Mono-Black Control 
- Player
- Ben Bauer
- Finish
- #3 of 80, 5-0
- Archetype
- Mono-Black Control
- Format
- Premodern
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
Main deck (60)
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Sorceries (8)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (23)
- 4 Cabal Archon
- 4 Dark Supplicant
- 2 Graveborn Muse
- 4 Priest of Gix
- 4 Rotlung Reanimator
- 1 Scion of Darkness
- 4 Withered Wretch
Instants (6)
- 4 Dark Ritual
- 2 Smother
Sorceries (8)
- 4 Cabal Therapy
- 4 Duress
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
- 3 Rishadan Port
- 18 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
- 2 Dystopia
- 4 Engineered Plague
- 4 Gloom
- 2 Perish
- 3 Snuff Out
Compared with the average Mono-Black Control list
Average of 32 decks in the 30 days up to Oct. 3, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Cabal Archon (4 vs 0.4)
- +4 Dark Supplicant (4 vs 0.4)
- +4 Priest of Gix (4 vs 0.4)
- +4 Rotlung Reanimator (4 vs 0.4)
- +3 Rishadan Port (3 vs 0.3)
- +2 Recurring Nightmare (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Swamp (18 vs 16.5)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Hypnotic Specter (0 vs 3.6)
- -4 Mishra's Factory (0 vs 3.6)
- -3 Ravenous Rats (0 vs 3.1)
- -2 Wasteland (0 vs 2.3)
- -2 Nantuko Shade (0 vs 2.1)
- -2 Cursed Scroll (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Diabolic Edict (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Snuff Out (0 vs 1.1)
Sideboard
Fewer than usual
- -1 Drain Life (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 23 cards away from the average.