Mono Black by Joenathan10

Format: Commander

Commander: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black combo-control strategy led by Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. The game plan pairs steady life-drain attrition and efficient creature removal with a fast, decisive two-card infinite combo finish. In the early game, the deck establishes mana ramp, card draw engines like Phyrexian Arena, and disruptive creatures such as Dauthi Voidwalker and Opposition Agent. Deploying Sheoldred, the Apocalypse stabilizes life totals while heavily taxing opponents for drawing cards. The primary win condition combines a gain-on-drain effect (Exquisite Blood, Bloodthirsty Conqueror) with a drain-on-gain effect (Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, Sanguine Bond). Supported by unconditional black tutors like Demonic Tutor and Beseech the Mirror, the deck reliably assembles and executes this loop by Turn 5 to eliminate all opponents in a single turn. Abundant reanimation effects provide resilient engine recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Edict
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 End of the Hunt
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lashwrithe
  • 1 Macabre Waltz
  • 1 Magus of the Coffers
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Malakir Blood-Priest
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Offer Immortality
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Postmortem Professor
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Slice from the Shadows
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 31 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tymaret, Chosen from Death
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Zombify