Have you ever considered running 1 or 2 Empty the Pits? Personally I love this card just because its so easy to spawn a horde of zombies AND its an instant. They also give you a fairly easy way to pump up Kalitas for a languish board wipe or just extra healing from lifelink. Also I'd at least think about adding Infinite Obliteration to . Depending on your local meta Infinite Obliteration is so ridiculous. All in all I really like this deck. When I first made my Mono-Black Hand Control deck I really wanted to use Remorseless Punishment so it makes me happy to see it in such a solid deck!

Shockwave115, I don't know why but for some reason I thought that Empty the Pits was sorcery speed. Seeing that is instant changes a lot for how useful it is to the deck. The question is what to cut for it? As it stands, I think the only cut at its mana cost that I can afford is Ob Nixilis Reignited, but I'm not sure if that's an even trade. I think it is worth more testing, so it's going to see some online play for sure.

As for Infinite Obliteration, I don't think it fits the deck strategy of value trading. The deck is slow enough, and losing 3cmc on sorcery speed with no immediate board state advantage makes the card pretty risky. Topping that off, my 3 drop slot is pretty stacked as it is. What would you recommend I try subbing out for this card? Or should it be part of the sideboard?

Yeah I can see your point considering I have Dark Petition in my deck and that makes it more valuable for me since I can search it out it situations that need it. i'd really try to find a place for it, because it's so ridiculous, especially if you don't have any other delve cards. maybe even fit it into your sideboard if you can't find anywhere else for it

and yeah for Infinite Obliteration i'd recommend it being a sideboard card. it just seems too good for a monoblack deck to not at least sideboard to get rid of any real creature threat.

This deck looks like a lot of fun +1! If you are still looking into using Empty the Pits have you though about Corpseweft at all?

So after playing multiple games with a spike buddy of mine I think we have shored up a couple of the weaknesses in the deck. Our worst matchup (other than a mill deck) are the CoCo Reflectormage decks.

Ob Nixilis Reignited has been sideboarded. I don't want to completely get rid of him yet, but I find I'm playing other cards around him because i have lots of removal and card draw already.

Thought-Knot Seer has replaced one Bearer of Silence as it's body is so much bigger and can block. I use the Bearer of Silence about 50% of the time as a 4 drop, so the switch doesn't really effect the curve or strategy too much, but the benefits it has as a body are much better.

I subbed out one Duress for a third Languish, we really need more board wipes against Collected Company and go wide decks as one for one swaps aren't enough to stabilize with in that matchup.

In the sedeboard, which I feel needs the most work, we made two swaps. I pulled out one Self-Inflicted Wound and one Reality Smasher. I put in two Sidisi, Undead Vizier. This card is bonkers in my opinion as the tutor effect is great late game... And a 4/6 Deathtouch makes is just good on its own. I rarely side in ALL THREE Ruinous Path so I made room for an Infinite Obliteration.

I'm not sure we can fit Empty the Pits or Corpseweft, the cmc on those on board presence ruin the curve in the decks current state, but I'm still running some online tests to see their viability.

saturn999, I really appreciate the compliment. While I don't think the deck will ever be Tier 1, it comes out of no-where-land and takes the win from those decks often enough. The deck can definitely an FNM by storm, and I hope to keep it going over the next few rotations.

I hope SOI brings some great cards to play with, because when Bloodsoaked Champion rotates I'm going to have to make some serious adjustments. I didn't think the card would be so integral to the deck, but it's value has been beyond measure to me. I'm rambling now, but I feel there needs a great 1 drop to keep the deck going in the same direction.

Whatever way SOI cards go, I've wanted a solid monoblack deck in standard for a while, and I think if the pro's aren't putting one out it's on us the community to do so. I really enjoyed your deck, and I'm going to keep an eye on it for future ideas as standard progresses.

I agree with removing Drana, she was giving me issues as well in my mono black deck. Always a huge bulls eye on her back. :(

I love it. Was tinkering with my own version of mono black zombie sac control. Instead of the Thought-Knot Seer, have you considered subbing him for a Risen Executioner? Beefs your zombies, is a recurring threat, etc. Only downside is there aren't any delve spells I'd want to play to keep him cheap.

Question to your description. The Fleshbag Marauder/Bloodsoaked Champion thing can only work if you have 5 mana available and the Champion didn't die. Am I right?

Leudast, in my first attempt at running this deck I tried the Risen Executioner but ended up cutting it because of its cost out of the graveyard. I really am enjoying Thought-Knot Seer though, as it plays into the hand hate strategy later in the game to help Remorseless Punishment. I might consider trying him again in on face of one of the Erebos's Titan, the deck has changed considerably since it's first iterations and every idea is welcome.

Tunichtgut, that specific combo does take 5 mana, though the survival after combat of the Champion is not necessarily a factor completely. If the Champion dies in combat it is still possible to raid him back then sac him so the marauder can start on the field... You just don't get quite the board presence advantage that you would of he survived. Treat Fleshbag Marauder as removal, Bloodsoaked Champion just provides a sac outlet that can be easily brought back at some point... To include the turn he leaves.