Discard

This is a mono-black Commander stax/discard-aristocrats deck built to grind opponents out of cards, creatures, and resources. Its core plan is to force repeated discard and sacrifice through cards like Tourach, Hymn to Tourach, The Raven Man, Braids, Cabal Minion, Death Cloud, and Tergrid, God of Fright, turning symmetrical effects into major advantage.

The deck wins by attrition: stripping hands, sweeping boards, and leveraging sacrifice fodder from Ophiomancer, Endrek Sahr, and Rat makers like Pack Rat, Rat King, Verminister, and Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm. It then closes with big mono-black payoffs such as Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Bolas’s Citadel, Archon of Cruelty, Drain Life, or by stealing permanents with Tergrid. Cabal Coffers, Urborg, and Crypt Ghast provide the mana engine to power expensive spells and devastating late-game turns.