• Acererak the Archlich – Your commander and primary engine, bouncing himself to loop dungeon triggers without ever entering the Tomb of Annihilation.

Deck List

• Aetherflux Reservoir – Rewards spell chains with massive life gain and gives you a clean way to end the game.
• Arcane Signet – Efficient ramp that does exactly what it says.
• Ayara, First of Locthwain – Turns creature loops into card draw and incremental life drain.
• Baleful Mastery – Flexible exile removal with an emergency cheap mode.
• Beseech the Queen – A tutor that scales naturally with mono-black mana.
• Blood Pet – A disposable body that converts into mana when you need it most.
• Bog Initiate – Fixes odd mana sequences and feeds devotion.
• Bolas’s Citadel – The deck’s most explosive engine, turning life into raw velocity.
• Bontu’s Monument – Reduces costs and slowly drains the table as you cast spells.
• Bubbling Muck – One-shot mana explosion that can enable absurd turns.
• Cabal Ritual – Strong ritual that scales well in longer games.
• Carnival of Souls – Converts creature loops into mana at the cost of life.
• Charcoal Diamond – Slower ramp, but reliable and on-theme.
• Command Beacon – Lets you dodge commander tax when loops get interrupted.
• Culling the Weak – Turns spare creatures into huge mana bursts.
• Damnation – A clean reset button when boards get out of hand.
• Darkness – A surprise fog that no one ever plays around.
• Deadly Dispute – Sac outlet plus cards and treasure.
• Death Match – Turns every creature into a removal spell.
• Defile – Scales nicely in mono-black decks.
• Defiler of Flesh – Reduces spell costs and pressures life totals.
• Demon’s Horn – Small life gains that add up during long turns.
• Diamond Mare – Passive life gain tied directly to casting spells.
• Erebos, God of the Dead – Card draw engine and anti-lifegain hate.
• Exsanguinate – Classic mana sink that can end games outright.
• Feed the Swarm – Mono-black’s answer to enchantments.
• Geier Reach Sanitarium – Looting for everyone, but better for you.
• Go for the Throat – Cheap, efficient creature removal.
• Gravecrawler – Recursive creature that fuels sacrifice loops.
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel – Devotion payoff and stabilizer.
• Heartless Summoning – Cost reduction that enables fast loops.
• Helm of Awakening – Symmetrical cost reduction you exploit better than others.
• Imp’s Mischief – Redirects interaction in the most black way possible.
• Infernal Grasp – Removal with a small life cost you barely notice.
• Initiates of the Ebon Hand – Converts black mana into more black mana.
• Insatiable Avarice – Tutor plus card draw in one package.
• Jet Medallion – Reduces nearly every spell you cast.
• K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth – Turns life into mana and accelerates everything.
• Karn Liberated – Exiles problem permanents and threatens ultimates.
• Karn, the Great Creator – Shuts down artifacts and provides toolbox utility.
• Moonsilver Key – Finds key mana pieces or Citadel.
• Mutilate – Scales with Swamps and clears boards efficiently.
• Night’s Whisper – Cheap card draw at a trivial cost.
• Phyrexian Arena – Steady card advantage over time.
• Plunge into Darkness – Digs deep or gains life in a pinch.
• Profane Tutor – Delayed tutor that pays off later.
• Read the Bones – Scry plus draw to smooth midgame.
• Relic of Legends – Turns legendary creatures into mana.
• Scheming Symmetry – Political tutor that you break first.
• Semblance Anvil – Imprint cost reduction that fuels spell chains.
• Shambling Ghast – Early blocker that converts into value.
• Shred Memory – Graveyard hate that doubles as a tutor.
• Sign in Blood – Efficient card draw or sneaky finisher.
• Sol Ring – The usual suspect.
• Soul-Guide Lantern – Flexible graveyard interaction.
• Sudden Spoiling – Blows out combat and combos alike.
• 33 Swamp – The fuel that makes everything work.
• Tendrils of Agony – Storm finisher that pairs well with big turns.
• The Sibsig Ceremony – Reusable sacrifice outlet with payoff.
• Tinybones Joins Up – Incidental drain and pressure.
• Toxic Deluge – Flexible sweeper that scales to the board.
• Urza’s Incubator – Reduces Acererak’s cost repeatedly.
• Warren Soultrader – Turns creatures into mana and value.
• Withering Torment – Removal plus pressure.
• Yahenni’s Expertise – Board control plus free spell.
• Zul Ashur, Lich Lord – Recursion engine that grinds value.