Mono-Black Eldrazis by CONDOR

Format: Commander

Commander: Torgaar, Famine Incarnate

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This mono-black deck blends aristocrats sacrifice strategies with big-mana Eldrazi beatdown, led by Torgaar, Famine Incarnate. The early game focuses on deploying efficient token makers such as Weaponcraft Enthusiast, Wriggling Grub, and Pawn of Ulamog. By Turn 4, Torgaar enters the battlefield for just two black mana by sacrificing three creatures, instantly halving a target opponent's life total to 20 while triggering life drain from Bastion of Remembrance and Zulaport Cutthroat. Midgame turns transition into resource generation and board attrition through card-drawing engines like Smothering Abomination and edict effects like Butcher of Malakir. Late-game pressure scales through large Eldrazi monsters including Pathrazer of Ulamog and Ulamog's Dreadsire, alongside devastating group drain spells like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Rise of the Dark Realms. While vulnerable to enchantment-based threats and artifact sweepers, the deck maintains resilience through robust graveyard recursion and redundant sacrifice outlets.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abhorrent Overlord
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blight Herder
  • 1 Bottle Gnomes
  • 1 Breaker of Armies
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Corpses of the Lost
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Desolation Twin
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hand of Emrakul
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 High-Society Hunter
  • 1 Idol of False Gods
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 It That Heralds the End
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Live or Die
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Not of This World
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Scourge of the Skyclaves
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skittering Invasion
  • 1 Smothering Abomination
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul Stair Expedition
  • 1 Spawnbed Protector
  • 38 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Ulamog's Crusher
  • 1 Ulamog's Dreadsire
  • 1 Underworld Hermit
  • 1 Undying Evil
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Weaponcraft Enthusiast
  • 1 Wriggling Grub
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat