If you’ve played Cauldron Familiar and Witch’s Oven in previous turns, you can start draining your opponents of life at a faster rate. Turn 3, ideally, you want to have Ayara onto the board.You could also play Witch’s Oven here, but I recommend only doing this against slower decks that don’t play early threats.The Familiar can act as a blocker, it can be recurred, and an early Cauldron Familiar allows you to get a Witch’s Oven out next turn and start the life gain/loss engine. Cauldron Familiar is a good standby in most situations.Diremoon isn’t the best play if you’re up against a deck that will swarm you with 1/1s. If your opponent blocks, then they will lose their creature to Deathtouch and you’ll gain a life (triggering Epicure). Once Epicure is on the board, Diremoon can be a tool to help get another trigger of damage by attacking. Vampire of the Diremoon is a good play against decks that are trying to ramp into large creatures.Its 1/2 body stops early aggression from 1/1s, and it becomes a large threat on Turn 3. Knight of the Ebon Legion is one of the best early plays you can make.Turn 1 - 2, you want to play any of your one-drop creatures.This deck plays out almost like the black version of a Red Burn deck.Deathtouch, cheap creatures, life gain, and recurrable blockers deter aggro.
When in doubt, you have Sorin, Imperious Brood Lord and a Vampire subtheme to rely on. The point of the deck is to gain life as often as possible so you can ping your opponent to death through Epicure. You would think he would just drink the blood instead of using it as a slinky.Īs made popular by MONO BLACK MAGIC, Mono-Black Epicure takes its name from the card Epicure of Blood. These are the winning black decks in the game now. If that sounds like the life for you then Arena has plenty of black decks to choose from. Players who build and pilot black-heavy decks can expect to enjoy the fruits of their creature’s sacrifices while using their murderous powers to bring all of their opponents down. In Magic, Black is the color that represents gaining power at any cost. What are the best Black decks doing? What cards fit into those decks?