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Mono Black

Mono Black is 5.9% of the Premodern metagame over the last 30 days, with 97 results in the last 60 days. Updated October 20, 2026.

Average main deck

• 16 Swamp
• 4 Duress
• 4 Hypnotic Specter
• 4 Cabal Therapy (in 98% of lists)
• 4 Dark Ritual (in 97% of lists)
• 4 Mishra's Factory (in 96% of lists)
• 4 Withered Wretch (in 95% of lists)
• 2 Smother (in 95% of lists)
• 2 Diabolic Edict (in 95% of lists)
• 2 Graveborn Muse (in 93% of lists)
• 4 Ravenous Rats (in 92% of lists)
• 2 Cursed Scroll (in 89% of lists)
• 3 Wasteland (in 87% of lists)
• 3 Nantuko Shade (in 82% of lists)
• 1 Snuff Out (in 71% of lists)
• 2 Knight of Stromgald (in 26% of lists)
• 2 Phyrexian Arena (in 25% of lists)
• 1 Plaguebearer (in 25% of lists)
• 1 Masticore (in 20% of lists)
• 1 Chainer's Edict (in 20% of lists)
• 1 Spawning Pool (in 12% of lists)
• 1 Contagion (in 11% of lists)
• 4 Bloodstained Mire (in 10% of lists)
• 1 Vendetta (in 9% of lists)
• 4 Urza's Bauble (in 8% of lists)
• 2 Funeral Charm (in 7% of lists)
• 3 Black Knight (in 6% of lists)
• 1 Cabal Pit (in 6% of lists)
• 1 Bane of the Living (in 6% of lists)
• 4 Lightning Bolt (in 5% of lists)
• 4 Sulfurous Springs (in 5% of lists)
• 3 Terminate (in 5% of lists)
• 3 Mountain (in 5% of lists)
• 2 Grim Lavamancer (in 5% of lists)
• 1 Skeletal Scrying (in 5% of lists)
• 3 Lavaborn Muse (in 4% of lists)
• 2 The Rack (in 4% of lists)
• 4 Rotting Giant (in 3% of lists)
• 3 Barren Moor (in 3% of lists)
• 2 Tainted Peak (in 3% of lists)
• 1 Spinning Darkness (in 3% of lists)
• 3 Winter Orb (in 2% of lists)
• 3 Defense Grid (in 2% of lists)
• 3 Skittering Skirge (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Powder Keg (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Phyrexian Furnace (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Hatred (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Bad Moon (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Dust Bowl (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Drain Life (in 2% of lists)
• 1 Grinning Demon (in 2% of lists)
• 1 Ascendant Evincar (in 2% of lists)
• 3 Polluted Delta (in 1% of lists)
• 3 Gravestorm (in 1% of lists)
• 2 Skittering Horror (in 1% of lists)
• 2 Unearth (in 1% of lists)
• 2 Chain of Smog (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Volrath's Stronghold (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Thrashing Wumpus (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Undead Gladiator (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Stupor (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Blackmail (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Rishadan Port (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Eradicate (in 1% of lists)

Sideboard

• 4 Engineered Plague
• 3 Dystopia (in 98% of lists)
• 3 Gloom (in 81% of lists)
• 1 Drain Life (in 63% of lists)
• 1 Powder Keg (in 49% of lists)
• 1 Tormod's Crypt (in 37% of lists)
• 1 Cursed Scroll (in 37% of lists)
• 1 Spinning Darkness (in 36% of lists)
• 1 Plaguebearer (in 26% of lists)
• 1 Perish (in 23% of lists)
• 1 Vendetta (in 23% of lists)
• 1 Diabolic Edict (in 20% of lists)
• 2 Withered Wretch (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Phyrexian Furnace (in 12% of lists)
• 1 Contagion (in 12% of lists)
• 1 Snuff Out (in 12% of lists)
• 1 Graveborn Muse (in 11% of lists)
• 1 Haunting Echoes (in 10% of lists)
• 1 Masticore (in 9% of lists)
• 1 Phyrexian Negator (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Smother (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Phyrexian Arena (in 7% of lists)
• 1 Cabal Therapy (in 6% of lists)
• 2 Bottle Gnomes (in 5% of lists)
• 3 Pox (in 4% of lists)
• 3 Red Elemental Blast (in 4% of lists)
• 2 Overload (in 4% of lists)
• 2 Pyroblast (in 3% of lists)
• 1 Plague Spitter (in 3% of lists)
• 1 Cursed Totem (in 3% of lists)
• 1 Bane of the Living (in 3% of lists)
• 1 Wasteland (in 3% of lists)
• 2 Massacre (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Flesh Reaver (in 2% of lists)
• 1 Squee's Toy (in 2% of lists)
• 1 Soul Rend (in 2% of lists)
• 1 Planar Void (in 2% of lists)
• 1 Thrashing Wumpus (in 2% of lists)
• 2 Vicious Hunger (in 1% of lists)
• 2 Tsabo's Web (in 1% of lists)
• 2 Unmask (in 1% of lists)
• 2 Nevinyrral's Disk (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Grinning Demon (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Chainer's Edict (in 1% of lists)
• 1 Skeletal Scrying (in 1% of lists)

Recent results

• Top 8 · olbeda at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-18 (MTGO)
• Top 8 · Rianhigurashi at Premodern CWB 1K, 2026-10-18 (paper)
• Top 16 · fodosco at Premodern CWB 1K, 2026-10-18 (paper)
• Top 16 · TheGenz at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-18 (MTGO)
• Top 16 · romanboy at Premodern CWB 1K, 2026-10-18 (paper)
• Top 32 · Antarctica at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-18 (MTGO)
• Top 4 · Sandro Pastor at Road to Nationals - Pré Modern, 2026-10-17 (paper)
• Top 8 · Juan Loyola at Expert level III, 2026-10-17 (paper)
• Top 16 · Rúben Gonçalves at Road to Nationals - Pré Modern, 2026-10-17 (paper)
• Top 32 · Omar Javier Said Duran at Expert level III, 2026-10-17 (paper)
• 2nd · Strongmind at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-16 (MTGO)
• Top 16 · Andrea Galbiati at Lega premodern Milano 4/5, 2026-10-16 (paper)
• Top 8 · fazparte at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-13 (MTGO)
• Top 8 · BlackWaldo at SPMCR Monthly PM Burro Singles Oct, 2026-10-13 (paper)
• Top 16 · olbeda at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-13 (MTGO)
• Top 32 · Strongmind at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-13 (MTGO)
• Top 16 · Alex Hanson at Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event, 2026-10-11 (paper)
• Top 4 · TurboChargedOtter at Crab Cup Invitational Qualifier 2026 #10, 2026-10-10 (paper)
• Top 16 · B1vckb1rd at $1K Premodern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Saturday - 9:00 am, 2026-10-10 (paper)
• Top 16 · avonbergen at Crab Cup Invitational Qualifier 2026 #10, 2026-10-10 (paper)
• Top 4 · Daniele Mazzali at Lega premodern Milano 4/4, 2026-10-09 (paper)
• Top 4 · Kizaru_ at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-09 (MTGO)
• Top 4 · Lrkr at $1K Premodern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Friday - 10:30 am, 2026-10-09 (paper)
• Top 16 · Strongmind at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-09 (MTGO)
• Top 16 · Shadowz2005 at Premodern Challenge 16, 2026-10-09 (MTGO)

Spicy tech

• Cabal Pit, played by mrc5590 (1st at ELS - Lega Premodern 2026 - Tappa 1)
• Urza's Bauble, played by mrc5590 (1st at ELS - Lega Premodern 2026 - Tappa 1)
• Dust Bowl, played by Daniele Mazzali (1st at Lega premodern Milano 4/3)
• Bane of the Living, played by Daniele Mazzali (1st at Lega premodern Milano 4/3)
• Thrashing Wumpus, played by Daniele Mazzali (1st at Lega premodern Milano 4/3)
• The Rack, played by Oscar Zamora (2nd at Monthly PM OG Septiembre)
• Terminate, played by Oscar Zamora (2nd at Monthly PM OG Septiembre)
• Lavaborn Muse, played by Oscar Zamora (2nd at Monthly PM OG Septiembre)
• Lightning Bolt, played by Oscar Zamora (2nd at Monthly PM OG Septiembre)
• Grim Lavamancer, played by Oscar Zamora (2nd at Monthly PM OG Septiembre)

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