All Black

by alexlind on 22 August 2009

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Deck Description

Im kinda stuck. any suggestions?

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  • Casual

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  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for All Black

Hey alexlind,

I can help you out with your deck. It looks like you're playing some build of Mono Black Control, right? How large is your budget? There are some pretty powerful spells that will benefit your deck, I'm sure.

Your first priority is to build a powerful disruption / removal base to remove your opponents' options early in the game. You usually do this using discard spells. Hymn to Tourach, Hypnotic Specter (as you already have), and Persecute are good options. You may even run Mind Twist (although Twist is so powerful that your playgroup probably won't like you anymore if you play it, heh). You want to combine these spells with solid removal like Doom Blade and your Terrors.

Constructing the creature base of a good Mono Black Control deck isn't easy if you're building on a budget. Spells like Blood Pet and Cabal Trainee are fairly subpar and can be replaced with better choices, though. You should consider beaters like Tombstalker & Korlash, Heir to Blackblade. If you really decide to emphasize Discard in your deck, then Nyxathid will be a top choice.

This deck looks great so far! There are a few tweaks that can be made, but you have a very solid idea of what Mono Black Control looks like. Thumbs up.

Hope this helps,

Azen

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Posted 22 August 2009 at 12:02

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As always Azen you are a big help. Ive updated the deck a little. Any suggestions on what to switch cabal trainee and blood pet with? Maybe festering goblin?

and what are your thought on my Icy Manipulator/Royal assassin combo? should i loose it to make room for something else?

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Posted 22 August 2009 at 13:17

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Icy Manipulator and Royal Assassin have some very good synergy. If you want to make this combo more prominent in your deck, consider increasing the numbers of both cards (although I'm sure that Diabolic Tutor fetches them easily).

Hm, the replacements for Cabal Trainee and Blood Pet are tough. Since they have fairly low mana costs, I'm guessing that you want creatures of similar costs. Why don't you try the two-cost "Knights" cycle? Your top choices should be Stromgald Crusader, Black Knight, Order of the Ebon Hand, and Knight of Stromgald. I think you'll find them very playable.

Keep up the good work! I really hope these suggestions help.

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Posted 22 August 2009 at 16:05

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Thanks again Azen. The deck should be done now. I used some of the 2-cost knight and added 2 hollow specter for better discarding

All suggestions on improvements is ofcourse welcome

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Posted 23 August 2009 at 04:42

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