The Blackest Rainbow (Skithiryx Voltron)

Commander / EDH Aggro Artifact Infect Mono-Black Necropotence Voltron

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Artifact (38)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grafted Wargear
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Throne of Geth
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

Land (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 20x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Wasteland

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn Liberated

Commander (1)

Creature (7)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Guardian Beast
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Silent Arbiter

Instant (6)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

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So this is not a combo deck, but don't forget some of the most important utilities when building this deck.

Land Destruction: I prefer to use land based stuff as it is harder to remove you can keep it on the field as an insurance policy, doesn't cost mana to cast. Doesn't take up a space in your hand if you are drawing too much etc. My favorites for this are Strip Mine and Wastelands are my faves. Having land removal is absolutely and non negotiable must have for this deck. You will run into to many clever people with maze of ith or kor haven or whatever.

Removal: Yay creature removal is super simple in black. Enchantments, and to an extent artifacts are another story. Cause of that you get the privilege of running overcosted removal! YAY! Run spine of ish sah, and Scour from existence as a minimum in my opinion. Nevs disk is a great wipe and eject button. Karn is pretty sweet, just be aware you may only get one thing removed with him. Running Planar Bridge, allows you to tutor AND play Spine, Karn, and Disk. overcosted permanent removals (woah you can make spine instant speed). And if you need to do none of the above, heck a cheap flash Blightsteel is nothing to scoff at.

Blgihtsteel: Great back up plan, they will figure out how to shut down or slow down skittles a lot. Thankfully the deck is built around big mana turns (albeit a lot of the time with high risk), this allows you to put another huge 1 shot hitter on the field, making you much more potent. Probably an optional card but I prefer it.

Buffs: So I had a lot of playing around with buffs. Basically it comes down to a couple of things. If it doesn't make skittles a 1 shot most of the time with little equip cost, its iffy to put in. You are going to want to stuff as much free equip stuff like the Lashes (must haves, and combo with urborg), Hero's Blade, and Grafted Wargear (comes at a large cost tho). Anything with an equip cost needs to come with protection and additional abilities. Haste enabling equipment with other abilities and 1 equip cost are very nice (instead of paying for skittles haste). Do not run anything with shroud. Too annoying and difficult. ooh and Unspeakable Symbol is sooo fun in this deck (at large health depletion tho).

Extra Evasion: Black doesn't have much in the sense of counter spelling. Skip Dash Hopes, its only a 5 damage bolt (in a deck that doesn't care about life totals). Imp's mischief, and Sudden Spoiling are god, and will win you games. Temporal Extortion is really iffy btw. I have no doubt people will go out of there way to disrupt skittles forewarning.

Utility Lands: Cathederal of War, makes skittles a 2 shot outta the box. Cabal Coffers, and Urborg are obvious necessary inclusions. Rogue's Passage is a must have. Vesuva is a great way to abuse these utility lands to the extreme. With the right card choices, Lake of Dead does tonssssss of work (run crucible of worlds though). Yes Bojuka Bog is an auto include, do not think otherwise.

Tutors: I packed as many low costed ones in as possible. This is a very mana heavy deck, and I generally chose ones that go directly into hand without revealing (sneak in imp's mischief, sudden spoiling, or a lash when you can close out a player). Planar Bridge can do gross stuff as well if you time it right.

Mana Doublers; Pretty obvious, Crypt Ghast and Nirkana Revenant are must haves. Magus of the will can be quite costly and questionable sometimes. Otherwise, extraplanar lens, Guantlet of power, and Caged sun are generally worth the time.

Low Creature Count: I truly believe dedicating your deck to the almighty skithiryx is the best way to play this deck. Messing with creatures for various other things does not support your win con. However due to the low creature count run Crawlspace, Maze of Ith, and the almighty Silent Arbiter.

Well that's the deck in a nutshell. It could probably be a lot cheaper, just do not foil everything and you can leave quite a few pricey cards out and it still function well.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	36 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	EDH - Ideas Random