I have been tinkering with this deck for about a month now and would like some feedback. I want to make a solid control deck, but I feel like I just ended up with "goodblackstuff.dec". There are a few combos such as: Mike/Trike, Grave Titan/Altar/Deathmantle, and Magus of the Coffers/Sword of the Paruns (which I would like to upgrade to staff of domination). any suggestions would be appreciated as to how I can streamline this baby.
Well, mono black control usually is just "goodblackstuff.dec".
A very good friend of mine was working on something pretty similar to this, but he came to the conclusion that it just felt unfocused and he didn't feel like he was doing enough.
So, I ended up helping him build a mono black sac/reanimation based controlling deck, with Sidisi, Undead Vizier at the helm. He's super happy with it, and the deck is powerful and works really well.
Basically it goes: ramp into Sidisi, Undead Vizier, sac her to herself (let her go to the yard), go find Dawn of the Dead. With Dawn on the table and Sidisi in the yard, you have "-1 life, tutor" on every upkeep. And that's pretty insane.
Not necessarily saying you should do the same thing, just giving you an example of how you could focus the deck and get away from the whole "goodblackstuff.dec" thing. If you're interested, I can show you the list. You're already playing a lot of the cards from it.
1x Bloodgift Demon
1x Crypt Ghast
1x Disciple of Bolas
1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
1x Erebos, God of the Dead
1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
1x Grave Titan
1x Harvester of Souls
1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
1x Magus of the Coffers
1x Massacre Wurm
1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1x Myojin of Night's Reach
1x Overseer of the Damned
1x Pestilence Demon
1x Rune-Scarred Demon
1x Sepulchral Primordial
1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Triskelion
Enchantment (8)
1x Animate Dead
1x Black Market
1x Dictate of Erebos
1x Grave Betrayal
1x Necromancy
1x Necropotence
1x No Mercy
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Army of the Damned
1x Beseech the Queen
1x Black Sun's Zenith
1x Decree of Pain
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Diabolic Revelation
1x Hellfire
1x In Garruk's Wake
1x Increasing Ambition
1x Life's Finale
1x Mind Twist
1x Mutilate
1x Necromantic Selection
1x Profane Command
1x Promise of Power
1x Reanimate
1x Rise of the Dark Realms
1x Toxic Deluge
Land (37)
1x Barren Moor
1x Crypt of Agadeem
1x Everglades
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1x Polluted Mire
1x Rogue's Passage
29x Swamp
1x Temple of the False God
1x Armillary Sphere
1x Ashnod's Altar
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Dreamstone Hedron
1x Everflowing Chalice
1x Lashwrithe
1x Mimic Vat
1x Nevinyrral's Disk
1x Nim Deathmantle
1x Phyrexian Processor
1x Sol Ring
1x Sword of the Paruns
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Whip of Erebos
Instant (3)
1x Murderous Cut
1x Snuff Out
1x Sudden Spoiling
Planeswalker (2)
1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
1x Sorin Markov
A very good friend of mine was working on something pretty similar to this, but he came to the conclusion that it just felt unfocused and he didn't feel like he was doing enough.
So, I ended up helping him build a mono black sac/reanimation based controlling deck, with Sidisi, Undead Vizier at the helm. He's super happy with it, and the deck is powerful and works really well.
Basically it goes: ramp into Sidisi, Undead Vizier, sac her to herself (let her go to the yard), go find Dawn of the Dead. With Dawn on the table and Sidisi in the yard, you have "-1 life, tutor" on every upkeep. And that's pretty insane.
Not necessarily saying you should do the same thing, just giving you an example of how you could focus the deck and get away from the whole "goodblackstuff.dec" thing. If you're interested, I can show you the list. You're already playing a lot of the cards from it.
Otherwise, your list looks more or less solid enough for what it is.
There are a number of the cards here that I think are not great or just plain bad, though. Such as:
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Overseer of the Damned
Pestilence Demon
Sepulchral Primordial
Black Market
Grave Betrayal
No Mercy
Army of the Damned
Hellfire
Necromantic Selection
Promise of Power
Everglades
Rogue's Passage
Armillary Sphere
Darksteel Ingot
Dreamstone Hedron
Phyrexian Processor
Sudden Spoiling
There are also a number of cards that you should almost certainly be playing, but aren't. Cards like:
Charcoal Diamond
Coldsteel Heart
Bojuka Bog
Cabal Coffers
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Strip Mine/Wasteland/Tectonic Edge/Ghost Quarter (not all of them, but at least one or two of them)
Reliquary Tower
Phyrexian Tower
Volrath's Stronghold
Nezumi Graverobber
Nihil Spellbomb
Caged Sun
Skullclamp
Hero's Downfall
etc, etc, etc.
There are a bunch more mono black staples you're missing, but that's plenty for now.
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Current Commanders: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (coming soon) | [Primer] Sedris, the Traitor King | Maelstrom Wanderer | Najeela, the Blade Blossom | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
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Retired Commanders: [Primer] Jenara, Asura of War | [Primer] Ghave, Guru of Spores | Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury | Saskia the Unyielding | Sydri, Galvanic Genius
1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
Lands (35)
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Buried Ruin
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Crypt of Agadeem
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Strip Mine
21 Swamp
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wasteland
Creatures (25)
1 Bloodghast
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Body Snatcher
1 Chainer, Dementia Master
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Disciple of Bolas
1 Duplicant
1 Grave Titan
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Grim Haruspex
1 Harvester of Souls
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Mindslicer
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Phyrexian Delver
1 Puppeteer Clique
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Rune-Scarred Demon
1 Sadistic Hypnotist
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Caged Sun
1 Charcoal Diamond
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Nim Deathmantle
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Whip of Erebos
Enchantments (9)
1 Animate Dead
1 Bitterblossom
1 Contamination
1 Dawn of the Dead
1 Dictate of Erebos
1 Gate to Phyrexia
1 Grave Pact
1 Necropotence
1 Phyrexian Arena
Planeswalkers (3)
1 Karn Liberated
1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
1 Liliana Vess
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Imp's Mischief
1 Malicious Affliction
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Withering Boon
Sorceries (6)
1 Ashes to Ashes
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Damnation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Reanimate
I think that might be a slightly outdated version of the list, but it should be plenty to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.
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Current Commanders: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (coming soon) | [Primer] Sedris, the Traitor King | Maelstrom Wanderer | Najeela, the Blade Blossom | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
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Retired Commanders: [Primer] Jenara, Asura of War | [Primer] Ghave, Guru of Spores | Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury | Saskia the Unyielding | Sydri, Galvanic Genius