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Combo Name: Black is Handicapped Submitted By: Ephemerance
Card Name
Type
Cost
P/T
Editions (ordered by release)

Gate to Phyrexia
 Enchantment BB Antiquities, Uncommon

Curse Artifact
 Enchant Art 2BB The Dark, Uncommon

Timmerian Fiends
 Summon Fiends 1BB 1/1 Homelands, Uncommon

Braids, Cabal Minion
 Creature - Minion Legend 2BB 2/2 Odyssey, Rare

Phyrexian Tribute
 Sorcery 2B Mirage, Rare
Estimated Combo Cost: $10.46
Date Posted: Wed Mar/02/11 at 1:55 am

Ephemerance
Posts: 913
Joined: 18-Jun-09

If you are playing mono-black, these are the only black cards that can remove artifacts (of the non-creature variety of course) - most of which don't target and one is banned even from vintage. There are currently no mono-black cards that can remove enchantments (Quagmire Druid has a green activation cost).

Am I mistaken?
Date Posted: Wed Mar/02/11 at 5:18am

Zark-the-Damned
Posts: 523
Joined: 24-Feb-10

You're not mistaken. Black has trouble dealing with artifacts and enchantments - it is part of black's flavour though (i.e. it's intentional).

Red also has trouble with Enchantments, Blue has trouble with Artifacts (short of bounce).
Date Posted: Wed Mar/02/11 at 2:20pm

Ephemerance
Posts: 913
Joined: 18-Jun-09

Blue can bounce it back to someone's hand and flush it out with Wistful Thinking and the like. Or, you could use Steal Artifact to gain control of an opponent's troubling contraption. Blue ultimately can take care of any kind of permanent - and so can white and green.

Liquimetal Coating can turn anything into an artifact and then all you need is a shatter or any of the numerous red artifact destroyers and wala, red can take care of any kind of permanent as well.

Black can use the liquidmetal coating and destroy it as an artifact, but unless you have phrexian tribute or gate to phyrexia - and a stockpile of creatures to throw away - you're at such a disadvantage.

Coming to think of it, I kind of like the idea of building a black deck that uses phrexian tribute and liquidmetal coating, haha. Horribly inefficient, but it might catch people off guard.
Date Posted: Wed Mar/02/11 at 7:37pm

Seregthol
Posts: 115
Joined: 21-Feb-11

Artifact destruction isn't one of Black's strong areas.
Date Posted: Thu Mar/03/11 at 3:33am

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

but black makes up for it in other areas...
Date Posted: Thu Mar/03/11 at 2:10pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

I'm surprised they haven't made more yet



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