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{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Gallowbraid"}},{"insert":" This deck is my submission for the June 2026 archidekt deckbuilding competition.\n\nTL;DR - Lose life, swap your life, or just chill at 0. Throw the occasional car at people, and cheat mana costs for fun.\n\nThe goal is simple, speedrun into oblivion. Your own. Gallowbraid itself as the commander DOES help this deck's main plan, but on it's own it's far from a wincon. I mean, paying an endlessly ramping cost of life to keep a simple 5/5 trampler out? Absurd. Anyways, pay your upkeep and move along.\n\nWhile I worked on this deck I had but one thought in mind: \"I could go for some pizza hut\". Also, that self-damage/drain effects are fun in games. So, I tried to find some pay offs for such a playstyle in monoblack, because I thought it'd be fun to make this 5/5 glorified coaster of a card my 2010 or before commander. There are no 2 card infinites, and only 1 tutor. This is simply because I don't find them that fun to play. A simple improvement is adding more tutors. \n\nJokes aside the gameplan is literally as simple as speedrunning your own life total down, but ideally only after you've got yourself Platinum Angel and or Pact Blade to stop the whole 'losing the game' junk. Then utilize the handful of life-swap cards to give that weakness to enemies. If you find yourself not liking the risky no heals self-damage idea, that's valid. I put Exquisite Blood and a couple of other spells to bring in some life. in the deck as a buffer to help squeeze more value out of effects that make your foes lose life. Such as 5/5 trampler in your command zone or the 5/3 version of it with flying in 99. There's also Crypt Ghast present mainly as a mana doubler, BUT it also does help by having Extort to help keep up on life. Lastly, try and drop an Eternity Vessel BEFORE bringing yourself to death's door so you can stay topped off. I personally recommend dropping it around 15-25 life, but if you're worried about big swings or turns from others you can of course play it at a higher amount.\n\nK'rrik, son of Yawgmoth is also a nice part of this deck to make it a little less bad. The ability to pay 2 life instead of any black mana costs is insane. Bear in mind if you're at 0, you can't technically 'pay' life. This includes your cumulative upkeeps for Gallowbraid and flying Gallowbraid(Morinfen)\n\nDeck isn't good but it should hopefully probably be passable.\n\n\n"}]}
Drain
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Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
Bolas's Citadel
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact
Erebos, God of the Dead
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Pact Weapon
As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, you don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card and reveal it. The creature gets +X/+X until end of turn and you lose X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Equip—Discard a card.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card and reveal it. The creature gets +X/+X until end of turn and you lose X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Equip—Discard a card.
Artifact - Equipment
Draw
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Finisher
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Land
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Lifegain
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Out of the Tombs
At the beginning of your upkeep, put two eon counters on this enchantment, then mill cards equal to the number of eon counters on it.
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, instead return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If you can't, you lose the game.
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, instead return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If you can't, you lose the game.
Enchantment
Mill
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Protection
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Ramp
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Basilisk Collar
Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Cramped Vents
When you unlock this door, this Room deals 6 damage to target creature an opponent controls. You gain life equal to the excess damage dealt this way.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Enchantment - Room
Removal
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Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
Flying
Primarch of the Death Guard — At the beginning of your end step, you may pay . If you do, create X 2/2 black Astartes Warrior creature tokens with menace. X can't be greater than the amount of life you lost this turn.
Primarch of the Death Guard — At the beginning of your end step, you may pay . If you do, create X 2/2 black Astartes Warrior creature tokens with menace. X can't be greater than the amount of life you lost this turn.
Legendary Creature - Demon Primarch
Tokens
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