Why You Should Play: Mono Black

Why You Should Play: Mono Black | In EDH

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Hello and welcome back to the channel. I am your host and friendly neighborhood BLACK mage. In my last video I got to talk about my favorite color in Magic. But now it is time to talk about what I think is the most powerful color in Magic, Black. Black has the advantage of using its life total as a resource, and in Commander we get double the starting life to pay into sweet effects. On top of being the only color that really utilizes our life total we get really powerful kill spells, reanimation, and game enders.
I am going to try and convince you to overlook some of Black's short comings and how you can play Mono Black in a four player game!

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@CommanderUnsleeved Жыл бұрын

Great vid! Black is my absolute favorite color in MTG. Wanted to chime in on Living Death, it actually doesn’t exile what’s on the board, it causes all players to sacrifice! Pretty useful when you’re looking to get some death triggers (: favorite spell of all time for me🖤

@irishluck7890 11 ай бұрын

Amazing breakdown at 2:30 of the different archetypes, to a newish player those color combos were explained very well

@Azoreign 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Knowing what all of the color combos "like" to do makes deck building so much easier. When you keep in mind what the color combination is trying to do, your deck building becomes easier and your games become more fun when you are not trying to force a playstyle outside of your color identity.

@RKGrizz Жыл бұрын

I had to scroll a bit while looking for mono black videos to find this but this video is excellent.

@DavidSmith-mn7qx 8 ай бұрын

Ooh I do also love Toshi but my mono black commander is currently Sheoldred the Apocalypse. 😊🖤

@ShinChan-pf5pu 4 ай бұрын

As always, top tier content🫡

@bmxfreak1991 Жыл бұрын

this and the blue video are really awesome, you do a video on all the colors :) green is my favorite color lol

@Azoreign Жыл бұрын

As I was making my scripts for these videos I sort of ranked them by my opinion of their strength in EDH. Blue is my favorite color, but I personally think Black and Green battle for the strongest color. Green will definitely be next 👀

@nickolajnielsen2691 9 ай бұрын

Been playing mono-black since 2014, in all formats I´ve played. So of course I agree with this video.

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

I am slowly becoming a black player the more and more I see how versatile the color is in almost every situation.

@CrimsonLanceMTG 6 ай бұрын

Where my Krikk cedh players at!!!

@gabrielotero5694 2 ай бұрын

I'm about to build him! I'm so excited, I got him in the Commander 2019 precon and he's BUSTED, but he definitely belongs as his own commander more than a 99 card in a random other deck.

@deektheviking4747 Ай бұрын

You called?

@Engelbote117 2 ай бұрын

My favorite card in all of magic is the Nightmare. It has flying, and it's power and toughness are equal to the number of swamps you control. As a generally good natured person I find it a bit difficult to really go 'full black' but I am working on finding a way. This video was very helpful and enjoyable because it had several helpful suggestions of useful cards and strategies to use in battle.

@Azoreign 2 ай бұрын

I am glad that you found the video helpful! I also love finding out what peoples favorite or "pet" cards are.

@Engelbote117 2 ай бұрын

@@Azoreign what is your favorite color? And what are your top three cards in that color?

@GlympsGames 5 ай бұрын

My first deck was a black deck. It will always have a special place with me.

@MegaBekem 21 күн бұрын

Probably why I play W/B/G! White for removal, green for creature searching and graveyard retrieval and black for graveyard retrieval. It's really fun to skip your first turn to discard Avacyn or Ghalta, only to reanimate it on turn 2!

@MegaBekem 21 күн бұрын

Name just one black creature that is as powerful as either of those two?

@MegaBekem 21 күн бұрын

Oh and why deal with board wipes when you use them yourself and mine recycle themselves!

@SonOfSodium 10 ай бұрын

Syr Konrad The Grim is my ultimate step into mono B for right now. It feels the most like I'm a necromancer in terms of gameplay while still not being a "casual" or "theme" deck. For spikes that still like the fantasy aspect of the game, it's honestly perfect.

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

The fantasy and imagination is so important to me as well. I love thinking of my commander, the spells in the deck, and myself when constructing a Magic deck that make me feel like a powerful mage using / casting the spells im playing. Syr Konrad is always a banger in my Muldrotha deck!

@DVS57REBEL 10 ай бұрын

I've been playing my suicide black edh build led by Maga Traitor to Mortals for 6+ years. So many powerful options swap into the commander zone vs more powerful pods. But the decks power isn't thr commander . It's great to have multiple overlapping opportunities to win out of no where. Resources & Resolve

@sethlennberg4516 4 ай бұрын

Does X count as zero for cards asking for CMC/MV? Example Stinging Study.

@PubiHD 5 ай бұрын

I play a momo black Zombie legacy deck ( Onslaught) and a mono black Makaeus the Unhallowed Commanderdeck. They aer good in Synergy and some Tactics to handle.

@markbabin3753 6 ай бұрын

dope vid

@Plantedbetta 9 ай бұрын

My mono black deck started in 1995 and my mother found it now it’s being updated for modern times from EDH to now commander

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

You have to tell us who the commander was and who it is now! That is so awesome. I am glad that it stood the test of time.

@dai-katana Ай бұрын

Lol, this reminded me of when 20 years ago my mother found some of my bags and boxes full of common and uncommon cards. Not so good ones thankfully. She burned them all :D She thought it was gambling cards as I was spending all my money on them. Oh I wish she knew how correct she was :D

@MrManukenchin 10 ай бұрын

I like mono black decks, and for commander one of the best commander is yawgmoth, thran physician and his son.

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

Yawgmoth and K'rrick are insane. Mono black brings alot of value and those commanders just go nuts in every way and need to be answered immediately.

@Exory94 4 ай бұрын

Mono Black Braods, Arisen Nightmare punishing Deck ❤

@loganricard8713 8 ай бұрын

My mono-black deck is Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker. Why, because Shadowborn Apostles!

@Azoreign 8 ай бұрын

Ah the Sahdowborn Apostle deck. I have a friend who plays a Cleric Shadowborn deck. It is VERY consistent.

@xDukii 9 ай бұрын

good video

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@MrSteele555 10 ай бұрын

Very well put together video got a like and subscribe from me. You might want to slow the speed on the card animations. 🤟

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! And I have been toying with some different animations for cards and backgrounds.

@user-gf1xd8vj6h Ай бұрын

Okay I'm convinced I want to run Sheoldred Whispering One Reanimator any tips or cards that are a must?

@user-gf1xd8vj6h Ай бұрын

Id appreciate the help I'm less than a year

@gabrielotero5694 2 ай бұрын

I'm strongly considering building K'rrik, Son Of Yawgmoth or Syr Konrad, The Grimn. Both look like busted mono black commanders that I'm so excited to play! I want one for fun and one for cEDH, what do you recommend?

@ryantwomey3463 10 ай бұрын

Diabolic Edict

@syntaxerror2409 2 ай бұрын

Well all of my decks are Mono Black ( Syr Konrad, Horobi and Toshiro Umezawa) and will never change to other color.

@entiao5570 Жыл бұрын

Did you really recommend Blightsoil Druid for Mono B? That just doesn't work

@Azoreign Жыл бұрын

Yes, you are correct. While looking for mana dorks for this video when I came across blightsoild druid I tried looking it up on the Gatherer and typed in "not green" to the advanced search and Blightsoil came up. But after some further research you cannot have a green mana producing creature in a mono black list. The video has been edited and the Blightsoil recommendation has been removed. Thank you!

@anthonysulpizio2269 9 ай бұрын

My first commander deck was and still is my ayara deck so yeah

@Azoreign 8 ай бұрын

Heck yeah! Love to hear it.

@JohnSmith-ro2sc 4 күн бұрын

I put her in my Endrek Sahr deck. So much pain and drain.

@blackmage471 6 ай бұрын

You didn't talk about discard effects. Forcing your opponents to dump their hand and top-deck is probably the most detrimental thing you can do in any game - even more-so than any counterspell. Caltrops + Death Pits of Rath Pestilence Demon + Vampiric Link Dark Depths + Vampire Hexmage Pox Yawgmoth's Will Darkness won my team an Archenemy tournament. Nobody saw it coming. Cards like Sign in Blood double as direct damage to finish a game. Vesuva and Thespian Stage and Deserted Temple can serve as additional Coffers. Disciple of Bolas is highly underrated, as you can pop other creatures you want to pop, like Kokusho or Havoc Demon, and get big bonuses for it. If you couldn't tell, I play mono-black... A lot. There are so many ways to play black, while all the other colors mostly do just one thing. Phage, the Untouchable is my commander. I've actually had to reign in on the power of my deck a bit. I have a black deck that ramps mana as fast as green decks. I also have a deck that uses cards like Bloodghast, Gravecrawler, and Rotting Rats where the creatures just keep coming back, overwhelming my opponent's defenses.

@natecronnon4736 8 ай бұрын

How the necrons play into this they are artifacts that are black can you tell me please

@jevry4307 Жыл бұрын

made a massacvre girl edh deck. its pretty nice to have a boardwipe in the commandzone because it merely threatening whatever my opponents play slows the game down from 2023 turbocrack edh to 2017 1h+ edh games. and in addition there are some suprising interesting wincons for the deck: creatures that get +1/+1 counters whenever something dies, letting them outlast the boardwipe, and swing in for *huge* damage after the dust settles! i use loads of sacc outlets and ressurrect effects to repeat massacre girl's effect while also dodging commander tax. sometimes its better to let her live though, because she is the ultimate blocker too, the other players dont want her dead, and as a result rarely attack me while she is on the field. also the ressurect effects ensure i can get my wincons back after one of the 30/30 fliers inevitably eats a frogify

@Azoreign Жыл бұрын

Id love to see your decklist if you have one posted online somewhere? I agree that putting essentials in the command zone is extremally powerful like ramp and card draw but it is very rare to have a board wipe in the Zone! And in this day and age with everyone playing small value creatures or making tokens, I bet Massacre Girl always manages to get some huge hits whenever you cast her. Thank you for sharing!

@jevry4307 Жыл бұрын

@@Azoreign i do have a decklist on moxfield but im not sure if youtube will allow me to post the link without shadowbanning it. I will try to just post the deckcode so you would just have to paste it after the decks/ part of the url NsGWvKEd_EW2JCA7DbFmcA (the sideboard is cards i havent been able to aqcuire yet) should probs also note that there isnt much token generation because 1. its more unique and 2. you dont need much of your own input into "nuclear bomb girl" to split enough atoms to get the chain reaction chugging along, so id rather be able to ressurect my death fodder and/or have them do something usefull on etb

@GraveRobber- Жыл бұрын

Talk about cedh k'rrik best deck no cap

@Azoreign Жыл бұрын

K'rrik never lives a turn around the board when I play him....he is a BEAST

@DragoSmash Ай бұрын

not gonna lie, black being my least favorite color in mtg i never really delved into what it does in depth, but it has been a very interesting experience building my Tergrid deck, looking up and understanding the strengths and weaknesses of black to build for one of the saltiest commanders ever

@coreyburton8 5 ай бұрын

kriik is busted - fun to go off with peer and aetherflux but people kill him instantly. now I'm switching to gix to try and pay his ability and play 20 cards from my opponent lets see how it goes. the rest of the deck will be zombie tribal just for fun

@Thoughtmage100 8 ай бұрын

My mono black deck is actually a Voltron deck designed around The Haunt of Hightower, which focuses on making your opponents mill and discard cards to rapidly accumulate +1/+1 counters in order to swing for a lethal dose of flying, lifelink damage.

@UberElmo68 10 ай бұрын

Love me some K'rrik ans Sheoldred, but green is the strongest colour in edh hands down

@MisterJ355 10 ай бұрын

Wrong

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

The correct answer is blue 😏

@Azoreign 9 ай бұрын

Green brings ALOT to the table, but I love pairing it with other colors to get access to ramp AND THEN playing big bombs in other colors.

@Az89geb Ай бұрын

Top 10 Mono Black Combos kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jM6ln6l6msrReZs.htmlsi=No6nWQfqzLL5UN0y

@raedien Жыл бұрын

Liliana is not ramp on her plus...it goes to hand. You have multiple, basic, errors in this video. Smh

@Azoreign Жыл бұрын

No, not the classic ramp. But I counted it as "ramp" as it gets a land to your hand. That may be my fault as when I am deckbuilding I tend to group up true ramp and lands to hand as ramp. As for the other "multiple, basic, errors" throughout the video. Could you name a few? I would love to know what you thought was wrong with the video.

@soleo2783 10 ай бұрын

@@Azoreign I tend to classify lands to hand as draw/card advantage, not ramp

@cryptid.creates 4 ай бұрын

Mono black are my favorite decks to build, i currently have marrow-gnawer, tergrid, and massacre girl known killer :)

@syntaxerror2409 2 ай бұрын

So how's the experience with Tergrid? I was forced to dismantle her due to the salt of my fellow players whenever i bring her to play

@cryptid.creates Ай бұрын

@syntaxerror2409 I have a specific group that I can play her with, if anyone else hops in the pod iswitch her for another deck

@syntaxerror2409 Ай бұрын

@@cryptid.creates same here with my Horobi I can always feel how oppressive my Horobi deck is and i felt sorry for the new gishath player in my playgroup

@cryptid.creates Ай бұрын

@syntaxerror2409 yeah, my mom built a duskana at the same time I built the newer massacre girl. We came to a quick agreement that we don't play her and duskana together

@syntaxerror2409 Ай бұрын

@@cryptid.creates It's nice having a peaceful agreement, i tend to receive aggressive agreement ahahahah