The downside here is you dont get to shuffle whats on top like in blue - you can however, target any player in the game
Last updated on June 19, 2026 Necropotence | Illustration by Dave Kendall Although card draw is theoretically only a secondary part of black's color pie, there are enough powerful black card draw effects that some might be welcome in your 99 of your Commander deck even when paired with the card draw powerhouses (blue and green)
Lots of stuff would die to your Fire Imp that they had cast on turns 1 or 2, so you could stamp out stuff like Soul Warden, Birds of Paradise, Priest of Titania, and more
The engine thats going to make this deck hum is being able to move counters around or remove them for added effect
Theres not much to say about Hour of Devastation that hasnt been said already, but it deserves the hype its gotten so far
Do not put everything counters on multiple basic lands if you can avoid it