Old School Black Deck

Vintage Mono-Black

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Instant (3)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 2x Terror

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Ashes to Ashes
• 4x Drain Life

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Fear
• 2x Paralyze
• 4x Unholy Strength

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mightstone

Creature (18)

• 4x Black Knight
• 2x Frozen Shade
• 2x Junun Efreet
• 2x Lord of the Pit
• 2x Nightmare
• 2x Sengir Vampire
• 4x Vampire Bats

Land (24)

• 23x Swamp
• 1x Urborg

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So the object here is primarily nostalgia--I'm trying to make a deck that could have existed back when my ailing buddy and I played as kids, so I can surprise him with it at his approaching milestone birthday. Our Magic-playing heyday included each of the basic sets up through "Revised Edition," and the expansions "Arabian Nights," "Antiquities," "Legends," and "The Dark" (after which we, perhaps foolishly, stopped collecting). Ideally, I'd make something playable for each color (mono-color decks all), that would be competitive against one another, and that wouldn't get absolutely pasted against the 'roided up cards of today. Having just discovered my collection in my attic, I could put together a "hard copy" version of whatever deck I design pretty easily (and I could supplement it with online card orders if need be)--but since I know no one that plays, I'm going to try putting it together here. Any feedback would be much appreciated, as my memories of the game are dim! Assume every card from these sets is available to me, with the exception of the super-expensive (Moxes and the like), which I sold off in the late nineties before I went to college. Alas.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Vintage legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.58