Demonic war of Attrition

Commander / EDH Attrition Demons Discard Mono-Black Sacrifice

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Creature (23)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Augur of Skulls
• 1x Blade of the Oni
• 1x Blood Speaker
• 1x Burning-Rune Demon
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demonlord Belzenlok
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Dream Devourer
• 1x Ecstatic Awakener  ^Flip
• 1x Embodiment of Agonies
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Soulcage Fiend
• 1x Taborax, Hope's Demise

Instant (7)

• 1x Cast Down
• 1x Defile
• 1x Demonic Gifts
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Heartless Act
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Drill Bit
• 1x Extract the Truth
• 1x Haunting Voyage
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Pilfer
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Raven's Crime
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Creeping Dread
• 1x Demonic Embrace
• 1x Elspeth's Nightmare
• 1x Liliana's Contract
• 1x Megrim
• 1x Quest for the Nihil Stone
• 1x The Cruelty of Gix
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x Waste Not

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana, Waker of the Dead
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Commander (1)

Land (32)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 21x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Artifact (7)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Land (5)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Creature (2)

• 1x Griselbrand
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Necropotence

Instant (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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General game plan, Slowly whittle your opponents resources to nothing. deny your opponents as much as you can by forcing them to sacrifice creatures, destroying creatures with instants/board wipes that don't affect you and making them discard or pay life to stop you gaining card advantage and running away with it.

Megrim makes it cost 2 life for opponents to discard. Main win con is made easier when opponents have nothing to stop you in hand or in play ;) due to the amount of mana that can be made with mono black with Crypt Ghast, Cabal Stronghold, Black Market, Bubbling Muck, Crypt of Agadeem and so on, cards like In Garruk's Wake and Plague Wind are surprisingly easy to cast for 9 mana and can easily win you the game as your all your own creatures remain in play. also good mana dump outlets in Torment of Hailfire and Consume Spirit.

Winning usually goes a little like this: make use of the tutor options The Cruelty of Gix, Blood Speaker, Rune-Scarred Demon,Diabolic Tutor, Profane Tutor and Boast ability of Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire to find all your wincon pieces. Rogue's Passage and the fact he has deathtouch generally keep Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire alive. Liliana's Contract, Emergence Zone, assemble 4 demons, sac Emergence Zone and flash Liliana's Contract in on your opponents end step before your turn and win on your upkeep.

Other cool synergies Ob Nixilis, Unshackled - Boast Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire to deal damage to opponents forcing searches of libraries, also with Field of Ruin. Also lots of discard outlets to hate on their hand after they find what they want so you can bin it off. Geth's Grimoire lets you draw off opponents discards. Waste Not is great with all the discarding going out. Creates 2/2 zombies to chump block or sacrifice to Ecstatic Awakener   or Victimize or to target with Demonic Embrace or Blade of the Oni to get another 5 power demon which helps towards Liliana's Contract, also ramps and draws cards all in one.. Love that :)

Crucible of Worlds to get repeat use from Field of Ruin, Ghost Quarter and Ob Nixilis, Unshackled. also allows for repeat abuse of Raven's Crime and negates the downside to all the self discard spells and ability's by allowing you play discarded lands. Scheming Symmetry can also work with him :)

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon is my baby, I slide him into every EDH deck I play just because.. well, he's dope?

Any Suggestions for trimming the fat welcome, it plays pretty well but always open to suggestions to make it even better. I have been trying to keep it on a reasonable budget I know there's cards that cost £20-£50+ that'll improve it but I can't afford them right now so they're sat in the maybe board :)

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Liliana, Waker of the Dead, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Zombie 2/2 B