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    Mono-Black Devotion

    Modern
    Midrange
    intermediate

    A grindy midrange deck that leverages powerful black permanents and devotion synergies. Strip your opponent's hand, remove their threats, and grind them out with recursive value.

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    Creatures (21)

    Gray Merchant of Asphodel
    Gray Merchant of Asphodel3 + 2 Black

    Creature — Zombie

    Phyrexian Obliterator
    Phyrexian Obliterator4 Black

    Creature — Phyrexian Horror

    Bloodghast
    Bloodghast2 Black

    Creature — Vampire Spirit

    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Bloodsoaked Champion
    Bloodsoaked ChampionBlack

    Creature — Human Warrior

    Knight of the Ebon Legion
    Knight of the Ebon LegionBlack

    Creature — Vampire Knight

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    Gray Merchant of Asphodel
    Gray Merchant of Asphodel3 + 2 Black

    Creature — Zombie

    When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

    P/T: 2/4

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    Gray Merchant of Asphodel
    Gray Merchant of Asphodel3 + 2 Black

    Creature — Zombie

    Phyrexian Obliterator
    Phyrexian Obliterator4 Black

    Creature — Phyrexian Horror

    Trample Whenever a source deals damage to this creature, that source's controller sacrifices that many permanents of their choice.

    P/T: 5/5

    3
    Phyrexian Obliterator
    Phyrexian Obliterator4 Black

    Creature — Phyrexian Horror

    Bloodghast
    Bloodghast2 Black

    Creature — Vampire Spirit

    This creature can't block. This creature has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

    P/T: 2/1

    4
    Bloodghast
    Bloodghast2 Black

    Creature — Vampire Spirit

    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

    P/T: 4/5

    3
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Bloodsoaked Champion
    Bloodsoaked ChampionBlack

    Creature — Human Warrior

    This creature can't block. Raid — {1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if you attacked this turn.

    P/T: 2/1

    4
    Bloodsoaked Champion
    Bloodsoaked ChampionBlack

    Creature — Human Warrior

    Knight of the Ebon Legion
    Knight of the Ebon LegionBlack

    Creature — Vampire Knight

    {2}{B}: This creature gets +3/+3 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. At the beginning of your end step, if a player lost 4 or more life this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (Damage causes loss of life.)

    P/T: 1/2

    3
    Knight of the Ebon Legion
    Knight of the Ebon LegionBlack

    Creature — Vampire Knight

    Instants (6)

    Fatal Push
    Fatal PushBlack

    Instant

    Dismember
    Dismember1 + 2 (B/P)

    Instant

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    Fatal Push
    Fatal PushBlack

    Instant

    Destroy target creature if it has mana value 2 or less. Revolt — Destroy that creature if it has mana value 4 or less instead if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn.

    4
    Fatal Push
    Fatal PushBlack

    Instant

    Dismember
    Dismember1 + 2 (B/P)

    Instant

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

    2
    Dismember
    Dismember1 + 2 (B/P)

    Instant

    Sorceries (8)

    Thoughtseize
    ThoughtseizeBlack

    Sorcery

    Inquisition of Kozilek
    Inquisition of KozilekBlack

    Sorcery

    Damn
    Damn2 Black

    Sorcery

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    Thoughtseize
    ThoughtseizeBlack

    Sorcery

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

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    Thoughtseize
    ThoughtseizeBlack

    Sorcery

    Inquisition of Kozilek
    Inquisition of KozilekBlack

    Sorcery

    Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it with mana value 3 or less. That player discards that card.

    2
    Inquisition of Kozilek
    Inquisition of KozilekBlack

    Sorcery

    Damn
    Damn2 Black

    Sorcery

    Destroy target creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. Overload {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

    2
    Damn
    Damn2 Black

    Sorcery

    Planeswalkers (3)

    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

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    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    +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.

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    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    Lands (22)

    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

    Legendary Land

    Cabal Coffers
    Cabal Coffers

    Land

    Castle Locthwain
    Castle Locthwain

    Land

    Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
    Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

    Legendary Land

    Bloodstained Mire
    Bloodstained Mire

    Land

    Polluted Delta
    Polluted Delta

    Land

    Mutavault
    Mutavault

    Land

    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

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    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

    Legendary Land

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

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    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

    Legendary Land

    Cabal Coffers
    Cabal Coffers

    Land

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

    2
    Cabal Coffers
    Cabal Coffers

    Land

    Castle Locthwain
    Castle Locthwain

    Land

    This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}{B}, {T}: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

    2
    Castle Locthwain
    Castle Locthwain

    Land

    Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
    Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

    Legendary Land

    {T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

    1
    Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
    Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

    Legendary Land

    Bloodstained Mire
    Bloodstained Mire

    Land

    {T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

    2
    Bloodstained Mire
    Bloodstained Mire

    Land

    Polluted Delta
    Polluted Delta

    Land

    {T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

    1
    Polluted Delta
    Polluted Delta

    Land

    Mutavault
    Mutavault

    Land

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

    2
    Mutavault
    Mutavault

    Land

    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    ({T}: Add {B}.)

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    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp