Bontu, The Champion

Commander / EDH Midrange Mono-Black Reanimator

chirz2792

Creature (27)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Champion of Stray Souls
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Girl *f-pre*
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Instant (2)

• 1x Devour in Shadow
• 1x Victim of Night

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

Land (36)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 5x Swamp
• 3x Swamp
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (10)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire *f-pre*
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Demonic Pact
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

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Sorcery (5)

• 1x Bond of Revival
• 1x Boneyard Parley
• 1x Endless Obedience
• 1x Plague of Vermin
• 1x Twilight's Call

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Necropotence

Artifact (1)

• 1x Ugin's Nexus

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land (1)

• 1x Homeward Path

Instant (2)

• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Thrilling Encore

Creature (2)

• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Nether Traitor

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Introduction:

A mono-black deck built around God-Eternal Bontu . This deck is number two out of my top five. I saw bontu and thought that it would be the perfect general to build around Champion of Stray Souls which is one of my favorite cards.

This deck has been a ton of fun so far. Recently won a 5 player game against Atarka, World Render , Trostani, Selesnya's Voice , Mina and Denn, Wildborn and The Gitrog Monster by using Psychosis Crawler to drain everyone of life with Bontu's trigger, which left only the Trostani player alive. I beat him by draining him to 10 life then using Animate Dead on Gray Merchant of Asphodel with my devotion at exactly 10. It was fun!

MVPs:

• Psychosis Crawler : Cast Bontu, draw a bunch of cards, deal a bunch of damage. This card is pretty insane in this deck.

• Bitterblossom : Creates sac fodder for bontu that becomes cards in my hand. Shuts my opponents out of everything but mana with conamination.

• Contamination : Locks my opponents out with Bitterblossom . A very powerful card.

• Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder : Casting Bontu with this on the field is a pay five, draw five situation.

• Massacre Girl : This card is incredibly powerful. With a card like Reassembling Skeleton it can easily wipe the whole board.

• Reassembling Skeleton : A card I can sac to Bontu over and over again is always useful. Works well with Skullclamp as well.

• Bloodghast : Ditto.

• Skullclamp : This card is straight up broken and my favorite artifact in the entire game. I'm all about killing my own creatures and drawing cards.

• Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed : An incredibly powerful card that lets me recur any card in the entire deck.

• Demonic Pact : This card is really good when you don't have to worry about the downside.

• Liliana, Dreadhorde General : My favorite planeswalker in the whole game. Liliana is an insanely powerful card especially when paired with Bontu. It's also very good at disrupting my opponents.

You can view my top 5 deck here:

My Top 5:

1. Brudiclad? More like Brudi-rad!

2. Ephara Approaches Again

3. Jund Em' Out

4. It's a Riot

You can view the rest of my decks here:

My Other Decks:

1. The Weenpocalypse

2. The Storm is Coming

3. The Awoken World

4. Aminatou Reanimator

5. Bronze-Blooded

6. Bleak-Hearted

7. Ravager

This deck is very much a work in progress and is designed to be able to abuse bontu's ability as well. It's been a ton of fun to play so far. Suggestions appreciated.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	City's Blessing, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Harpy 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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