Mono-Black Control 
Mono-Black Control Premodern decklist played by GeckoS at Midwest Premodern Championship Open (30 Aug 2026).
- Player
- GeckoS
- Finish
- #10 of 50, 4-1
- Archetype
- Mono-Black Control
- Format
- Premodern
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
Play this deck
Add to my decks
Compare with another deck
Export
Export
- MTGO Download for MTGO
- MTG Arena Download for MTG Arena
- Plain text Download for Plain text
Main deck (60)
Creatures (19)
Instants (11)
Sorceries (6)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (19)
- 2 Bane of the Living
- 1 Grinning Demon
- 3 Hypnotic Specter
- 1 Nantuko Shade
- 4 Ravenous Rats
- 4 Withered Wretch
- 4 Wretched Anurid
Instants (11)
- 4 Dark Ritual
- 2 Diabolic Edict
- 1 Funeral Charm
- 3 Smother
- 1 Vendetta
Sorceries (6)
- 2 Cabal Therapy
- 4 Duress
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
- 4 Mishra's Factory
- 18 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
- 2 Cabal Therapy
- 2 Cursed Scroll
- 2 Drain Life
- 3 Dystopia
- 3 Engineered Plague
- 2 Gloom
- 1 Snuff Out
Compared with the average Mono-Black Control list
Average of 9 decks in the 7 days up to Aug. 30, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Wretched Anurid (4 vs 0.4)
- +2 Bane of the Living (2 vs 0.2)
- +1 Swamp (18 vs 16.6)
- +1 Ravenous Rats (4 vs 2.9)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Graveborn Muse (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Wasteland (0 vs 1.9)
- -2 Cabal Therapy (2 vs 3.7)
- -1 Nantuko Shade (1 vs 2.3)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Cabal Therapy (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Cursed Scroll (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Drain Life (2 vs 0.7)
Fewer than usual
- –
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 8 cards away from the average.