mtg ob nixilis commander deck Direction for mono black of the Black Oath 5 Illustrated by Chris Rahn. MTG Commander/EDH Deck Tech 2025

Its safe to assume that characters can still be challenged, banished or otherwise impacted by opposing cards

The Verdict I called 2/4 of these cards, though neither Corrupted Conviction nor Traumatic Revelation have been terrible

While a lot of the older cards and expansions have been phased out of Standard play as part of the format's rotation, theres still a lot to take in - especially when it comes to how to build a Magic: The Gathering deck - and I shied away from trying the game for the longest time as a result

4 Ahoy Mateys Whats Yours Is Mine All four of the Commander decks from Lost Caverns of Ixalan are designed around a theme, and Ahoy Mateys is all about Pirates

Since theres a heavy sacrifice theme in the deck too, there are plenty of ways to capitalize on them, like Bastion of Remembrance to drain your opponents of life and Pitiless Plunderer to ramp you up in mana

That costs five, has echo 5, flies and has protection from Black