Black Landfall by CrimsonX

Format: Commander

Commander: Ob Nixilis, the Fallen

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black landfall and big-mana strategy led by Ob Nixilis, the Fallen. The game plan accelerates land drops through colorless ramp engines and artifact equipment like Sword of the Animist and Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus. Once the commander enters the battlefield, every land drop drains an opponent for 3 life and places three +1/+1 counters on Ob Nixilis. The deck leverages this rapid growth by equipping evasion tools such as Commander's Plate, Lightning Greaves, or Dauthi Embrace to eliminate opponents through commander damage. In parallel, heavy mana doublers like Cabal Coffers, Magus of the Coffers, and Nirkana Revenant generate massive mana reserves to fuel game-ending black sorceries including Torment of Hailfire, Exsanguinate, and Rise of the Dark Realms. A dedicated suite of targeted creature removal and sweepers controls opposing boards, keeping the deck resilient across mid-game combat phases.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventuring Gear
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caustic Crawler
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Corrupt
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Dauthi Embrace
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Dreadwurm
  • 1 Eternity Vessel
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Geyserfield Stalker
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Guul Draz Overseer
  • 1 Hagra Crocodile
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Iridescent Vinelasher
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magus of the Coffers
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightmare
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Quest for the Necropolis
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scaretiller
  • 1 Scrib Nibblers
  • 1 Seer's Sundial
  • 1 Skyclave Shade
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul Stair Expedition
  • 1 Squelching Leeches
  • 1 Surrakar Marauder
  • 31 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Tomb Hex
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Weather Maker
  • 1 Wound Reflection