mono black by Ducky1831

Format: Commander

Commander: Maha, Its Feathers Night

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

Maha, Its Feathers Night headlines a mono-black control strategy designed to dominate the board through asymmetric creature removal and resource denial. The deck's primary game plan relies on Maha's static ability, which reduces the base toughness of all opposing creatures to one. This transforms cheap, minor debuff spells like Cower in Fear, Make Obsolete, and Suffocating Fumes into instant-speed, one-sided board wipes. Once the battlefield is clear of opposing blockers, the deck applies severe pressure using Maha's six-power flying body alongside punishing aristocrat engines such as Massacre Wurm, Vein Ripper, and Blood Artist. High-impact stax elements like Winter Moon exploit the deck's heavy basic land count to starve multicolor opponents of mana, while big-mana engines powered by Cabal Coffers and Bolas's Citadel secure decisive late-game advantage. Efficient single-mana protection spells and undying effects ensure Maha remains on the board to close out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blightbeetle
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Corrosive Mentor
  • 1 Crumbling Ashes
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Incremental Blight
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Liliana, Death Wielder
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Midnight Banshee
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Necroskitter
  • 1 Nest of Scarabs
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Persistent Constrictor
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Snuffers
  • 1 Spitting Dilophosaurus
  • 1 Suffocating Fumes
  • 31 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Undying Evil
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Wail of the Nim
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician