black deck

[jonas]

I'm trying to make a mono-black deck. I'm only playing magic for a short time, so I'm not a expert. I hoped other people could help. Remember that this is a budget deck, don't start adding very expensive cards, please :wink:



Mono-Black Deck
60 cards
sideboard (not complete)

24 Swamp


2 royal assassin
1 sorceress queen
1 reiver demon
1 bounty hounor
2 Twisted Abomination
2 Darkling Stalker
2 silent specter
3 Nekrataal
3 Nightmare
-------------------17 creatures

1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Underworld dreams
1 Demon's Horn
2 Persecute
2 Raise dead
2 Consume Spirit
3 Death Denied
3 Dark Ritual
3 Deathstroke
3 Mind sludge
3 Diabolic Tutor
3 Terror
------------------27 other spells



sideboard (not complete!)
-------------------------------
1 Ascendant Evincar (BL: +1/+1 and NonBL -1/-1)
2 Black Knight

thanks

[Madbutcher]

Add maby 2 [card:d410298756]Cabal Coffers[/card:d410298756] and [card:d410298756]megrim[/card:d410298756] to the deck



[card:d410298756]Corrupt[/card:d410298756] maby?

[jonas]

Does someone else has an other reaction. I didn't saw a lot of advice yet... :cry:

thanks :)

[Twinkee]

[card:03c232accb]Megrim[/card:03c232accb] would be bad... first [card:03c232accb]Megrim[/card:03c232accb] is already a bad card, and throwing it into a black with very minimal discard isn't very useful.

As for the deck, can you tell us a bit more about the deck? Are you trying to kill your opponent as fast as humanly possible with your creatures?(Ie, Aggro) Or are you trying to kill someone slowly? (Ie, control)

In anycase for a black deck.. there are some goodies I would highly suggest you getting a set of, and I see that you are already in the process of getting.

[card:03c232accb]Phyrexian Arena[/card:03c232accb]
[card:03c232accb]Dark ritual[/card:03c232accb]
[card:03c232accb]Duress[/card:03c232accb]
[card:03c232accb]Hymn to tourach[/card:03c232accb]
[card:03c232accb]Terror[/card:03c232accb]
[card:03c232accb]Twisted Abomination[/card:03c232accb]
[card:03c232accb]Black knight[/card:03c232accb]

These are some cards I'd suggest just getting a hold of, not to put all in one deck, but they are just powerful cards that has many uses.

Twink

[PerfectCell]

Black has a ton of strong budget 2 drops that make for great speedy offense. Wicked Akuba, Black Knight, Hand of Cruelty, etc. all make for excellent hits at very cheap prices.
I would ditch huge cost items like Reiver Demon and Nightmare, simply because you want the other guy on the ropes by the time you'd have enough mana to cast them. Dark Ritual with aggro two-drops and steady beef (Ogre Marauder, Hidden Horror, those bats from Mirrodin) all spring to mind as an excellent way to get in hard damage fast.
Last Gasp, Rend Flesh, Diabolic Edict are all great removal. Phyrexian Arena, Night's Whisper, and Diabolic Tutor simply get the hits coming faster, and something like Bonesplitter or Grafted Wargear ensures a world of hurt. A little disruption wouldn't hurt.

"Budget Dark" 60 cards

Lands - 20
20 Swamps

Creatures - 18
4 Ogre Marauder
4 Hand of Cruelty
4 Black Knight
2 Nekraatal
2 Royal Assassin
2 Silent Specter

Other Spells - 22
4 Last Gasp
2 Rend Flesh
4 Hymn to Tourach
3 Grafted Wargear
4 Dark Ritual
2 Phyrexian Arena
2 Night's Whisper
1 Diabolic Tutor

[stonedwolf]

I prefer HAND OF CRUELTY to BLACK NIGHT, but it's a personal thing, First Strike V Bushido.

There are other choices, KNIGHT OF STROMGALD and ORDER OF THE EBON HAND have Prot v White, and for {B} they get firs strike and {BB} they get +1/+0, so if you're putting out a lot of swamp they get *very* strong.

The MARAUDING KNIGHT is expensive (4 mana) but it gets +1/+1 for *EACH* Plains your Opponent has. It pertty much destroys White decks.

PHYREXIAN TOWER. Sacrifice a creature for 2 black mana. Handy if you can make tokens, or skullclamp the sacrificed creature.

GATE OF PHYREXIA. Sacrifice a creature to destroy an artifact.

Now, you wanted the NIGHTMARE, but it's a bit expensive, right? Here's a better version:

FOG OF GNATS, a 1/1 Flyer with {B} Regenerates. Brilliant.

Now take the NIGHTMARE LASH, for {4} and 3 life you can have the *more* power than NIGHTMARE *and* quicker *and* you Regenerate *and* you also Fly.

One of the best Artifact creatures DROSS GOLEM. It is 3/2 with Fear, for {5} but with AFFINITY for Swamps. So turn 1 or 2 it is not playable, turn 3 it costs {2}, turn 4 just {1} and turn 5 and after it is free to place. And 3 power with FEAR is nothing to sniff at. A 3-fear creature with a Nightmare Lash is quickly a WIN condition in many games.

Finally, a creature that gets a bit too little love, ABYSSAL HUNTER. He's a weaker version of ROYAL ASSASSIN. Where the assassin destroys target tapped creature, hunter TAPS the creature and does his power damage to it (his power is 1). But the handy thing is he *taps* them, so it works on Vigilant creatures, works on Darksteel Colossus, etc. It's also a good combo, hunter taps, assassin destroys.

[jonas]

You all helped a lot, thanks!

[Puberty Dragon]

[card:d8c51aa87f]Nantuko Shade[/card:d8c51aa87f].

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[Einsteinmonkey]

Originally posted by jonas
Remember that this is a budget deck, don't start adding very expensive cards, please :wink:

Nantuko Shade is hardly budget.