Goodbye
• 1x March of Wretched Sorrow
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Outrageous Robbery
• 1x Pharika's Libation
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Shoot the Sheriff
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Sudden Edict
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x This is How it Ends
• 1x Ulcerate
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Victim of Night
• 1x Withering Boon
• 1x You Are Already Dead

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Bond of Agony
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Drain Life
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Skull Storm
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth

Artifact (23)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Dingus Staff
• 1x Dynavolt Tower
• 1x Eater of Virtue
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Matzalantli, the Great Door  ^Flip
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Profane Memento
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x Sword of Forge and Frontier
• 1x Sword of Once and Future
• 1x Sword of Wealth and Power
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Victory Chimes
• 1x Vorpal Sword

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Illness in the Ranks
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Necrodominance
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Nowhere to Run
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Protection Racket
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Virtue of Persistence

Land (10)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Spymaster's Vault
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x War Room

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Ramp, draw cards, set up combos. Kill everything.

This deck has been a personal passion project of mine, with its identity constantly evolving over the years. It took many revisions for me to realize what I love most about the deck is its potential for combos and surprise wins, so I've created a streamlined build which capitalizes on card draw and ramp to accelerate into one of several wincons:

Sedgemoor Witch + Chain of Smog

Professor Onyx + Chain of Smog

Bolas's CitadelGC + Sensei's Divining Top/Necropotence + Aetherflux Reservoir

Revel in Riches before a boardwipe.

Thrilling Encore or Rise of the Dread Marn after a boardwipe.

I've omitted some of the better tutors to stray away from a completely linear game plan; sometimes the thrill of battle is enough. The deck has enough lifegain to stay alive with a relatively open board state - hopefully just in time to snatch a win from the maw of death.

Kaervek, the Punisher acts as a second secret Commander, able to save some crucial combo pieces from the grave.

Currently play-testing Tainted Strike or Darkness in place of Malakir Rebirth  .

Top Ranked	Achieved #17 position overall 1 month ago Achieved #16 position in Commander / EDH 1 month ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black 1 month ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	City's Blessing, Foretell, Pest 1/1 BG, Treasure, Zombie Berserker 2/2 B
Folders	EDH study decks, EDH Decks