Introduction
This deck was part of the original decks made for the club. The deck-list came Card Kingdom as part of their Battle Decks, and were chosen for their variety of abilities, lower cost and easier to understand strategies. If you want to find some other lists they have been compiled here.
Key Strategy
The key strategy for the deck is to get lots of black permanents into play that have lots of black mana symbols, to get your devotion to black up, and then make your opponent lose lots of life with Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
Underworld Dreams is great as it provides 3 devotion, and makes your opponent lose life whenever they draw cards. In a pinch it can be combined with Sign in Blood, normally used to target yourself, you can target your opponent, to make them lose 2 life with the Sign's effect, and then 2 more with Underworld Dreams.
Dread Shade is also great as it also provides 3 devotion, and can be buffed in combat to make use of the extra mana you might accumulate throughout the game. Obviously the best card in the deck is Gray Merchant of Asphodel and can often make the opponent lose 10 life or more, and you gaining as much.
Key Cards
Cards to look for in the opening hand