cedh mono black by user6525903

Format: Commander

Commander: Gwenom, Remorseless

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 72

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed Mono-Black Turbo Combo list designed to assemble game-ending combos within the first three turns. It leverages premier fast mana such as Dark Ritual, Mana Vault, and Chrome Mox alongside an extensive tutor package to quickly assemble Professor Onyx and Chain of Smog. Once Professor Onyx is on the battlefield, casting Chain of Smog targeting oneself creates an infinite loop of Magecraft triggers that drains the entire table. If that route is contested, the deck seamlessly transitions into alternate win engines including Bolas's Citadel paired with Sensei's Divining Top and Aetherflux Reservoir, massive card draw via Peer into the Abyss, or Doomsday piles. The commander, Gwenom, Remorseless, provides built-in card advantage and life-fueled casting from the top of the library whenever combat is viable. While mono-black identity limits stack-based interaction, cards like Defense Grid and Imp's Mischief safeguard the combo window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Cultist
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Doomsday
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghoulcaller's Bell
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Heartless Summoning
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mortuary
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Phyrexian Walker
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Slaughter Pact
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wand of Vertebrae
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will