Mono Black Control?

madoggie · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 4

Hey, I have a idea for a new extended deck. I have playtested the deck some and I need to know what I should change about it. There are some problems in the deck that I need to get worked out. Tell me what you think.

3 Cabal Coffers
4 Bloodstained Mire
2 Overgrown Tomb
4 Polluted Delta
11 Swamp
2 Kokusho, the Evening Star
2 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
4 Pernicious Deed
3 Mutilate
3 Mind Sludge
4 Chainer's Edict
3 Phyrexian Arena
4 Consume Sprit
4 Blackmail
4 Sudden Death
4 The Rack

Sideboard
3 Wrench Mind
3 Naturalize
3 Pithing Needle
3 Tormond's Crypt
3 Megrim

What should I change? Some problems I noticed in testing is lack of instant speed destruction, and problems with my mana base. I do not know about my control matchup ect. All comments are welcome.

Dr_Moo · Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Posts: 969

This deck pretty much needs an overhaul.

The most glaring error is the use of Blackmail over Duress, which is absolutely mind-boggling. You have too many expensive spells. Maga has to go, as does Mind Sludge. Sudden Death is probably not as good as competitors like Smother and Innocent Blood, and you probably want 4 Arenas. Mutilate has never been very good in Extended, and I don't think anything has changed (possibly though, because the extended metagame is relatively unknown right now). The Rack is a poor fit. Etc.

HPempire · Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 113

cabal therapy. Change the deck to discard. u call it a MBC, but it only has 4 big creatures//deed as control. Id just put confidant in and hippie and make it a scrubby black discard//aggro. Maybe the black decree also

nephilim207 · Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 161

It's not even mono-black...

madoggie · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 4

hey. based on the ideas given and relizing some mistakes of my owm, here are the changes to the decklist.

-2 Maga
-1 Coffers
-4 the rack
-3 naturlize
-1 mind sludge
for...

+4 duress
+4 innocent blood
+1 Arena
+3 Krosan grip (good against scepter and others)

I think this will do better, but I still want some ideas. I will not play more than 2-4 creatures, becasue by deck's idea is to kill the hand and the field and win off consume sprit, but ideas for another win condition are always good. I know it isn't exactly mono black, but it is close enough ( I only play 4 multicolor card and 3 green sideboard for christ sakes!). But still, inprovements are needed and I need help to get them. SOOOOOOOO.... ideas anyone????

Ggerg · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 487

so, here's an idea: ditch ur list and play mine.

4 [TO] Cabal Coffers
21 [UNH] Swamp
3 [ON] Undead Gladiator
1 [MR] Oblivion Stone
1 [CHK] Night of Souls' Betrayal
3 [CHK] Distress
2 [TO] Mutilate
4 [9E] Phyrexian Arena
1 [OD] Haunting Echoes
4 [7E] Duress
4 [9E] Diabolic Tutor
2 [9E] Consume Spirit
4 [TO] Chainer's Edict
3 [OD] Innocent Blood
2 [7E] Corrupt
1 [OD] Mirari
SB: 1 [MR] Oblivion Stone
SB: 4 [LE] Withered Wretch
SB: 3 [7E] Engineered Plague
SB: 3 [SOK] Pithing Needle
SB: 1 [MR] Damping Matrix
SB: 2 [CHK] Cranial Extraction
SB: 1 [CHK] Boseiju, Who Shelters All

and, just for the record, mutilate is amazing in extended. it's really a black wrath of god which is, u know, good.

Chaosweaver · Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 1335 Location: Igloo town

notice how alot of good cards cost 4, you should add dimir house guard