Sworn To Darkness
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath Commander Deck
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath serves as both a life drain engine and a Demon token factory, using his plus ability to gradually bleed opponents while threatening to generate massive 5/5 flying threats with his minus. The deck leans heavily into a Swamp-matters theme, using mana doublers and scaling effects to fuel large board wipes, life-draining spells, and powerful Demon creatures that punish opponents through forced sacrifices, combat damage, and extort triggers. The deck wins by accumulating life drain advantages through Gray Merchant of Asphodel, extort chains, and combat pressure from a growing army of Demons and tokens, with sacrifice synergies and morbid effects enabling both removal and card advantage along the way.
Decklist
- Skirsdag High Priest
- Nantuko Shade
- Vampire Hexmage
- Burnished Hart
- Flesh Carver
- Crypt Ghast
- Disciple of Bolas
- Evernight Shade
- Abyssal Persecutor
- Nekrataal
- Magus of the Coffers
- Raving Dead
- Shriekmaw
- Bloodgift Demon
- Demon of Wailing Agonies
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
- Ghoulcaller Gisa
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Morkrut Banshee
- Grave Titan
- Phyrexian Gargantua
- Pontiff of Blight
- Reaper from the Abyss
- Butcher of Malakir
- Overseer of the Damned
- Pestilence Demon
- Liliana's Reaver
- Xathrid Demon
- Sign in Blood
- Read the Bones
- Victimize
- Syphon Mind
- Dread Return
- Mutilate
- Infernal Offering
- Aether Snap
- Promise of Power
- Necromantic Selection
- Profane Command
- Dregs of Sorrow
- Black Sun's Zenith
- Spoils of Blood
- Tragic Slip
- Malicious Affliction
- Sudden Spoiling
- Tendrils of Corruption
- Annihilate
- Skeletal Scrying
- Wake the Dead
- Sol Ring
- Charcoal Diamond
- Jet Medallion
- Mind Stone
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Unstable Obelisk
- Worn Powerstone
- Lashwrithe
- Commander's Sphere
- Bad Moon
- Arcane Lighthouse
- Barren Moor
- Bojuka Bog
- Crypt of Agadeem
- Everglades
- Ghost Quarter
- Myriad Landscape
- Polluted Mire
- 8× Swamp
- 8× Swamp
- 8× Swamp
- 8× Swamp