Deck guide
Premodern Mono-Black Control Deck Guide
Also known as: MBC · Mono-Black Coffers · Cabal Coffers Control
Mono-Black Control is a Tier 2 control deck in Premodern.
At a glance
Event decklists
Event decklists
No event decklists on file yet — lists are pulled from mtgtop8 PREM and the MTGO Premodern Challenge feed.
Game plan
What Mono-Black Control is trying to do
A mono-black control deck that ramps with Cabal Coffers to fuel Corrupts and Drain Lifes, while Hypnotic Specter, Hymn to Tourach, and Edicts dismantle the opponent's hand and board. It plays as a control deck in Tier 2 of the current Premodern metagame.
Core cards
What defines Mono-Black Control
Sideboarding & matchups
How Mono-Black Control fares
Matchup win-rate data for Mono-Black Control is being compiled.
See the full matchup matrix for head-to-head pairings across the format.
Strategy
How to play Mono-Black Control
A full written primer for Mono-Black Control — mulligan decisions, sequencing, and the sideboard plan — is in progress. The decklists, key cards, and matchup data above are kept current in the meantime.
FAQ
Common questions
- Is Mono-Black Control a good deck in Premodern?
- Mono-Black Control is a Tier 2 deck in Premodern. See its matchup spread and decklists for how it performs.
- What colors is Mono-Black Control?
- Mono-Black Control is a Black deck.
Next steps
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