THE UGLY by user4001708

Format: Commander

Creator: user4001708

Commander: K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Mono-Black combo list piloted by K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth. K'rrik functions as an explosive mana engine in the command zone, turning black mana pips into payments of 2 life. This enables the pilot to cast high-impact spells and combo pieces well ahead of the standard mana curve. The primary win condition is the classic infinite life-drain loop pairing Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, Enduring Tenacity, or Marauding Blight-Priest. Supported by efficient black tutors, burst card draw like Ad Nauseam, and single-target protection, the deck reliably deploys K'rrik on Turn 3 or 4 and executes a same-turn table kill on Turn 4. Even if K'rrik is removed, the low mana curves of the redundant combo pieces allow the deck to pivot into a resilient midrange combo strategy with minimal delay.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Baron Helmut Zemo
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blighted Fen
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cadaver Imp
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evil Reawakened
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Extinction Event
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 1 Gaius van Baelsar
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Hidden Necropolis
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lithoform Blight
  • 1 Living End
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Oblivion's Hunger
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Resourceful Return
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stolen Stark Tech
  • 29 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane