Lands:
24 Swamp
Creatures:
2 Akuta, Born Of Ash
4 Korlash, Heir To Blackblade
4 Fog Of Gnats
2 Necrosavant
4 Nezumi Graverobber
4 Skinthinner
4 Undead Gladiator
Other Spells:
2 Death Denied
2 Dread Return
2 Infernal Harvest
2 Skulltap
4 Unnerve |
 MBR
(Mono-Black Recursion).
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
We’ve all played mono-Black decks with severe
recursion themes like Nether Shadow, Spirit of the Night, and so forth.
What I wanted to do was build a recursion style mono-Black deck, but
with slightly different cards that I have used in the past, in order to
steer clear of the usual.
I think I have used Korlash, the Gladiator,
Necrosavant, and Fog of Gnats once each before, and the other cards
rarely make appearances, if at all. However, these are great cards, and
the deck really seems to work well. The only card in here I’ve used in
more than one deck is Dread Return, but I’ve only used it two or three
times, so I think I’m good there.
The two things Akuta needs to shine are more cards in
hand and Swamps. Unnerve causes every opponent to discard two cards
each, which is very powerful. That can really help you have more cards
in hand, plus it’s quite powerful on its own.
Skulltap is a nice small way to draw a couple of extra
cards. You can get many of your creatures back easily. Death Denied is a
last game house, with the power of an instant Stroke of Genius,
returning all of your dead creatures back to your hand for some serious
card advantage.
Undead Gladiator is happy to cycle, and then trade
places with Necrosavant or Akuta in order to bring them back, or Dread
Return with its flashback, or creatures with less value, like Fog of
Gnats or Skinthinner against certain decks.
You don’t have much pure removal, but Infernal Harvest
can be used to both activate Akuta’s ability and as a late game
finisher. You only have two copies, so do not use except in case of
emergency.
Nezumi Graverobber is a great early drop, putting
pressure on opponents. It is fine just as a way to strip graveyards
clean of recursive goodies, so that you are the only one with the toys.
If you can flip it, it becomes your recursion engine of death, bringing
back any and all creatures you desire as long as you have the mana.
In this deck, I would almost always Grandeur Korlash
into two Swamps. It is very hungry. Akuta wants Swamps, and a variety of
abilities require mana, from regeneration to the Graverobber and morph.
Skinthinner is a great way to off an opposing
creature, and you can do it again off a Death Denied recursion. After
that, though, I’d just use it as an extra body, fodder for a Skulltap,
switch for Undead Gladiator, and so forth. It’s just here to add to our
Density of Creatures.
There are ways to amp up the deck’s power, from Buried
Alive to Phyrexian Horror, from Ashen Ghoul to Phyrexian Vault, and from
Shriekmaw to Twisted Abomination. Despite all of the regular suspects
being absent, the deck still works well and emphasizes card advantage
and graveyard trickery. Enjoy!
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