Sworn to Darkness Commander Deck Upgrade Guide

Evernight Shade is a four-mana 1/1 Shade with undying. It is not a card Ob Nixilis decks usually play.

Ob Nixilis Reignited is a {3}{B}{B} planeswalker. Its +1 draws a card and loses 1 life, its -3 destroys target creature, and its -8 gives an opponent an emblem that makes them lose 2 life whenever a player draws a card. A five-mana planeswalker that draws or removes a creature, and the highest-scoring card the precon leaves out.

Morkrut Banshee is a five-mana 4/4 with morbid. It is not a card Ob Nixilis decks usually play.

Rune-Scarred Demon is a 6/6 Demon for {5}{B}{B} with flying. When it enters you search your library for any card and put it into your hand. A seven-drop Demon that tutors for your best card.

Nekrataal is a four-mana 2/1 first striker that destroys a nonartifact, nonblack creature. It is not a card Ob Nixilis decks usually play.

Desecration Demon is a 6/6 Demon for {2}{B}{B} with flying. At the beginning of each combat, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice, and if one does, it taps and gets a +1/+1 counter. A four-drop 6/6 flyer that eats a creature or threatens a huge attack.

Phyrexian Gargantua is a six-mana 4/4 that draws two cards and loses 2 life. It is not a card Ob Nixilis decks usually play.

Indulgent Tormentor is a 5/3 Demon for {3}{B}{B} with flying. At the beginning of your upkeep you draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice or pays 3 life. A five-drop Demon that draws a card or costs an opponent a creature or 3 life.

Nantuko Shade is a two-mana 2/1 Shade that pumps for {B}. It scores 7 in the data.

Exsanguinate costs {X}{B}{B}. Each opponent loses X life, and you gain life equal to the life lost this way. A scalable finisher that works with Ob Nixilis's life gain.

Annihilate is a five-mana instant that destroys a nonblack creature and draws a card. It scores 7 in the data.

Demonic Covenant is a Kindred Enchantment — Demon for {4}{B}{B}. Whenever one or more Demons you control attack a player, you draw a card and lose 1 life, and at the beginning of your end step you create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying, then mill two cards. If two cards that share all their card types were milled this way, you sacrifice this enchantment. A six-mana enchantment that makes a Demon every turn.

Aether Snap is a five-mana sorcery that removes all counters and exiles all tokens. It scores 10 in the data.

Abhorrent Overlord is a 6/6 Demon for {5}{B}{B} with flying. When it enters you create a number of 1/1 Harpy tokens with flying equal to your devotion to black, and at the beginning of your upkeep you sacrifice a creature. A seven-drop Demon that makes lots of flyers, and the Harpies feed its upkeep.

Dregs of Sorrow is a sorcery that destroys X nonblack creatures and draws X cards. It scores 10 in the data.

Harvester of Souls is a 5/5 Demon for {4}{B}{B} with deathtouch. Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card. A six-drop Demon that draws a card from every death.

Flesh Carver is a three-mana 2/2 with intimidate and a sacrifice ability. It scores 10 in the data.

Kothophed, Soul Hoarder is a 6/6 Legendary Demon for {4}{B}{B} with flying. Whenever a permanent owned by another player is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you draw a card and lose 1 life. A six-drop Demon that draws from every opposing loss.

Skeletal Scrying is an instant that exiles X cards from your graveyard to draw X cards. It scores 10 in the data.

Consuming Corruption costs {B}{B}. It deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control. A two-mana instant that is removal and life gain in a deck full of Swamps.

Unstable Obelisk is a three-mana rock that can later destroy a permanent for {7}. It scores 11 in the data.

Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted is a {3}{B}{B} planeswalker. Whenever an opponent draws a card, it deals 1 damage to that player, and its -2 destroys target creature and its controller draws two cards. A five-mana planeswalker that pings every draw and kills a creature.

Swiftfoot Boots is a two-mana Equipment that gives hexproof and haste. It scores 6 in the data.

Reiver Demon is a 6/6 Demon for {4}{B}{B}{B}{B} with flying. When it enters, if you cast it from your hand, it destroys all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. An eight-drop Demon that wipes every nonblack creature.