Mono-Black Control 
- Player
- E
- Finish
- #9 of 32, 3-2
- Archetype
- Mono-Black Control
- Format
- Premodern
- MTGO
- 295 TIX
- Paper
- €259.66 / $220.35
- Source
- TopDeck.gg
Main deck (60)
Creatures (20)
- 1 Bane of the Living
- 1 Black Knight
- 2 Grinning Demon
- 4 Hypnotic Specter
- 1 Nantuko Shade
- 3 Ravenous Rats
- 4 Withered Wretch
- 4 Wretched Anurid
Instants (10)
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
- 3 Dystopia
- 3 Engineered Plague
- 3 Gloom
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Vendetta
Compared with the average Mono-Black Control list
Average of 10 decks in the 7 days up to Aug. 8, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Wretched Anurid (4 vs 0.4)
- +2 Funeral Charm (2 vs 0.2)
- +2 Grinning Demon (2 vs 0.2)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Wasteland (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Cabal Therapy (2 vs 3.8)
- -2 Graveborn Muse (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Nantuko Shade (1 vs 2.5)
- -1 Smother (1 vs 2.2)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Cabal Therapy (2 vs 0.2)
- +1 Cursed Scroll (2 vs 0.9)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Spinning Darkness (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 9 cards away from the average.





















