Mono black time by blakeerickson

Format: Commander

Commander: Avacyn, Angel of Horror

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This mono-black deck runs a high-synergy Aristocrats strategy centered on sacrifice loops, sustained attrition, and life drain. Commanded by Avacyn, Angel of Horror, the deck can leverage its commander as a late-game recursive engine, but primarily functions through efficient low-mana permanents. The core gameplan deploys sacrifice outlets like Warren Soultrader and Carrion Feeder, recursive fodder such as Gravecrawler and Bloodghast, and potent card-draw engines including Skullclamp and Morbid Opportunist. It disrupts opponent boards through symmetrical edict effects like Accursed Marauder and Demon's Disciple, which break parity thanks to the deck's self-recurring creatures. The primary path to victory is an infinite drain loop pairing Gravecrawler, Warren Soultrader, and any blood-artist effect, draining all three opponents in a single turn without passing priority cycles. Alternatively, the deck can close games through overwhelming board presence and burst life drain via Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Rise of the Dark Realms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Multiply by Zero
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 38 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Sibsig Ceremony
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat