Art by Jason Felix
Saved commander deck
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Maximize Ob Nixilis's landfall triggers using colorless land-ramp equipment, fetchlands, and land recursion like Crucible of Worlds to rapidly drain opponents and build an enormous commander. Control the board with efficient mono-black removal and finish the game with massive mana pay-offs or lethal landfall drains.
Prompt: A Mono Black Deck based around landfall using Ob Nixilis, The Fallen as the commander and his ability
Commander
1 cards
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Demon
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
12 cards
Wayfarer's Bauble
{1}Artifact
fetches a land directly to the battlefield for landfall
Burnished Hart
{3}Artifact Creature — Elk
sacrifices to put two lands onto the battlefield for multiple landfall triggers
Solemn Simulacrum
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
fetches a land on ETB and draws a card on death
Canoptek Wraith
{3}Artifact Creature — Wraith
fetches up to two basic lands directly onto the battlefield
Sword of the Animist
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
fetches a land onto the battlefield every time equipped creature attacks
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
{3}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
repeatable land ramp on attack for landfall triggers
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
doubles mana generated by Swamps and provides extort life drain
Card Draw
10 cards
Black Market Connections
{2}{B}Enchantment
provides card draw, treasure ramp, and tokens every turn
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
plays cards directly off top of library and doubles as a win condition
Vilis, Broker of Blood
{5}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Demon
turns life loss from black spells into massive card draw
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
turns token creation or small creatures into cheap card advantage
Removal
10 cards
Deadly Rollick
{3}{B}Instant
free exile creature removal spell while commander is out
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
flexible creature or planeswalker instant removal
Threats/Wincons
20 cards
Dread Presence
{3}{B}Creature — Nightmare
landfall payoff that draws cards or deals damage on Swamp ETB
Bloodghast
{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Spirit
resilient creature that returns to battlefield on landfall
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
punishes opponent card draw while restoring life total
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
massive life drain finisher scaling off black devotion
Exsanguinate
{X}{B}{B}Sorcery
win condition that converts huge black mana pools into life drain
Archfiend of Despair
{6}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
doubles opponent life loss at end step and prevents life gain
Lashwrithe
{4}Artifact — Equipment
equipment that scales heavily with swamp count
Nightmare Lash
{4}Artifact — Equipment
turns commander or evasive creatures into lethal threats based on swamps
Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
scales power with lands and offers land fetch synergy
Magus of the Coffers
{4}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
creature version of Cabal Coffers for massive mana generation
Nirkana Revenant
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Shade
mana doubler and big attacker that pumps power
Oblivion Sower
{6}Creature — Eldrazi
puts opponent exiled lands under your control for multiple landfall triggers
Kokusho, the Evening Star
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
flying threat that drains life from all opponents upon dying
Wurmcoil Engine
{6}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient lifelink beatstick and token producer
Polluted Bonds
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
punishes opponents for playing lands while healing player
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
wipes small creatures and drains opponents heavily on creature deaths
Lord of the Void
{4}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
evasive big demon that steals opponent cards
Archfiend of Depravity
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
keeps opposing board states constrained every turn
Utility
10 cards
Crucible of Worlds
{3}Artifact
allows replay of fetchlands from graveyard for multiple landfall triggers every turn
Walking Atlas
{2}Artifact Creature — Construct
tap ability puts additional lands from hand onto battlefield
Ghirapur Orrery
{4}Artifact
grants extra land plays each turn to trigger landfall
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
gives commander haste and shroud protection
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
gives commander haste and hexproof protection
Amulet of Vigor
{1}Artifact
untaps lands that enter tapped like fetchlands or budget tapped lands
