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Mono Black Control
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Est deck cost: $1210.14
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Commander

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Erebos, God of the Dead

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) Your opponents can't gain life. {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Erebos, God of the Dead (ths) 85

Commander

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Finisher

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Mindslaver

{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Mindslaver: You control target player during that player's next turn. (You see all cards that player could see and make all decisions for the player.)

Artifact
Mindslaver (plst) MRD-206

Finisher

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Recursion

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Rise of the Dark Realms

Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Rise of the Dark Realms (mkc) 138
Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.) Sacrifice Xiahou Dun: Return target black card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Creature
Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed (ptk) 92
Yawgmoth's Will

Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.

Sorcery
Yawgmoth's Will (usg) 171

Recursion

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Burn

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Sorin's Vengeance

Sorin's Vengeance deals 10 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 10 life.

Sorcery
Sorin's Vengeance (plst) M12-111

Burn

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Land

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Barren Moor

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Barren Moor (dsc) 262
Blinkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land. {1}, {T}: Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Blinkmoth Nexus (2xm) 311
Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mb2) 106
Cathedral of War

This land enters tapped. Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Cathedral of War (plst) M13-221
Dread Statuary

{T}: Add {C}. {4}: This land becomes a 4/2 Golem artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Dread Statuary (cn2) 217
Lake of the Dead

If this land would enter, sacrifice a Swamp instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Sacrifice a Swamp: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Land
Lake of the Dead (all) 140
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 250
Mishra's Factory

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {T}: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Mishra's Factory (dmr) 251
Mutavault

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Mutavault (clb) 903
Petrified Field

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target land card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Petrified Field (plst) ODY-323
Spawning Pool

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}: This land becomes a 1/1 black Skeleton creature with "{B}: Regenerate this creature" until end of turn. It's still a land. (If it regenerates, the next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Land
Spawning Pool (10e) 358
Stalking Stones

{T}: Add {C}. {6}: This land becomes a 3/3 Elemental artifact creature that's still a land. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Land
Stalking Stones (plst) MRD-284
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (fdn) 277
Tectonic Edge

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land. Activate only if an opponent controls four or more lands.

Land
Tectonic Edge (plst) C14-313
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
Urza's Cave

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Urza's Cave (mh3) 234

Land

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Removal

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Abyssal Gatekeeper

When this creature dies, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Abyssal Gatekeeper (dvd) 31
Barter in Blood

Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Sorcery
Barter in Blood (plst) MRD-57
Black Sun's Zenith

Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Sorcery
Black Sun's Zenith (mkc) 126
Consuming Corruption

Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Instant
Consuming Corruption (mh3) 84
Cradle to Grave

Destroy target nonblack creature that entered this turn.

Instant
Cradle to Grave (plc) 67
Cruel Edict

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Sorcery
Cruel Edict (dvd) 48
Curse of the Cabal

Target player sacrifices half the permanents they control of their choice, rounded down. Suspend 2—{2}{B}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{B}{B} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if this card is suspended, that player may sacrifice a permanent of their choice. If the player does, put two time counters on this card.

Sorcery
Curse of the Cabal (tsp) 99
Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Damnation (2x2) 73
Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature.

Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 147
Decree of Pain

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way. Cycling {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Decree of Pain (dsc) 136
Dismember

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Instant
Dismember (plst) MM2-79
Drain Life

Spend only black mana on X. Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.

Sorcery
Drain Life (5ed) 156
Engineered Explosives

Sunburst (This enters with a charge counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.) {2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.

Artifact
Engineered Explosives (mb2) 218
Fleshbag Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Fleshbag Marauder (clu) 111
Font of Agonies

Whenever you pay life, put that many blood counters on this enchantment. {1}{B}, Remove four blood counters from this enchantment: Destroy target creature.

Enchantment
Font of Agonies (rna) 74
Ghastly Demise

Destroy target nonblack creature if its toughness is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.

Instant
Ghastly Demise (cmr) 129
Grip of Desolation

Devoid (This card has no color.) Exile target creature and target land.

Instant
Grip of Desolation (bfz) 94
Hero's Downfall

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Hero's Downfall (fdn) 175
Horobi, Death's Wail

Flying Whenever a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that creature.

Creature
Horobi, Death's Wail (chk) 117
Innocent Blood

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Sorcery
Innocent Blood (plst) EMA-94
Lethal Vapors

Whenever a creature enters, destroy it. {0}: Destroy this enchantment. You skip your next turn. Any player may activate this ability.

Enchantment
Lethal Vapors (scg) 68
Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Massacre Wurm (dsc) 147
Mutilate

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Sorcery
Mutilate (mb2) 45
Nevinyrral's Disk

This artifact enters tapped. {1}, {T}: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.

Artifact
Nevinyrral's Disk (cmm) 965
Oblivion Stone

{4}, {T}: Put a fate counter on target permanent. {5}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each nonland permanent without a fate counter on it, then remove all fate counters from all permanents.

Artifact
Oblivion Stone (brc) 153
Oubliette

When this enchantment enters, target creature phases out until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. Tap that creature as it phases in this way. (Auras and Equipment phase out with it. While permanents are phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist.)

Enchantment
Oubliette (plst) 2XM-100
Ruinous Path

Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Awaken 4—{5}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for {5}{B}{B}, also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Sorcery
Ruinous Path (c18) 117
Scour from Existence

Exile target permanent.

Instant
Scour from Existence (bfz) 13
Sorin Markov

+2: Sorin Markov deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life. −3: Target opponent's life total becomes 10. −7: You control target player during that player's next turn.

Planeswalker
Sorin Markov (plst) ZEN-111
Spreading Plague

Whenever a creature enters, destroy all other creatures that share a color with it. They can't be regenerated.

Enchantment
Spreading Plague (inv) 125
Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Instant
Sudden Spoiling (tsr) 144
Tendrils of Corruption

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Instant
Tendrils of Corruption (tsr) 145

Removal

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Counters

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Epochrasite

This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it if you didn't cast it from your hand. When this creature dies, exile it with three time counters on it and it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may cast this card without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Creature Artifact
Epochrasite (cm2) 187

Counters

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Land Destruction

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Choking Sands

Destroy target non-Swamp land. If that land was nonbasic, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land's controller.

Sorcery
Choking Sands (mir) 113

Land Destruction

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Stax

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Contamination

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you sacrifice a creature. If a land is tapped for mana, it produces {B} instead of any other type and amount.

Enchantment
Contamination (mb2) 178
Leyline of the Void

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Enchantment
Leyline of the Void (dsk) 106
Pithing Needle

As this artifact enters, choose a card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

Artifact
Pithing Needle (2x2) 312

Stax

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Discard

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Hymn to Tourach

Target player discards two cards at random.

Sorcery
Hymn to Tourach (plst) EMA-92
Liliana of the Veil

+1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.

Planeswalker
Liliana of the Veil (dmu) 97
Thoughtseize

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Thoughtseize (2xm) 109
Volrath's Dungeon

Pay 5 life: Destroy this enchantment. Any player may activate this ability but only during their turn. Discard a card: Target player puts a card from their hand on top of their library. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment
Volrath's Dungeon (plst) EXO-78

Discard

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Protection

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Ensnaring Bridge

Creatures with power greater than the number of cards in your hand can't attack.

Artifact
Ensnaring Bridge (mb2) 219

Protection

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Tokens

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Bitterblossom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

Enchantment Kindred
Bitterblossom (2x2) 69
Demonic Rising

At the beginning of your end step, if you control exactly one creature, create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Demonic Rising (avr) 94
Wurmcoil Engine

Deathtouch, lifelink When this creature dies, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with deathtouch and a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with lifelink.

Creature Artifact
Wurmcoil Engine (2xm) 308

Tokens

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Draw

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Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (dsc) 79
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (mkc) 133
Reprocess

Sacrifice any number of artifacts, creatures, and/or lands. Draw a card for each permanent sacrificed this way.

Sorcery
Reprocess (7ed) 159
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put this artifact on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (mb2) 231
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156

Draw

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Ramp

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Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292

Ramp

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Tutor

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Beseech the Queen

({2/B} can be paid with any two mana or with {B}. This card's mana value is 6.) Search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Beseech the Queen (plst) SHM-57
Cruel Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Cruel Tutor (plst) POR-87
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Imperial Seal

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Imperial Seal (2x2) 79
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 314

Tutor

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