2026-03-28:
Disbanded in an effort to cut down on EDH decks and make room for new ones (nothing to do with playability). If we want to play this again, we'll rebuild it anew.

In most games I was struggling. The one time I popped off Torment of Hailfire I realized how much this deck is just waiting for that one piece. Mono-black spellslinger was definitely interesting so perhaps we can combine this with another color.

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Based on:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-commander-toshiro-umezawa-spellslinger-control-25-50-100-200

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CONSIDER:
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[Nieuw sinds BRO, ONE en MOM]:
- Morbid Opportunist (MID, card draw als iets sterft, once per turn)
- Mirrodin Avenged (MOM, "You Are Already Dead" cantrip)
- Lethal Scheme (NCC, 2BB Convoke, destroy cr of pw, convokers conniven)
- Pile On (MOM, 3B Convoke, Lethal Scheme maar Surveil 2)
- Hostile Negotiations (WAR, 3 cards in hand, 3 in grave. Yaaay)
- Offer Immortality (ONE, 1B, grants deathtouch and indestructible to TARGET. So I can save Umezawa... or get something else to kill for me)
- Drag to the Underworld (TBD, 2BB but 2 less if Ume in play. Destroy cr)
- Tymaret (2 mana recurring exile from graveyard)

[To add(?):]
- Thrilling Encore (not included staple of deck)
- Vona's Hunger
- Succumb to Temptation (Blood Pact older version)
- Bloodline Culling (-5/-5 for target, or -2/-2 for all tokens)
- Malicious Affection (chain the destruction!)
- Malakir Rebirth (reanimate)
- Howl from Beyond (+X/+0, surprise Umezawa kill)
- Oriq Loremage

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CHANGELOG:
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#05: 31-03-2023
Hey, so I forgot to add two cards I got from last time... always difficult to replace stuff but here we go. Note: I considered cutting Killing Wave.
[OUT] Doom Blade, Ultimate Price
[IN] Snuff Out (possibly better than Doom Blade), You Are Already Dead (Cantrip response)

#04: 30-08-2022
Updated and immediately l've playtested vs Wally and a Humility deck (don't ask how Kabo and I stalled for 3 hours with two mono-black decks)
[REPLACED]
+ Primal Amulet (discounts spells, copies them when it transforms into land)
< Relic Amulet (charge counters, eh)

+ Necrologia (INS pay X life draw X in discard phase)
< Bitter Revelation (limited draw and SRC)

+ Bolas's Citadel (pay life to cast spells from top. LETS GO)
< Reassembling Skeleton (fun, but gone for now)

+ Bubbling Muck (eot: swamps tap for double, 1 mana sorcery)
< Scheming Symmetry (Vampiric Tutor sharing has not worked yet

+ Soul Shatter (2B instant, sacrifice highest cmc? Sign me up)
< Dark Dabbling (regenerate and draw, keep it in 'sideboard' 4 now)


#03: 10-06-2022
[REMOVED]
Swamp (eh)
[ADDED]
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (works with this deck)

#02: 06-10-2021
[REPLACED]
+ Aphotic Wisps (INS cantrip)
< Tyrant's Choice (we have better sac options)

+ Blood Pact (INS draw 2 lose 2 life)
< Skeletal Scrying

+ Cling to Dust (INS cantrip)
< Village Rites

+ Feed the Swarm (SOR destroy creature or enchantment)
< Shrouded Lore

+ Feign Death (INS reanimate)
< Phyrexian Reclamation

+ Hellish Rebuke (INS just hit me, sac it after)
< Damnable Pact (we may have better card draw options)

+ Infernal Grasp (INS destroy creature, lose 2 life)
< Umezawa's Charm

+ Price of Fame (INS destroy target creature, surveil 2)
< Ob Nixilis's Cruelty (it exiles on kill)

+ Sedgemoor Witch (CRR Magecraft on spell)
< Vampiric Rites

+ Sudden Edict (INS Target player sacrifices a creature)
< Victory Chimes

+ Wretched Confluence (INS multimode: draw, -2/-2, return)
< Kaervek the Spiteful (no combo)


#01: 09-2021
Initial decklist, largely based on the decklist but with some notable differences.