[Tron] Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief.

[Alex]

I really like this deck. I built it a few weeks ago using most of the cards from another deck I was playing (also a tron deck, Sygg, River Guide) but also added traditional mono black combos and pieces.


[deck]Commander (1)
1 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief

Creatures (16)
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
1 Grave Titan
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Midnight Banshee
1 Nirkana Revenant
1 Pestilence Demon
1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
1 Sheoldred, the Whispering One
1 Skirsdag High Priest
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Su-Chi
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Enchantments (4)
1 Exquisite Blood
1 Grave Pact
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Sanguine Bond

Instant (4)
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Go for the Throat
1 Tribute to Hunger
1 Dismember

Planeswalker (2)
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Liliana of the Dark
Realms

Sorcery (12)
1 Army of the Damned
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Damnation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Forced March
1 Imperial Seal
1 Increasing Ambition
1 Lab Rats
1 Life's Finale
1 Mutilate
1 Exsanguinate

Artifacts (23)
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Batterskull
1 Bonehoard
1 Caged Sun
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Lashwrithe
1 Nightmare Lash
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Mind's Eye
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Nim Deathmantle
1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Sol Ring
1 Staff of Nin
1 Strata Scythe
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Worn Powerstone

Mana (38)
30 Swamp
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Vesuva
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Everglades
1 High Market
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Winding Canyons
1 Bojuka Bog
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Some interactions:

Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood + Damage = Infinite pings on
all opponents.
Su-Chi + Nim Deathmantle + [card]Ashnod's Altar[/card] = Infinite colorless mana. Generally used in tandem with Exsanguinate, or Grave Pact + Lab Rats for a build-your-own recurrable board wipe.

Obviously the "fair" objective of the deck is to suit up Drana using big mana and eat all of their creatures while beating down.

[Azrael]

My experience with monoblack decks trying to suit things up has been that Eldrazi are more cost-efficient (of all things) than a lot of the potential threats, including Drana. Which is a bit of a ridiculous statement, but when you think about how much time, mana, and effort it takes to make Drana swing for lethal, whereas an Eldrazi *only* requires 10-11 mana, one-time, and with boots on the table, can instantly annihilate to blow up significant numbers of their resources and/or draw cards. Drana is also somewhat less than impressive as removal. Compared to Sheoldred, she has a much harder time justifying herself.

Seems like the creature count here is pretty low here, as a ratio to the number of equipment cards you're running.

Card draw? Necropotence, Necrologia, Ambition's Cost, Promise of Power, Skeletal Scrying? Tutoring, Beseech the Queen?

Probably one of the strongest reasons to play monoblack is the hand
disruption, too. Mind Twist, Mind Sludge, Head Games (yes, Head Games, and give them 7 lands or something), possibly Persecute, maybe Myojin of Night's Whisper. Cheaper stuff, if you need it to fight permission. Also Greel, Mind Raker, which is a pretty amazing monoblack general, and with a bit of card draw, a potential lockout.