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5 best Black Magic The Gathering cards for Dominaria United s Limited format

By Jason Parker Modified 01 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share The grave is no bar to the call of Black spells in Magic: The Gathering (Image via Wizards of the Coast) In Magic: The Gathering, Black as a color is dominated by strategies of graveyard retrieval and removal. It’s generally paired with skeletons, zombies, horrors, and other monstrosities. In Dominaria United, Magic: The Gathering’s latest expansion, this trend certainly seems to have continued. As always, Black has quite a few colors it synergizes well with, especially in the Limited format. Whether it’s removing creatures from the board, or dragging them back into existence, Black is going to likely be a powerful color in both the Limited and Standard formats for Magic: The Gathering players in this expansion.

Black cards in Magic The Gathering offer significant value to Limited players

One of the most popular combinations for Black is the Black/Blue control partnership (Dimir), but control is seldom successful in Limited. This is when it's compared to more aggressive decks at any rate. That said, Black’s card removal - discard and creature destruction - will possibly be quite useful. When it comes to Limited, Black/Red and Black/Green will be especially powerful, as will Black/White. It may also be possible to see success with White/Black/Red, a Defender deck built with Glibbering Barricade. White/Black: Sacrifice/Drain synergyBlack/Red: Aggro/SacrificeBlue/Black: ControlBlack/Green: Graveyard retrieval While there are plenty of great low-cost, high-value cards in Black, here are some of the best Magic: The Gathering cards to keep an eye out for. Fortunately, it’s not an exhaustive list of commons and uncommons as there are plenty of other choices that players could find useful.

1 Cult Conscript Creature

It just keeps coming back again and again (Image via Wizards of the Coast) A common trope for Skeletons is that they have high power and low toughness. This 2 power, 1 toughness creature comes into play tapped, but only costs 1 mana, making it an excellent turn 1 drop. It can be returned from the graveyard to your battlefield for 2 mana, only if a non-Skeleton creature you control died this turn. Dahllia, the Flame Chained@Dah11ia_Cards that I'm most excited about for the sac archetype in pioneer from DMU:

1. Cult Conscript

This is the best gutterbones type card pioneer has seen for the cat/oven decks.

Can be brought into play at instant speed and is a great value target for fable sacs.4Cards that I'm most excited about for the sac archetype in pioneer from DMU:1. Cult ConscriptThis is the best gutterbones type card pioneer has seen for the cat/oven decks.Can be brought into play at instant speed and is a great value target for fable sacs. https://t.co/UkaXZyxI7X This makes it a very ideal creature to play, and it’s not a very rare mechanic for skeletons. In that regard, Cult Conscript is an excellent card to sacrifice, because you can just bring it back whenever you need it to return. Just sacrifice a non-Skeleton, and if you have 2 free mana, it’s back, and ready to be sacrificed again!

2 Cut Down Instant

Strong removal in Magic: The Gathering? More likely than you'd think (Image via Wizards of the Coast) Players in Limited will constantly be on the lookout for useful, potentially powerful creature removal. At Instant speed, this is going to be incredibly useful, but it’s got a bit of a caveat. Cut Down destroys a target creature with a total power and toughness of 5 or less. Since most of the creatures players will likely see in Limited are around this total, it’s going to be a very in-demand 1-cost removal option. Essentially, it’s an easy-to-understand card in Magic: The Gathering that packs some serious power.

3 Braids s Frightful Return Saga - Enchantment

Every chapter of this Saga is potent and useful (Image via Wizards of the Coast) A powerful caster for the Cabal on Dominaria, Braids is a well-known lore figure in Magic: The Gathering. She’s also incredibly mad, making her moderately unstable, at least for the purpose of lore. This new Saga also features “Read Ahead”, which is a brand new mechanic for Dominaria United. Players can skip ahead to start on whichever chapter of this Saga they’d like, but they do not gain the use of abilities they passed up. This new enchantment does the following: Chapter 1: You may sacrifice a creature. If you do, each opponent discards a card.Chapter 2: Return a target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.Chapter 3: Target opponent may sacrifice a nonland, nontoken permanent. If they don’t, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Dean Commander Sealed Rochester@GrubFellowBraids's Frightful Return.

I am so here for this.132Braids's Frightful Return.I am so here for this. https://t.co/DdLlXLRk4X As seen above, it's clearly a potent card. It simultaneously offers discard, a sacrifice engine, returns a card of yours to your hand, and is a potential sacrifice for the other player. Since it also specifies nonland, nontoken, players can’t simply cheese out something relatively unimportant. This is going to be an amazing card, especially for 3 mana.

4 Urborg Repossession Sorcery

This particular card has various uses (Image via Wizards of the Coast) As previously stated, one of the best parts of splashing Black into your Magic: The Gathering decks is graveyard retrieval. Urborg Repossession is one of those cards, and is a fantastic card for Black/Green decks. For 1 mana, this Sorcery allows you to return a creature card from your graveyard and put it in your hand while you gain 2 life. If you pay the Kicker of 2 mana (1 green), return another permanent card from your graveyard back to your hand. Emma Partlow Charlotte, NC@emmmzyne@Wizards_MagicEU Next is Urborg Repossession, an amazing Raise Dead effect at common. The ability to return a creature AND permanent card to your hand for three mana is absurd. Extremely Pauper and Commander viable, excited to play with the card.

And yeah, it's going in my Cube.

#MTGDMU735@Wizards_MagicEU Next is Urborg Repossession, an amazing Raise Dead effect at common. The ability to return a creature AND permanent card to your hand for three mana is absurd. Extremely Pauper and Commander viable, excited to play with the card. And yeah, it's going in my Cube. #MTGDMU https://t.co/kCCkJU7Abb This is especially convenient, as the Kicker allows you to pull any permanent from your graveyard, be it Enchantment, Artifact, or Land. It’s a useful card in sacrifice decks as well as retrieval shenanigans decks. It could also be used in three-color decks to really put some power down. For just 1 base mana, this card is a great choice.

5 Splatter Goblin

Even in death, this goblin is valuable (Image via Wizards of the Coast) Splatter Goblin represents yet another Magic: The Gathering trope for Black creatures. When it dies, it debuffs a creature that your opponent controls. It’s an incredibly aggressive creature with a low mana cost and high value. Bace, Academy Loremaster@BaseJeleren“For some, perfection is but a single moment when form and purpose converge.”
—Rona. Splatter Goblin, art by Lars Grant-West! #MTGDominaria1“For some, perfection is but a single moment when form and purpose converge.” —Rona. Splatter Goblin, art by Lars Grant-West! #MTGDominaria https://t.co/amMtRIJF8Y If your opponent has low-health creatures, they’re less likely to block this 2 power, 1 toughness Goblin. If he dies, he will give a creature -1/-1 until the end of the turn, making it significantly more dangerous. It can also be sacrificed to trigger that -1/-1, and be brought back for further trickery, say, with Urborg Repossession. Dominaria United’s Black cards are looking especially powerful in Magic: The Gathering. There are plenty of amazing cards in this expansion, and this is just a sampling of great Limited/Draft options. This latest Magic: The Gathering expansion releases digitally on September 1, and in physical storefronts on September 9, 2022. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Atul S × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout No Results Found Get the free App now Manage notifications Popular ‍ Sports (30+) CricketCricket HomeScheduleT20 World CupT20 warm upIND vs SAENG vs PAKAUS vs ENGLegends LeagueECS T10 CroatiaWBBL 2022ECC T10SMAT 2022Bukhatir LeagueNZ T20 Tri-SeriesWomen's Asia Cup 2022ECT10 FootballFootball HomeNewslettersSK Experts ScheduleEPLNations LeagueLa LigaLigue 1Champions LeagueFIFA WCMLS Bundesliga Serie A WWEWWE HomeNewslettersRumor RoundupRAWSmackDownResultsRosterChampionsWWE Crown Jewel 2022PPV ScheduleAEW EsportsEsports HomeMinecraftOverwatch 2RobloxGenshin ImpactFortniteGTAStreamersFree FirePUBGValorantBGMIPop CultureAnimeGaming TechWiki Guides TennisTennis HomeTennis calendarTennis Results TodayATP RankingsWTA RankingsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak DjokovicSerena Williams MMAMMA HomeUFC NewsONE ChampionshipUFC Fight NightScheduleRankingsResultsUFC Fights TonightONE Championship ResultsONE Championship ScheduleONE Championship Rankings KabaddiKabaddi HomePKL 2022PKL SchedulePKL Points TableKabaddi Rules WikiWiki HomeMinecraft WikiNaruto WikiTikTok WikiYoutube WikiGTA WikiTerraria WikiOne Piece Wiki MoreSportsBasketballIndian FootballNFLMinecraftFormula 1NascarPop CultureCollege FootballHockeyGolfAthleticsBadmintonGymnasticsWrestlingSwimmingTennisShootingBoxingArcheryWinter SportsRobloxFree PicksSkateboardingKho KhoLifestyle LINKS About Us Write For Us Policies Editorial Standards Journalism Awards Fact Check Affiliate Program Careers CSR Privacy Policy Contact Us Edition: English हिन्दी