Mono black infect

60 cards, 0 sideboard
4 Buried Ruin
20 Swamp
24 lands

4 Phyrexian Crusader
4 Toxic Nim
3 Hand of the Praetors
2 Plague Myr
4 Ichorclaw Myr
4 Skithiryx, the blight dragon

3 Consume Spirit
2 Black Sun's Zenith
2 Throne of Geth
4 Doom Blade
4 Go for the Throat

What do you think?

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I would add a forest splash cause there are lots of good forest cards with infect like Phyrexian Hydra or Tangle Angler or some artifact creatures with infect like Core Prowler or Corpse Cur

To save yourself destroying creatures, could you swap your Throne of Geth for Contagion Clasp?

To save yourself destroying creatures, could you swap your Throne of Geth for Contagion Clasp?

Or toss in Ichor Wellspring and/or Mycosynth Wellspring to sac.  The Clasp is good as well.

I've done g/b infect before and it wasn't as effective. The creature sac is useful because I normally don't use it until I have Skithiryx, crusader, and hand of the praetors out.. But I could sideboard the thrones and put clasps in.. Any ideas for a sideboard?

Geth's Verdict and Grim Affliction would be good for infect side board.

Thanks

Take out throne of geth, use some forests and run stuff like mutagenic growth and the vines of vastwood 2.0 from innastrad

Mutagenic growth is phyrexian mana so I don't need to run forests for them since they just cost 2 life and walls aren't useful enough in the deck since I can remove just about anything they throw at me. But I do intend to take out the thrones

Oh, having four copies of one legendary creature may not be the best idea

Oh, having four copies of one legendary creature may not be the best idea

Maybe, but when it's in play it has a giant bullseye all over it.  I wouldn't be upset drawing another one, unless the first one is stuck under a Pacifism or something.

Oh boy! Everyone is just rushing to pacify your skithirix! If u play another one, they both die! (srsly tho, you don't really need him to win, drawing multiple in one hand is a headache)

Oh boy! Everyone is just rushing to pacify your skithirix! If u play another one, they both die! (srsly tho, you don't really need him to win, drawing multiple in one hand is a headache)

Wow! And here I thought I was the only one who knew about sarcasm. Ouch!  Oh of course you don't need it to win, but if you've already given your opponent at least two poision counters then if they don't deal with the dragon they're dead in two.

I'm so glad everyone wants to pacify the dragon :p there have been times with this deck where I won with hand of the praetors and 4 ichorclaw myrs. Besides Skithiryx is normally a late game play who gets the final poison counters in

Here's what you need to build a truly competitive mono black infect-
Drop 4 toxic nim for four plague stinger.
Drop 2 skittles and the 2 plague myr for 4 whispering specter. It's a very strong card.
2 black sun zenith is definitely the perfect amount (:
Drop the thrones and miscellaneous stuff, use 2 contagion clasps and 4 lashwrithe. Lashwrithe is among the best cards in the deck. Drop buried ruin for inkmoth nexus. Consider virulent wound keeping in mind you don't have to kill the creature with the spell, you can use it to ensure extra poison.
At least 2 trigon of rage.
Trust me, this is the best direction for mono black infect.