New Designs for Black Ramp in Commander! | Trading Resources for Mana
17This week Nathan explores new design space for black within the Commander format by discussing ways that the color could generate lands while maintaining the flavor of its color pie. Currently, black has access to rituals, mana doublers, treasures, and tutors for busted lands, but should it be allowed to ramp lands onto the battlefield? Would you be interested in seeing any of these showcased designs printed into Commander? Let me know in the comments!
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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:50 Channel Support
00:01:49 One Piece Design Inspirations
00:03:08 Necropotence is Busted
00:03:42 Existing Designs
00:05:49 Design 1
00:07:52 Design 2
00:09:39 Design 3
00:11:24 Design 4
00:14:39 Conclusion
In Magic: The Gathering, black is synonymous with sacrifice, ambition, and forbidden power, which extend to its mana generation strategies. Within the Commander format, black thrives on its capacity to transform life, creatures, and other resources into an explosive advantage.
Historically, black has wielded cards like Dark Ritual, a classic one-mana spell that generates three black mana, epitomizing the color’s burst-mana ethos. Similarly, cards such as Cabal Coffers and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx showcase black’s mastery over incremental mana growth, leveraging swathes of Swamps or devotion to black to produce game-defining resources.
The Commander format magnifies black's synergies for mana generation. Combining Cabal Coffers with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth creates a powerhouse interaction that turns all lands into Swamps, exponentially boosting mana production. Creatures like Crypt Ghast and Nirkana Revenant double the mana output from Swamps, further enabling explosive plays.
Black also utilizes resource exchange for mana advantage. Phyrexian Altar and Ashnod’s Altar convert creatures into colorless mana, perfect for recursion-focused decks using cards like Reassembling Skeleton or Gravecrawler.
Ultimately, black’s mana generation reflects its core philosophy: harnessing raw power at any cost. In Commander, this potential synergizes well with the format's slower pace and abundant permanents, making black a dominant force in mana economies.
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