B Black Commanders

Black EDH Commanders

269 legal commanders. Pick one and build a deck with AI, or browse the full list below.

Playing Black in Commander

Black is the color that pays any price to win. Life is a resource, creatures are expendable, and the graveyard is just a second hand. In Commander, black's willingness to sacrifice everything — including its own board — translates into some of the most powerful and resilient strategies in the format.

Mono-black archetypes include aristocrats (sacrifice creatures for value), reanimator (cheat massive threats out of the graveyard), voltron with evasive commanders, and big-mana strategies powered by Cabal Coffers and similar effects. Black has the best single-target removal in the format, the most efficient tutors, and recursive threats that keep coming back no matter how many times they're answered.

Black's weakness is its inability to deal with artifacts and enchantments directly. Cards like Feed the Swarm have started to patch this gap, but mono-black still relies heavily on making opponents sacrifice or discard rather than directly destroying non-creature permanents. The color makes up for it with raw power — Mono-black can generate absurd amounts of mana, draw cards at will, and reanimate creatures that other colors can only dream of casting fairly.

All Black Commanders

269 total

Art by Andrey Kuzinskiy

Acererak the Archlich

Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

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Black EDH Commanders

Playing Black in Commander

All Black Commanders

Acererak the Archlich

Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead

Agent Venom

Akuta, Born of Ash

Alpharael, Stonechosen

Anowon, the Ruin Sage

Anrakyr the Traveller

Aphemia, the Cacophony

Ardyn, the Usurper

Armaggon, Future Shark

Armix, Filigree Thrasher

Arvinox, the Mind Flail

Ascendant Evincar

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

Ashling, the Extinguisher

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist

Asmodeus the Archfiend

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Azula, On the Hunt

Azula, Ruthless Firebender

Balthor the Defiled

Baron Sengir

Bebop, Skull & Crossbones

Bebop, Warthog Warrior

Black Cat, Cunning Thief

Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant

Bontu the Glorified

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

Braids, Cabal Minion

Burakos, Party Leader

Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake

Cabal Patriarch

Cao Cao, Lord of Wei

Cao Ren, Wei Commander

Chainer, Dementia Master

Commander Greven il-Vec

Crovax the Cursed

Demonlord Belzenlok

Desmond Miles

Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief

Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Drana, the Last Bloodchief

Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

Ebondeath, Dracolich

Egon, God of Death // Throne of Death

Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound

Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Erebos, God of the Dead

Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist

Fain, the Broker

Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar

Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian

Fang, Fearless l'Cie

Francisco, Fowl Marauder

Fumulus, the Infestation

Gaius van Baelsar

Gallowbraid

Geth, Lord of the Vault

Geth, Thane of Contracts

Ghoulcaller Gisa

Gisa, Glorious Resurrector

Gisa, the Hellraiser

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty

God-Eternal Bontu

Gollum, Obsessed Stalker

Gollum, Patient Plotter

Gollum, Scheming Guide

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Gonti, Night Minister

Gorbag of Minas Morgul

Gorex, the Tombshell

Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant

Grandmother Sengir

Greel, Mind Raker

Grendel, Spawn of Knull