Big Black Mana by Tyhoon

Format: Commander

Commander: Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This mono-black deck leverages Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire as a reusable tutor engine in the command zone. By attacking and activating Varragoth's boast ability, the deck reliably finds key pieces to build an overwhelming mana advantage, primarily through Cabal Coffers, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, and mana doublers such as Crypt Ghast and Gauntlet of Power. Once established, this mana fuels asymmetric board wipes like In Garruk's Wake and Plague Wind, massive life-drain spells like Exsanguinate, and lethal combat strikes powered by swamp-scaling equipment like Lashwrithe and Blackblade Reforged. The deck features an extensive suite of single-target creature removal and sweepers to keep opposing boards in check while it develops. Its primary limitations are a lack of stack-based countermagic, an inability to remove problematic artifacts and enchantments once resolved, and reliance on combat connections to activate its commander's tutoring.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Armillary Sphere
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blade of the Oni
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Capital City
  • 1 Cast Down
  • 1 Chariot of Victory
  • 1 Consume Spirit
  • 1 Corrupt
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Cut of the Profits
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark Tutelage
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Dread Cacodemon
  • 1 Drown in Sorrow
  • 1 Eldritch Pact
  • 1 Environmental Sciences
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Forebear's Blade
  • 1 Gauntlet of Power
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Kaldra Compleat
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Languish
  • 1 Lashwrithe
  • 1 Magus of the Coffers
  • 1 Malicious Malfunction
  • 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nightmare Lash
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Scriptures
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sickening Shoal
  • 1 Skittering Surveyor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Strata Scythe
  • 25 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Team Pennant
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Dross Pits
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 World Map