Looming Shadows {Tergrid Brutal Build}

Commander / EDH* Control Discard Mono-Black Multiplayer Pox Sacrifice Stax

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Creature (17)

• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cunning Lethemancer
• 1x Elderfang Disciple
• 1x Elvish Doomsayer
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Stronghold Rats
• 1x Tinybones, Trinket Thief
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 20x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Desolation
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Megrim
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x NecropotenceGC
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Raiders' Wake
• 1x Waste Not

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Delirium Skeins
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Fraying Omnipotence
• 1x Head Games
• 1x Mind Rake
• 1x Persecute
• 1x Pox
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Smallpox
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Artifact (14)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Temple Bell

Instant (8)

• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Professor's Warning
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Unlikely Aid
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Vona's Hunger

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Professor's Warning
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Without Weakness

Artifact (1)

• 1x Jeweled Lotus

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Tergrid EDH.

Not a competitive build, just an extremely brutal build of Tergrid, God of Fright  . I've been wanting to make a mono black deck that I could put my all into and when I started researching and building Tergrid, she turned into just that. Here are some known synergies in the deck, most need Tergrid on the field:

Control:

Contamination + Bitterblossom / Dreadhorde Invasion / Waste Not

Chains of Mephistopheles + Anvil of Bogardan makes your opponents draw 2 and discard 2.

Head Games + Mindslicer / Dark Deal / Persecute Possibly my favorite synergy in the deck.

Protection:

Malakir Rebirth   / Supernatural Stamina / Unlikely Aid / Commander's Plate / Lightning Greaves / Swiftfoot Boots

Bleed:

Megrim / Liliana's Caress / Bloodchief Ascension / Raiders' Wake

The rest of the deck fits into Discard / Forced Draw / Mana Ramp and Recursion.

Maybe board has cards I'm considering, mainly protection to keep Tergrid on the field.

Deck testing 1.0: Needs more protection and mana ramp, was mainly casting spells without Tergrid on the field due to getting destroyed by board wipes and spot removal. Needs a better draw engine and a way to re-gain life from Bitterblossom & Phyrexian Arena on the field. Underperformers: Temple Bell

Please leave an upvote or a comment if you have any suggestions!

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 1 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 17 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 5 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.64
Tokens	City's Blessing, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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