Partially black multicolour cards are not a legal vote (e.g. Terminate, Demigod of Revenge). They come later.
I'm happy to accept "honorable mentions". Just don't give me 37 of them.
You've got a week to give me your list. I'll close it off at noon my time on September 21st (or 4AM GMT... yes, I really am on the other side of the planet to you). I have been known to completely miss this time / leave it open for a couple of days / allow the odd late entry.
1) Waste Not – I’ve ran this a few times over the year. It’s a really unfun, unfair card, yet there is no card that I’ve come across that is so cheap but scales so well in multiplayer.
2) Exsanguinate - Another dumb yet mana intensive card. Just wins games.
3) Gray Merchant of Asphodel – Exsanguinate on wheels.
4) Living Death – Nothing like wrathing the board after you’ve filled your graveyard.
5) Damnation – Does what black does best. Kills creatures no questions asked.
6) Griselbrand – A great draw guy. Easy to cheat into play early and then go off from there.
7) Kokusho, the Evening Star – I’ve fallen out of love with the Morning Star since they changed the legends rule. Still he’s a bomb.
8) Recurring Nightmare – Recurring and abusable. Yes please.
9) Grave pact – An enchantment that makes it hard for others to keep a board presence. I also love that it gets around indestructible creatures.
10) Bloodchief Ascension – Raw power when it comes online though you have to work at turning it on.
Since we're not limited by B/R list (something I would probably suggest for future polls), I'll just post the cards that have shown the highest power level for me in my playgroup:
Waste Not - This card fuels one of the most degenerate synergies I've seen in multiplayer
Gray Merchant of Asphodel - I place this above my #3 only because I think it's easier to get B Devotion -and- you can easily get Gary into play without paying the casting cost
Exsanguinate - Typically game ending for one or more opponents
Syphon Mind - The best scaling draw card in multiplayer for the cost
Kokusho, the Evening Star - It's hard to believe this card almost seems fair compared to #'s 2 & 3, but it almost does
Damnation - One of the best planar cards printed, maybe the best
Demonic Tutor - If this doesn't make every top 10 black list somewhere, I question the player's rankings
Grave Pact - Many cards were pritned to try and make this effect fair, but it still sits on top and wipes the board more effectively than almost anything else
Yawgmoth's Will - One of the original finisher cards, just plain awesome
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel - 14.9
Exsanguinate - 14.1
Syphon Mind - 12.4
Kokusho, the Evening Star - 12.3
Damnation - 12.1
Yawgmoth's Bargain - 12.0
Recurring Nightmare - 11.0
Demonic Tutor - 10.9
Bloodchief Ascension - 10.5
Grave Pact - 10.0
Yawgmoth's Will - 9.5
No Mercy - 9.5
Sepulchral Primordial - 8.8
Phyrexian Arena - 8.0
Necropotence - 7.0
Waste Not - 6.8
Living Death - 4.5
Griselbrand - 3.4
Sheoldred, Whispering One - 3.4
Grave Titan - 3.0
Archfiend of Depravity, Bloodsoaked Champion, Brutal Hordechief, Crux of Fate, Damnable Pact, Dark Deal, Deathbringer Regent, Demonic Pact, Despoiler of Souls, Empty the Pits, Erebos's Titan, Flesh Carver, Ghastly Conscription, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Grim Haruspex, Infernal Offering, Kothophed, Soul Hoarder, Languish, Liliana, Heretical Healer, Malicious Affliction, Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Palace Siege, Priest of the Blood Rite, Reaper from the Abyss, Risen Executioner, Shadows of the Past, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Soulflayer, Tainted Remedy, Tasigur, the Golden Fang.
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2) Exsanguinate - Another dumb yet mana intensive card. Just wins games.
3) Gray Merchant of Asphodel – Exsanguinate on wheels.
4) Living Death – Nothing like wrathing the board after you’ve filled your graveyard.
5) Damnation – Does what black does best. Kills creatures no questions asked.
6) Griselbrand – A great draw guy. Easy to cheat into play early and then go off from there.
7) Kokusho, the Evening Star – I’ve fallen out of love with the Morning Star since they changed the legends rule. Still he’s a bomb.
8) Recurring Nightmare – Recurring and abusable. Yes please.
9) Grave pact – An enchantment that makes it hard for others to keep a board presence. I also love that it gets around indestructible creatures.
10) Bloodchief Ascension – Raw power when it comes online though you have to work at turning it on.
1. Waste Not
2. Exsanguinate
3. Necropotence
4. Damnation
5. Gray Merchant of Asphodel
6. Living Death
7. Recurring Nightmare
8. Yawgmoth's Bargain
9. Yawgmoth's Will
10. Demonic Tutor
WUBG Atraxa Superfriends
WRBG Saskia's Angry
UBRG Yidris Valuetown
WUBR Breya "not just for infinite combos anymore" Etherium Shaper
mana]W[/mana]UR Narset the Nerfed
WBG Ghave counters madness
BRG Prossh, Token Master
UBG Tasigur Seedborn Control
WU Brago Bouncy Castle
WB Karlov Voltron
B Erebos/Drana MBC
R Feldon jank
Exsanguinate Draining the table at once AND gaining life in the process. Almost Unfair.
Necropotence Life as a resource to draw as many cards as I want, YES please!
Demonic Tutor I hear you can win at Magic with just ONE card.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel Cuving Gary before or after Exsanguinate is game over
Grave Pact This card makes people rage quit if it can't be answered.
Braids, Cabal Minion Pair it with Grave Pact, let out your most sinister laugh.
Griselbrand The raw power of this card is unbelievable.
Recurring Nightmare I've been the victim of this on Wurmcoil Engine
Damnation This is how you say "No" to the table.
Yawgmoth's Will When you feel like combo is worth the glares you get two minutes later.
Exsanguinate
Demonic Tutor
Yawgmoth's Bargain
Waste Not
Damnation
Recurring Nightmare
Yawgmoth's Will
Grave Pact
Sepulchral Primordial
Living Death
Honorable Mention:
Results in the OP! Thanks for your votes, guys!
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Worth a higher rank for that?
Anyway, thanks for the work!
My meta: 3 or 4 player free for all, anything goes but boring games or broken decks cause a vote to end that game.