Mono B

[grizzledmage]

A local player has done well with Mono B, and it looked like it could be fun to try. Here's one that I put together; with maybe 3 or so changes this is largely what I played at our June local tournament (see thread under Reports). Any suggestions?


// Lands
    1 Volrath's Stronghold
    1 Cabal Coffers
    1 Leechridden Swamp
    1 Spawning Pool
    1 Wasteland
    24 Swamp
    1 Mishra's Factory
    1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    1 Polluted Mire
    1 Mutavault
    1 Barren Moor
    1 Dust Bowl

// Creatures
    1 Faceless Butcher
    1 Augur of Skulls
    1 Bog Witch
    1 Cabal Interrogator
    1 Undertaker
    1 Murderous Redcap
    1 Leaden Myr
    1 Nezumi Graverobber
    1 Creakwood Liege
    1 Twisted Abomination
    1 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
    1 Oona's Prowler
    1 Puppeteer Clique
    1 Visara the Dreadful
    1 Bane of the Living
    1 Dusk Urchins
    1 Graveborn Muse
    1 Helldozer
    1 Hypnotic Specter
    1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
    1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
    1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
    1 Stillmoon Cavalier
    1 Shriekmaw
    1 Nekrataal
    1 Withered Wretch
    1 Ghastlord of Fugue
    1 Black Knight
    1 Knight of Dusk
    1 Festering Goblin

// Planeswalkers
    1 Liliana Vess

// Spells
    1 Animate Dead
    1 Hideous Laughter
    1 Barter in Blood
    1 Echoing Decay
    1 Unearth
    1 Unmake
    1 Shred Memory
    1 Lose Hope
    1 Rend Flesh
    1 Syphon Life
    1 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Scepter of Fugue
    1 Slaughter Pact
    1 Chainer's Edict
    1 Decree of Pain
    1 Death Cloud
    1 Damnation
    1 Nevinyrral's Disk
    1 Profane Command
    1 Consume Spirit
    1 Drain Life
    1 Talisman of Dominance
    1 Mind Stone
    1 Night's Whisper
    1 Dark Ritual
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Diabolic Tutor
    1 Smother
    1 Sudden Death
    1 Chrome Mox
    1 Phyrexian Totem
    1 Thoughtseize
    1 Crucible of Worlds
    1 Bitterblossom

[Nastaboi]

Well, first you should choose between going more suicidal route or controllish route. Then I'll splash green to have a change against artifacts and enchantments. Deed and Pulse do much, and I'd consider Putrefy, Crime // Punishment, Krosan Grip, Regrowth and Tarmo as well. You'll do fine with 2 duals, 4 fetches, a signet, Coalition Relic and Coldsteel Heart.

I would not play:

    1 Animate Dead
    1 Hideous Laughter
    1 Barter in Blood
    1 Echoing Decay
    1 Unearth
    1 Unmake
    1 Lose Hope
    1 Rend Flesh
    1 Syphon Life
    1 Decree of Pain
    1 Night's Whisper
    1 Dark Ritual (unless you choose aggressive route)
    1 Sudden Death
    1 Crucible of Worlds
    1 Leechridden Swamp
    1 Spawning Pool
    1 Polluted Mire
    1 Mutavault
    1 Barren Moor
    1 Faceless Butcher
    1 Bog Witch
    1 Cabal Interrogator
    1 Undertaker
    1 Leaden Myr
    1 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
    1 Oona's Prowler
    1 Puppeteer Clique
    1 Dusk Urchins (in controllish)
    1 Helldozer
    1 Sygg, River Cutthroat (in controllish)
    1 Stillmoon Cavalier
    1 Nekrataal
    1 Withered Wretch
    1 Ghastlord of Fugue
    1 Black Knight
    1 Knight of Dusk
    1 Festering Goblin

I would play (in control version):

    1 Solemn Simulacrum
    1 Kagemaro, First to Suffer
    1 Dimir House Guard
    1 Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
    1 Undead Gladiator
    1 Tombstalker
    1 Nantuko Shade
    1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
    1 Thrashing Wumpus
    1 Persecute
    1 Phyrexian Arena
    1 Smother
    1 Ghastly Demise
    1 Beseech the Queen
    1 The Abyss
    1 Duress
    1 Terror
    1 Mind Shatter
    1 Innocent Blood
    1 Mind Sludge
    1 Relic of Progenitus
    1 Gauntlet of Power
    1 Coldsteel Heart
    1 Charcoal Diamond
    1 Hymn to Tourach
    1 Distress
    1 Mutilate
    1 Talisman of Indulgence
    1 Coalition Relic
    1 Corrupt
    1 Skeletal Scrying
    1 Wayfarer's Bauble
    1 Bottled Cloister
    1 Grim Tutor (maybe not affordable)
    1 Promise of Power
    1 Mind Twist
    1 Debtors' Knell

and that new Doom Blade (1B instant, destroy target nonblack creature).

Some of them are debatable, but you surely are missing a punch of great cards.

[grizzledmage]

As I expected, excellent suggestions! There are, unfortunately, a good number of cards you listed which I simply do not have available to me (at least not yet), and there's nary a Revised dual land to be had in this household at all... and I am waiting until Onslaught rotates out of Extended before I re-visit the acquisition of fetchlands (I never opened any at all, very frustrating). I clearly remember scrambling around just before the weekend trying to find a Kokusho, but couldn't find any. The list goes on.

There's quite a lot more to say, but I am printing out your suggestions for further scrutiny!

[random]

I'd say if you wanna go aggressive add red for burn and moon effects and maybe LD(Some decks just don't like it). Green is indeed a better splash for controllish variant and white is for real control freaks