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Deckbuilding Contest Finalists - January 2025 - Korlash, The Grandeur Duke of Death
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Est deck cost: $318.15
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Commander

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Korlash, Heir to Blackblade

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control. {1}{B}: Regenerate Korlash. Grandeur — Discard another card named Korlash, Heir to Blackblade: Search your library for up to two Swamp cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Korlash, Heir to Blackblade (plst) FUT-87

Commander

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Artifacts

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Amulet of Vigor

Whenever a permanent you control enters tapped, untap it.

Artifact
Amulet of Vigor (plst) WWK-121
Blackblade Reforged

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control. Equip legendary creature {3} Equip {7}

Artifact
Blackblade Reforged (dmc) 178
Campfire

{1}, {T}: You gain 2 life. {2}, {T}, Exile Campfire: Put all commanders you own from the command zone and from your graveyard into your hand. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Artifact
Campfire (cmm) 374
Charcoal Diamond

Charcoal Diamond enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}.

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (clb) 305
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (dsc) 93
Netherborn Altar

{T}, Put a soul counter on Netherborn Altar: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soul counter on Netherborn Altar.

Artifact
Netherborn Altar (plst) C20-45
Nightmare Lash

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Swamp you control. Equip—Pay 3 life. (Pay 3 life: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Artifact
Nightmare Lash (mrd) 219
Staff of the Death Magus

Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Staff of the Death Magus (m15) 232

Artifacts

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Creatures

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Abyssal Harvester

{T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard that was put there this turn. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a Nightmare in addition to its other types. Then exile all other Nightmare tokens you control.

Creature
Abyssal Harvester (fdn) 54
Activated Sleeper

Flash You may have Activated Sleeper enter as a copy of any creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn, except it's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.

Creature
Activated Sleeper (dmc) 24
Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}. Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Creature
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
Butcher Ghoul

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Butcher Ghoul (inr) 99
Carrion Feeder

Carrion Feeder can't block. Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder.

Creature
Carrion Feeder (plst) MH1-81
Caustic Crawler

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may have target creature get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Creature
Caustic Crawler (wwk) 54
Cemetery Desecrator

Menace When Cemetery Desecrator enters or dies, exile another card from a graveyard. When you do, choose one — • Remove X counters from target permanent, where X is the mana value of the exiled card. • Target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Creature
Cemetery Desecrator (vow) 100
Crypt Ghast

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

Creature
Crypt Ghast (rvr) 70
Dimir House Guard

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Dimir House Guard. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Dimir House Guard (rvr) 73
Dread Presence

Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one — • You draw a card and you lose 1 life. • Dread Presence deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Dread Presence (j22) 403
Fell Stinger

Deathtouch Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.) When Fell Stinger exploits a creature, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Creature
Fell Stinger (vow) 112
Gravecrawler

Gravecrawler can't block. You may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

Creature
Gravecrawler (inr) 380
Harvester of Souls

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature
Harvester of Souls (j25) 453
Lord of the Undead

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1. {1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Lord of the Undead (plst) PLS-44
Murderous Rider

Creature
Murderous Rider // Swift End (moc) 258
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may have target player lose 3 life. If you do, put three +1/+1 counters on Ob Nixilis, the Fallen.

Creature
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen (plst) IMA-101
Shambling Ghast

When Shambling Ghast dies, choose one — • Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Shambling Ghast (j25) 124
Soldevi Adnate

{T}, Sacrifice a black or artifact creature: Add an amount of {B} equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Creature
Soldevi Adnate (all) 60b
Squelching Leeches

Squelching Leeches's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control.

Creature
Squelching Leeches (ddr) 62
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad, the Grim deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (dsc) 158
Tormod, the Desecrator

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Tormod, the Desecrator (cmr) 155
Undead Augur

Whenever Undead Augur or another Zombie you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Undead Augur (scd) 114
Veinwitch Coven

Menace Whenever you gain life, you may pay {B}. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Veinwitch Coven (otc) 151
Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying {B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Vilis, Broker of Blood (j25) 70

Creatures

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Enchantments

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Defiled Crypt

Enchantment
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab (dsk) 91
Feast of Sanity

Whenever you discard a card, Feast of Sanity deals 1 damage to any target and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Feast of Sanity (mh2) 84
Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (j22) 124
Retreat to Hagra

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. • Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Retreat to Hagra (c18) 116
Unholy Annex

Enchantment
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber (dsk) 118

Enchantments

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Instants

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Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Bitter Triumph (lci) 91
Defile

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Instant
Defile (40k) 199
Flare of Malice

You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant
Flare of Malice (mh3) 95
Grim Harvest

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Recover {2}{B} (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

Instant
Grim Harvest (plst) CSP-58
Reckoner's Bargain

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.

Instant
Reckoner's Bargain (neo) 120
Shred Memory

Exile up to four target cards from a single graveyard. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Instant
Shred Memory (rav) 105
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (inr) 392

Instants

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Lands

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Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mb2) 106
Command Beacon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice Command Beacon: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Land
Command Beacon (otc) 279
Mirrorpool

Mirrorpool enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.

Land
Mirrorpool (cmm) 1010
Phyrexian Tower

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 303
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Vesuva

You may have Vesuva enter tapped as a copy of any land on the battlefield.

Land
Vesuva (tsr) 289

Lands

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Sorceries

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Beseech the Queen

({2/B} can be paid with any two mana or with {B}. This card's mana value is 6.) Search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Beseech the Queen (plst) SHM-57
Bone Shards

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Bone Shards (mh2) 76
Call to the Netherworld

Return target black creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Madness {0} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Call to the Netherworld (c19) 108
Cemetery Recruitment

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If it's a Zombie card, draw a card.

Sorcery
Cemetery Recruitment (j22) 385
Consume Spirit

Spend only black mana on X. Consume Spirit deals X damage to any target and you gain X life.

Sorcery
Consume Spirit (plst) DDC-56
Crawl from the Cellar

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Zombie you control. Flashback {3}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Crawl from the Cellar (inr) 376
Demonic Counsel

Search your library for a Demon card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead search your library for any card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Counsel (dsk) 92
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Diabolic Intent

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Diabolic Intent (bro) 89
Dimir Machinations

Look at the top three cards of target player's library. Exile any number of those cards, then put the rest back in any order. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Sorcery
Dimir Machinations (rav) 84
Eaten Alive

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Eaten Alive (inr) 106
Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
Ghoulcaller's Chant

Choose one — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Return two target Zombie cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Ghoulcaller's Chant (isd) 101
Grim Discovery

Choose one or both — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Return target land card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Grim Discovery (plst) DDR-51
Insatiable Avarice

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. + {B}{B} — Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.

Sorcery
Insatiable Avarice (otj) 91
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (j25) 471
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156

Sorceries

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