"Mono" Black Graveyard Recursion

Commander / EDH* Devotion Reanimator

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Creature (26)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Liliana's Shade
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Nezumi Graverobber  ^Flip
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Phyrexian Gargantua
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Shadowborn Demon
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Visara the Dreadful

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Strip Mine
• 17x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Verdant Catacombs

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x NecropotenceGC
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Artifact (8)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (3)

• 1x Mortify
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld
• 1x Unmake

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Syphon Flesh
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

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Creature (4)

• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (1)

• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Artifact (3)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Skullclamp

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Rise from the Grave

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I've been wanting to play Phyrexian Obliterator in EDH for quite some time, but it really only makes sense in a mono-black deck given its mana cost. So after Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx was released, along with fun cards like Abhorrent Overlord I decided it was time to pull the trigger. There weren't enough devotion-centered cards, though, to pull off a deck that was just that. So I decided to go with a BW graveyard recursion theme to go along with the devotion.

I'm generally pretty dead set on the devotion cards in the deck staying for flavor and fun reasons (even though Erebos, God of the Dead isn't spectacular). But I mostly need to spend time balancing how many of each card for each role should be in the deck (such as removal, reanimation spells, card advantage, mana acceleration, etc.).

Crucible of Worlds seems a bit clunky, but I don't know of another good way in black/white to get back my Cabal Coffers or Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx if they get blown up by Strip Mine or something. And they seem important to this deck. Crucible is also insanely good with fetch lands like Marsh Flats. So I'd like to find something to cut for it.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.60
Tokens	Copy Clone, Harpy 1/1 B, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH, Commander Decks