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Mono-Black Aristocrats

Mono-Black Aristocrats is 0.1% of the Standard metagame over the last 30 days, with 2 results in the last 60 days. Updated October 20, 2026.

Average main deck

• 20 Swamp
• 4 Infestation Sage
• 4 Bloodghast (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Rankle's Prank (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Deadly Precision (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Darklight Phoenix (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Greedy Freebooter (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Desperate Measures (in 50% of lists)
• 4 The Sackville-Bagginses (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Winter, Tormented Loner (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Eaten Alive (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Virus Beetle (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Canyon Crawler (in 50% of lists)
• 4 Intimidation Tactics (in 50% of lists)
• 3 Dai Li Indoctrination (in 50% of lists)
• 3 Down, Down to Goblin-town (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Realm of Koh (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Bitter Triumph (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Callous Inspector (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Zombify (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Worthy Cost (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Ozai's Cruelty (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Seeker's Folly (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Vampire Nighthawk (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Decode Transmissions (in 50% of lists)
• 1 Send in the Pest (in 50% of lists)

Sideboard

• 4 Duress (in 50% of lists)
• 3 Strategic Betrayal (in 50% of lists)
• 3 Hero's Downfall (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Requiting Hex (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Super Shredder (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Terminal Criticism (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Large Bear (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Reverent Howl (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Agents of HYDRA (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Fire Navy Trebuchet (in 50% of lists)
• 2 Pretending Poxbearers (in 50% of lists)
• 1 Multiply by Zero (in 50% of lists)
• 1 Shambling Cie'th (in 50% of lists)

Recent results

• Top 16 · Carmichael at Standard Artisan Cup - October 2026, 2026-10-13 (paper)
• Top 32 · DB_claudioh at Standard Challenge 16, 2026-09-29 (MTGO)

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