“Black Magic v1.5” a type 2 Mono-Black control deck by: Deathwing Creatures: 0 Spells: 40 Removal: 20 4 Innocent Blood 4 Chainer’s Edict 4 Ghastly Demise 4 Dark Banishing 2 Swat 2 Mutilate Damage: 12 4 Soul Feast 4 Corrupt 4 Morbid Hunger Other: 8 4 Duress 4 Mind Sludge Land: 24 Basic Land: 20 20 Swamp Non-basic Land: 4 4 Cabal Coffers Total: 64 To win with this deck you basically have to wipe their creatures off the board with the removal and use the damage spells to finish them off. A good side board for this deck would use 2 CoP for each color, 4 Tainted Fields, and 1 Ray of Revelation (for Solitary Confinement decks). You shouldn’t lose to any kinds of deck. But decks playing mainly Akroma, you might lose the first game. Just side out 4 swamps for 4 Tainted Fields, then 2 Swats for 2 CoP: White and you can’t be touched. Blue control decks also give this deck a hard time, but if you can out-cast them you can win. If there is anything to exchange cards for, it would be Swat for Mutilate. That’s about it. You can reach me at 666Deathwing666@pbreview.com for ideas, compliments, or whatever. l8r