None More Black (Mono-black ED..

by Grimfolse on 12 October 2012

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Deck Description

My third attempt to build an EDH deck, and the first one I'm posting here. It's a retool of an attempt at a Marrow-Gnawer EDH. Some rats yet remain, but far fewer than before. I may also post the rat version for comparison.

The Commander position is currently being fought over by Maga, Traitor to Mortals and Geth, Lord of the Vault, though other possibilities will still be considered.

Any suggestions/help is appreciated.

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  • EDH

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

Deck discussion for None More Black (Mono-black EDH)

My first observation is you have no protection for Chainer and no sac outlets. You need to be able to give him hexproof/shroud since him dying exiles your board. You also need a lot of sac outlets to make sure the creatures you want to abuse are available rather than losing your whole board to a single target removal spell. I would suggest Lightning Greaves or similar for protection and an Altar of Dementia is a great sac outlet since it will fill their yard with additional creatures to steal.

You also need an artifact based answer to enchantments/artifacts since they can potentially screw you over.

With all the mana doubler's included, you would have better luck with Maga, Traitor to Mortals as your commander since there really does not appear to be much of a reanimation theme compared to just a kill everything and burn everyone in the process.

Geth, Lord of the Vault would be a suitable replacement general with all the extra mana. He also gives you an extra kill condition with all the mana you'll have access to since you can chain mill people til you're out of mana at their end step or in response to other spells.

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Posted 12 October 2012 at 08:51

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Thanks for the advice, boss!

Wow, I never really saw Maga before. He might be a very fun choice. Geth could too, really. Might use one as a general and use the other to replace...something else. Dunno what.

What sort of artifact-based answer to enchantments/artifacts would you recommend? Looking at Gatherer, there seems to be a few options:
Nevinyrral's Disk (hits artifacts, enchantments, and creatures, but is indiscriminate)
Spine of Ish Sah (would need a way to sacrifice it)
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (a possibility with all the mana flying around)
Oblivion Stone (Like the disk but with the possibility to save one or two important things)
Lux Cannon (more of a budget option)
Even Steel Hellkite could work if I connect with him

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Posted 12 October 2012 at 09:14

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