No Pain No Gain! • (Mono-Black Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.59

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.

Legendary Creature - Demon Primarch

$0.59 $0.65 $0.50

Commander

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Artifact

Qty: 25 Price: $101.05

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.74 $0.50

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.)

Artifact - Equipment

$7.99 $5.54 $3.59

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.

Legendary Artifact

$13.99 $16.17 $12.47

Caged Sun

As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1.
Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add an additional one mana of that color.

Artifact

$4.99 $5.11 $3.28

Champion's Helm

Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$5.49 $3.25 $2.79

Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$5.49 $5.19 $2.55

Dragon Throne of Tarkir

Equipped creature has defender and "

: Other creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power."
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$0.69 $0.46 $0.15

Ebony Fly

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

: Roll a d6. Until end of turn, you may have this artifact become an X/X Insect artifact creature with flying, where X is the result.
Whenever this artifact attacks, another target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.

Artifact

$2.99 $1.36 $0.98

Guardian Idol

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

: This artifact becomes a 2/2 Golem artifact creature until end of turn.

Artifact

$0.69 $0.31 $0.20

Heraldic Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+0.

: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.35 $0.15

Lashwrithe

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Swamp you control.
Equip

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)

Artifact - Equipment

$1.29 $0.67 $0.60

Lightning Greaves

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

Artifact - Equipment

$5.99 $4.81 $4.54

Liquimetal Torque

: Add

: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Artifact

$4.99 $3.05 $2.52

Loxodon Warhammer

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$2.29 $1.71 $1.56

Mask of Griselbrand

Equipped creature has flying and lifelink.
Whenever equipped creature dies, you may pay X life, where X is its power. If you do, draw X cards.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$1.79 $0.63 $0.35

Mind Stone

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.34 $0.22

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.

Artifact - Equipment

$4.99 $3.63 $3.32

Planar Atlas

This artifact enters tapped.
When this artifact enters, you may look at the top four cards of your library. If you do, reveal up to one land card from among them, then put that card on top of your library and the rest on the bottom in a random order.

: Add

Artifact

$1.29 $0.66 $0.27

Pristine Talisman

: Add

. You gain 1 life.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.40 $0.25

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$4.99 $4.92 $3.42

Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and

no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$4.49 $2.76 $2.33

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$4.99 $3.47 $2.82

Thran Dynamo

: Add

Artifact

$4.99 $4.23 $3.64

Wayfarer's Bauble

, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.45 $0.34

Whip of Erebos

Creatures you control have lifelink.

: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.

Legendary Artifact Enchantment

$12.99 $9.91 $8.32

Artifact

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Creature

Qty: 11 Price: $79.59

Crypt Ghast

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay

. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional

Creature - Spirit

$21.99 $13.53 $14.03

Doom Whisperer

Flying, trample
Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Creature - Demon Nightmare

$8.99 $6.02 $5.50

Fell Stinger

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

Creature - Zombie Scorpion

$0.39 $0.31 $0.15

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each

in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature - Zombie

$1.29 $0.95 $0.52

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each

in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.

Legendary Creature - Horror Minion Phyrexian

$1.99 $1.57 $1.15

Nirkana Revenant

Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional

: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature - Vampire Shade

$9.49 $7.99 $6.74

Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$0.49 $0.39 $0.26

Street Wraith

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Cycling—Pay 2 life. (Pay 2 life, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature - Wraith

$3.49 $3.08 $1.44

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric

$14.99 $12.65 $11.45

Wall of Blood

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Pay 1 life: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature - Wall

$1.49 $2.18 $0.52

Wurmcoil Engine

Deathtouch, lifelink
When this creature dies, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with deathtouch and a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with lifelink.

Creature Artifact - Wurm Phyrexian

$14.99 $11.01 $10.56

Creature

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Enchantment

Qty: 6 Price: $75.66

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.)

Enchantment

$19.99 $16.50 $14.51

Necropotence

Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

Enchantment

$44.99 $38.23 $35.71

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Enchantment

$5.99 $5.20 $4.13

Raiders' Spoils

Creatures you control get +1/+0.
Whenever a Warrior you control deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 1 life. If you do, draw a card.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.10 $0.15

Soul Channeling

Enchant creature
Pay 2 life: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Unspeakable Symbol

Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Enchantment

$3.99 $3.50 $0.81

Enchantment

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Instant

Qty: 11 Price: $110.91

Blood Pact

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Instant

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Curtains' Call

Undaunted (This spell costs

less to cast for each opponent.)
Destroy two target creatures.

Instant

$1.29 $0.55 $0.42

Defile

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

Instant

$2.49 $1.32 $0.89

Hatred

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Instant

$57.99 $66.04 $41.66

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.59 $0.32 $0.15

Malakir Rebirth

Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111

$19.99 $13.40 $11.01

Plumb the Forbidden

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.
You draw a card and lose 1 life.

Instant

$0.79 $0.55 $0.15

Snuff Out

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant

$19.99 $12.98 $10.87

Stunning Reversal

The next time you would lose the game this turn, instead draw seven cards and your life total becomes 1.
Exile Stunning Reversal.

Instant

$6.49 $6.25 $4.84

Tendrils of Corruption

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Instant

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Unexpected Fangs

Put a +1/+1 counter and a lifelink counter on target creature.

Instant

$0.59 $0.26 $0.15

Instant

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Land

Qty: 38 (39 w/ MDFC)Price: $398.62

Ancient Tomb

: Add

. This land deals 2 damage to you.

Land

$199.99 $127.78 $132.53

Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.

: Add

Land

$2.99 $2.14 $1.63

Cabal Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Land

$34.99 $29.15 $26.05

City of Brass

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.

: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$18.99 $15.21 $13.12

Hall of the Bandit Lord

Hall of the Bandit Lord enters tapped.

, Pay 3 life: Add

. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.

Legendary Land

$22.99 $19.36 $17.96

Ifnir Deadlands

: Add

, Pay 1 life: Add

, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land - Desert

$0.39 $0.26 $0.15

Mana Confluence

, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$44.99 $35.54 $25.70

Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.59 $0.39 $0.23

Prismatic Vista

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$39.99 $30.91 $28.12

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.31 $0.15

Witch's Clinic

: Add

: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land

$18.99 $14.88 $11.86

Land

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Sorcery

Qty: 8 Price: $35.24

Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery

$23.99 $21.11 $18.17

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Foreboding Fruit

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Adamant — If at least three black mana was spent to cast this spell, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.61 $0.33

Pointed Discussion

You draw two cards, lose 2 life, then create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "

, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.40 $0.19

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.82 $0.71

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery

$7.49 $5.94 $5.21

Sorcery

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $801.66

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Avg Mana Value: 3.27Total Mana Value: 203.00

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Avg Mana Value: 3.27Total Mana Value: 203.00

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