B Black Commanders

Black EDH Commanders

364 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

364 total

Art by Andrey Kuzinskiy

Acererak the Archlich

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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

Armus, Skin of Evil

Arnim Zola, Bio-Fanatic

Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist

Arvinox, the Mind Flail

Ascendant Evincar

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

Ashling, the Extinguisher

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist

Asmodeus the Archfiend

Avacyn, Angel of Horror

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Azog, Moria's Ruin

Azula, On the Hunt

Azula, Ruthless Firebender

Badgey, Malicious Glitch

Balthor the Defiled

Baron Helmut Zemo

Baron Sengir

Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord

Bebop, Skull & Crossbones

Bebop, Warthog Warrior

Black Cat, Cunning Thief

Black Widow, Daring Operative

Black Widow, Deadly Hunter

Black Widow, Super Spy

Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant

Bob, Reluctant HYDRA Agent

Bontu the Glorified

Boomerang, Blade Flinger

Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest

Boss Uramon, Shadow's Reach

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

Citizen V, Helmut Zemo

Commander Greven il-Vec

Commander Raffi Musiker

Count Nefaria

Crimson Cowl, Master of Evil

Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary

Crovax the Cursed

Damocles Base, Sword of Kang

Danitha, Spear of Agony

Demonlord Belzenlok

Desmond Miles

Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom, Unrivaled

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

Elektra, Daughter of the Hand

Elim Garak, Simple Tailor

Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Erebos, God of the Dead

Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist

Fain, the Broker