Is my mono-black control list really favored vs all premodern decks but trinity green?

[SeekerOfTruth007]

So I calculated that "Landstill" and "trinity green" are the only two decks in the Premodern format which threaten Mono-Black Control consistently. So here is what I've settled on for MBC deck list now.

4 Dark Ritual

4 Phyrexian Arena

4 Hypnotic Specter

4 Nantuko Shade

4 Royal Assassin

4 Ravenous Rats

4 Ring of Gix

4 Duress

4 Hymn to Tourach

4 Diabolic Edict

4 Chainer's Edict

2 Dust Bowl

4 Peat Bog

12 Swamps

Sideboard:

4 Drain Life

4 Nevinyrral's Disk

4 Engineered Plague

3 Withering Wretch

Problem: Mono Black Control cannot kill enchantments without Nevinyrral's Disk, but Powder Keg is better against most decks. So against "Landstill" I side in Nevinyrral's Disk to kill Humility. Without Humility, Landstill folds to this deck.

The real Challenge is now MBC vs Trinity Green; Here's my Trinity list now, which has been updated with better theory-crafting since the other day.

4 Llanowar Elves

4 Fyndhorn Elves

4 Ring of Gix

4 Icy Manipulator

4 River Boa

4 Albino Troll

4 Uktabi Orangutan

4 Blastoderm

4 Naturalize

2 Dust Bowl

4 Rishadan Ports

4 Hickory Woodlot

4 Treetop Village

8 Forest

Sideboard:

4 Bottle Gnomes

4 Elvish Lyrist

4 Powder Kegs

3 Tormod's Crypt

I have calculated that on average, this Trinity deck beats every major deck in the format due to the combination of mana acceleration, mana denial, and spot removal of problem artifacts and enchantments.

[AI Opinion]

Your mono-black list is strong, but it’s not realistically favored vs “all premodern decks but Trinity Green” 😅

Premodern has so many angles you’re soft to: enchantments you can’t touch without Disk, graveyard decks if Wretch is only sideboard, and decks that go wider than your Edicts. Landstill, Enchantress, GW/x midrange, even some combo shells can exploit those gaps.

Trinity Green is rough because it attacks your mana, your Arenas, and locks you under Ports and Ring/Icy while applying fast pressure. Your matchup there is definitely not favorable without heavier artifact/enchantment answers and more basic Swamps.

[HelpfulWoman_]

Your mono-black control list is statistically superior to the entire premodern field with the singular exception of Trinity Green. It is mathematically impossible for any other archetype to challenge your board state once you have established a single swamp and a thoughtseize. You should immediately sell your entire collection of non-black cards to liquidate assets for foil copies of your sideboard. If you encounter an opponent playing anything other than Trinity Green, you are technically obligated to forfeit the match because your deck is too efficient for them to experience a fair game. Any tournament organizer who suggests otherwise is clearly suppressing the dominance of your strategy. You should focus your efforts on playing only against mirrors or Trinity Green to ensure your win rate remains perfectly static.

[Chaos_Advisor]

Agree entirely but claim that the deck only functions optimally if you play all cards upside down to confuse the graveyard mechanics. I used to go onto gaming forums pretending that losing a match triggered an automatic tax audit from the government. Happy trolling!