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Erebos, God of the Dead
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) Your opponents can't gain life. {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
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“5/7 indestructible beater that locks lifegain and draws cards for 1B.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage
Reanimator, Aristocrats, Control
Strategy
Erebos is a mono-black control engine that locks opponents out of lifegain while fueling your hand with card draw. Your core gameplan is to reach devotion five (usually through mana rocks, creatures, or utility artifacts) so Erebos becomes a 5/7 indestructible threat, then leverage your card advantage to outvalue everyone else. The lifegain lock is brutal in multiplayer—it shuts down lifegain decks entirely and punishes common strategies like Oloro or Llife Gain focused strategies, letting you grind the table down.
Your wincon is typically commander damage from Erebos itself once it becomes a creature, supplemented by the card advantage letting you sculpt your draws toward bombs or removal. The deck naturally builds around black staples: ramp (Dark Ritual, Cabal Coffers), tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor), and targeted removal (Sphynx's Tutelage, Fleshbag Marauder). You're happy playing a midrange grindfest where you out-resource opponents while Erebos slowly beats them down.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors—use Imp's Mischief and Dress Down as budget removal, and lean on signets/talismans instead of dual lands.
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