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Black Land Loss

Mono-Black Land Destruction

Featured list~$1096Event @ Mansión Markov (Mallorca, Spain)

Overview

"Black Land Loss is a mono-black land-destruction prison deck that strips the opponent's mana and grinds them out. Dark Ritual powers out early Rancid Earth, Rain of Tears, and Icequake to blow up lands, Braids, Cabal Minion forces ongoing sacrifices, and Smother plus Phyrexian Arena handle creatures and refuel."

Game Plan

Use Dark Ritual to deploy land destruction and Braids, Cabal Minion ahead of curve, lock the opponent off mana, and bury them with Phyrexian Arena card advantage and incremental damage.

Key Cards

Core engine & flex

Wasteland

$55.69

TCG MP CK

Rancid Earth

$0.25

TCG MP CK

Dark Ritual

$5.26

TCG MP CK

Rain of Tears

$0.35

TCG MP CK

Signature

Braids, Cabal Minion

$5.12

TCG MP CK

Smother

$4.10

TCG MP CK

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Event @ Mansión Markov (Mallorca, Spain)

1st PlaceMay 3, 2026

Micky Ramon

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Micky Ramon

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$841

Creature (6)

$27.54

4Braids, Cabal Minion

$20.482BB

2Grinning Demon

$7.062BB

Instant (5)

$24.96

4Dark Ritual

$21.04B

1Skeletal Scrying

$3.92XB

Sorcery (20)

$8.20

$1.16B

$2.361BB

$2.28B

$1.401BB

$1.001BB

Artifact (6)

$168

2Smokestack

$21.584

4Tangle Wire

$1463

Land (23)

$612

4Rishadan Port

$383

15Swamp

$6.15

4Wasteland

$223

Sideboard (15)

$255

$68.242

$1401BB

$24.272B

$0.801BB

$22.143B

Est. Total$1096

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Premodern League 2026-02-10 (Premodern)

1st PlaceFeb 10, 2026

Trius

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Trius

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$925

Creature (6)

$25.95

3Braids, Cabal Minion

$15.362BB

3Grinning Demon

$10.592BB

Instant (8)

$33.98

4Dark Ritual

$21.04B

2Contagion

$4.743BB

2Smother

$8.201B

Sorcery (18)

$20.70

$14.80B

$2.361BB

$1.401BB

$1.001BB

$1.14B

Artifact (2)

$152

2Powder Keg

$1522

Enchantment (3)

$61.98

3Phyrexian Arena

$61.981BB

Land (23)

$631

13Swamp

$5.33

4Rishadan Port

$383

4Wasteland

$223

2Mishra's Factory

$19.12

Sideboard (15)

$44.16

$6.002B

$24.272B

$1.623

$0.28BB

$3.060

$4.101B

$4.83B

Est. Total$969

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Liga Pudraiser Mallorca - Jornada 3 @ Mallorca (Spain)

1st PlaceDec 14, 2025

Micky Ramon

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Micky Ramon

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$836

Creature (6)

$24.40

3Braids, Cabal Minion

$15.362BB

2Grinning Demon

$7.062BB

1Plague Spitter

$1.982B

Instant (11)

$47.47

$7.113BB

$21.04B

$7.84XB

$4.101B

$7.383B

Sorcery (16)

$5.92

$1.16B

$2.361BB

$1.401BB

$1.001BB

Artifact (4)

$146

4Tangle Wire

$1463

Land (23)

$612

4Rishadan Port

$383

15Swamp

$6.15

4Wasteland

$223

Sideboard (15)

$305

$1861BB

$32.362B

$1.882B

$75.962

$0.914BB

$7.770

Est. Total$1141

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Archetype Anatomy

Based on 28 decks with known dates2021-05-30 to 2026-06-07

Mana Base

Average22.9lands

Median23lands

Range20–26lands

Spells37.1avg non-land

Based on 28 decks (All-time)

core Cards(>80%)

Rancid Earth

93%

3.8x

Wasteland

93%

3.6x

Dark Ritual

86%

3.9x

Rain of Tears

82%

3.4x

flex Cards(30-80%)

Braids, Cabal Minion

79%

2.9x

Icequake

75%

3.5x

Smother

68%

1.9x

Duress

64%

3.7x

Rishadan Port

54%

3.8x

Phyrexian Arena

54%

2.6x

Innocent Blood

50%

2.8x

Skeletal Scrying

50%

1.9x

Diabolic Edict

50%

1.9x

Contagion

43%

1.8x

Mishra's Factory

36%

3.2x

Choking Sands

32%

2.7x

fringe Cards(<30%)

Grinning Demon

29%

2.6x

Powder Keg

29%

1.9x

Phyrexian Scuta

25%

3.7x

Encroach

21%

3.3x

Mutilate

21%

3.2x

Plague Spitter

21%

2.0x

Haunting Echoes

21%

1.5x

Hypnotic Specter

18%

4.0x

Black Vise

18%

3.0x

Tangle Wire

14%

4.0x

Drain Life

14%

2.3x

Cursed Scroll

14%

1.8x

Infest

14%

1.5x

Snuff Out

14%

1.0x

Corrupt

11%

3.7x

Mox Diamond

11%

2.3x

Cabal Ritual

11%

2.0x

Chainer's Edict

11%

2.0x

Nevinyrral's Disk

11%

2.0x

Rhystic Tutor

11%

1.7x

Thawing Glaciers

11%

1.7x

Skittering Skirge

11%

1.3x

Dust Bowl

11%

1.0x

Graveborn Muse

11%

1.0x

10.0x

4.0x

3.5x

3.0x

3.0x

2.5x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

1.5x

1.5x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

Accumulated Knowledge

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

Sideboard Anatomy

core Sideboard Options(>80%)

Engineered Plague

81.2%

2.8x

flex Sideboard Options(30-80%)

Gloom

45.4%

2.7x

Spinning Darkness

43.9%

1.6x

Tormod'S Crypt

43.5%

2.1x

Dystopia

39.6%

2.8x

Perish

32.6%

2.1x

fringe Sideboard Options(<30%)

Planar Void

29.5%

1.9x

Black Vise

23.9%

2.3x

Smother

20.8%

1.7x

Powder Keg

20.2%

1.0x

Infest

18.9%

1.7x

Zuran Orb

18.9%

1.0x

Bottle Gnomes

16.2%

3.0x

Nevinyrral'S Disk

15.6%

2.1x

Withered Wretch

15.4%

2.0x

Duress

13%

3.0x

Phyrexian Furnace

12.2%

1.7x

Cursed Totem

12%

1.3x

Phyrexian Negator

11.4%

2.0x

Drain Life

10.9%

1.3x

Snuff Out

8.8%

2.5x

Rhystic Syphon

8.2%

2.0x

Exalted Angel

8.2%

1.5x

Caltrops

2.0x

Vicious Hunger

2.0x

Braids, Cabal Minion

4.8%

1.4x

Cabal Therapy

4.8%

2.8x

Persecute

4.5%

1.0x

Tranquil Domain

4.5%

2.0x

Oath Of Druids

4.5%

4.0x

Ravenous Baloth

4.5%

1.0x

Phantom Nishoba

4.5%

1.0x

Bane Of The Living

4.5%

1.0x

Gravestorm

4.4%

2.0x

Mutilate

4.4%

1.0x

Contagion

4.3%

2.0x

Evincar'S Justice

4.3%

1.0x

Defense Grid

4.3%

4.0x

Addle

4.2%

3.0x

Masticore

4.2%

1.0x

Withering Wisps

4.2%

2.0x

Innocent Blood

4.2%

1.0x

Enlightened Tutor

4.2%

1.0x

Visara The Dreadful

1.0x

Wall Of Souls

3.0x

Chill

3.0x

Funeral Charm

2.0x

Phyrexian Scuta

1.0x

Ihsan'S Shade

1.0x

Contamination

3.8%

4.0x

Nether Spirit

3.8%

4.0x

Vindicate

3.6%

4.0x

Caves Of Koilos

3.6%

3.0x

Tainted Field

3.6%

1.0x

Cursed Scroll

3.6%

1.0x

Slithery Stalker

3.1%

2.0x

Choking Sands

3.1%

4.0x

Tsabo'S Web

2.3%

2.0x

Zombie Infestation

2.3%

3.0x

Massacre

1.7%

1.0x

Haunting Echoes

1.6%

2.0x

Recent Events Featuring this Archetype

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2026-06-03•Italy•21 Players

Highest Finish: 5th

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Greece Nationals 2026 @ Athens (Greece)

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Event @ Mansión Markov (Mallorca, Spain)

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Highest Finish: 1st

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Quick Facts

Tierrogue

Styleprison

Meta Share0.1%

Avg Lands22.9

Est. Price~$1096

Colors

Deck Weaknesses

Braids, Cabal Minion is symmetric and can hurt you if you fall behind on board.
Against fast aggro, spending early turns blowing up lands can leave you dead on board.
Phyrexian Arena and Dark Ritual life loss add up against burn or evasive clocks.
Decks with cheap, mana — light threats can function through the land destruction.

How to win with it

Mulligan any hand that cannot cast a turn-one Dark Ritual or a turn-two land destruction spell without it: a keepable hand needs at least one Dark Ritual plus one of Rancid Earth, Rain of Tears, Icequake, or Choking Sands and two or three Swamps, while hands stuffed with land destruction but no accelerant are keeps only if they also contain a follow-up engine like Braids, Cabal Minion or Phyrexian Arena.
The dream draw is Dark Ritual into Rancid Earth or Rain of Tears on turn one, a second land destruction spell on turn two, then Braids, Cabal Minion on turn three while the opponent sits on one or zero lands: from there Braids, Cabal Minion taxes a land every upkeep that they cannot replace while you keep deploying normally, turning a symmetric sacrifice into a one-sided lock.
Sequence land destruction to strand spells, not to trade evenly: lead Dark Ritual into Icequake to blow up whichever land produces the most colors or feeds acceleration, and save Choking Sands for their nonbasic lands since it can only target nonbasics, so you keep them off their second or third mana and leave key spells dead in hand.
Hold Smother and Diabolic Edict instead of spending them on the first creature you see: Smother only kills a creature of converted mana cost three or less and Diabolic Edict makes them sacrifice a creature of their choice, so banking both means you still have an answer for the threat that would otherwise outrun the lock once Braids, Cabal Minion is online.
When the fast lock does not assemble, grind with Duress into Phyrexian Arena: strip their best disruptive noncreature spell with Duress, then resolve Phyrexian Arena so every upkeep feeds you another land destruction spell faster than they rebuild, and fire Skeletal Scrying as a one-shot refill when Phyrexian Arena is not in hand and you need lock pieces immediately.
Charge Powder Keg as your answer to permanents Smother and Diabolic Edict cannot reach: let fuse counters accumulate to the converted mana cost you actually need to clear rather than cracking it early, then detonate and follow with Braids, Cabal Minion or Contagion to keep their board empty while you reassemble the mana denial.

How to beat it

Apply early pressure with cheap creatures that operate under their land destruction.
Exploit Braids, Cabal Minion's symmetry by keeping a board they cannot afford to mirror.
Punish their life loss from Phyrexian Arena and Dark Ritual with burn or a fast clock.
Keep extra lands and low-curve spells so a Rain of Tears or Icequake does not strand you.
Kill or pressure them before Braids and repeated land destruction lock the game up.

Last Updated: May 2026