Mono-Black Devotion
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.
Creatures (21)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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![]() ![]() Gray Merchant of Asphodel3 + 2 Black
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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 |
4 | |
![]() ![]() Phyrexian Obliterator4 Black
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Bloodghast2 Black
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Bloodsoaked ChampionBlack
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Knight of the Ebon LegionBlack
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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 |


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


Creature — Zombie


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


Creature — Phyrexian Horror


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


Creature — Vampire Spirit


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


Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor


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


Creature — Human Warrior


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


Creature — Vampire Knight
Instants (6)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() Fatal PushBlack
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Dismember1 + 2 (B/P)
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Instant ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. |
2 |


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.


Instant


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


Instant
Sorceries (8)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ThoughtseizeBlack
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Sorcery Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life. |
4 | |
![]() ![]() Inquisition of KozilekBlack
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Damn2 Black
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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 |


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


Sorcery


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


Sorcery


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.")


Sorcery
Planeswalkers (3)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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![]() ![]() Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black
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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. |
3 |


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.


Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Lands (22)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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Legendary Land Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types. |
3 | |
![]() ![]() Cabal Coffers
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Land {2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control. |
2 | |
![]() ![]() Castle Locthwain
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Bloodstained Mire
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Polluted Delta
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Mutavault
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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 | |
![]() ![]() Swamp
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Basic Land — Swamp ({T}: Add {B}.) |
9 |


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


Legendary Land


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


Land


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.


Land


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.


Legendary Land


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


Land


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


Land


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.


Land


Basic Land — Swamp
({T}: Add {B}.)


Basic Land — Swamp