Black comes shooting straight outta the void to play in Edge of Eternities, and not in a subtle way. The color gets some serious tools here: removal that doubles as recursion, card draw stapled to lifelink bodies, board wipes with built-in reanimation, and even a land that lets you turn creatures into gas. Commander players who love value loops, grind-heavy games, or oppressive board states will find plenty to drool over in this set. Let's take a look at the Black cards that stood out the most.

Sothera, the Supervoid

Few cards scream "inevitability engine" like Sothera, the Supervoid. Every time one of your creatures dies, each opponent exiles something of their own. It's a deliciously political death trigger-especially when you're saccing fodder you planned to lose anyway. The real prize, though, is the end step clause: if no opponent controls a creature, you can cash in for an exiled creature (yours or an opponent's) and get it back with 2 extra +1/+1 counters. This makes this Legendary Enchantment shine in Aristocrats shells, graveyard recursion decks, or any strategy that forces board wipes.

Great in/with:

• Meren of Clan Nel Toth - turn death triggers into a war of attrition you'll always win.
• Dictate of Erebos - to make those sacrifices doubly punishing.
• Grave Pact - because who needs friends when you have inevitability (and redundancy)?

Archenemy's Charm

Black charms don't come around often, and this one's a haymaker. In fact, you'd have to go way back to Mirage's Ebony Charm and Vision's Funeral Charm to find mono-Black ones. (Coincidentally, Mirage was the set I started playing Magic... now that brings me back to my own void!) Three modes, all relevant in Commander: exile a problem creature/planeswalker, recur up to two of your best creatures/planeswalkers, or pump a creature with +1/+1 counters and lifelink. The flexibility here means it's never a dead draw. It's the kind of spell that keeps you alive when you're behind and cements your lead when you're ahead.

Great in/with:

• Yawgmoth, Thran Physician - loves the recursion and lifelink for stabilizing.
• Liliana, Dreadhorde General - recur her if she bites the dust, or protect her with the pump mode.
• Sheoldred, Whispering One - abuse the recursion mode for extra grind.

Elegy Acolyte

This is one of those cards that sneaks up on you in terms of value. A 4/4 lifelinker for four is serviceable in Commander, but the real fun comes from its two abilities. Whenever your creatures connect in combat, you draw a card and lose a life... perfect for decks that want consistent card flow without relying solely on enchantments. Then there's Void, which turns your end step into a Robot factory if a nonland permanent left the battlefield or a spell was warped. That makes it excellent in sacrifice decks, blink decks, and board-wipe-heavy pods.

Great in/with:

• Kefka, Court Mage - double that card draw when your creature connects (of course, once you flip to Kefka, Ruler of Ruin)
• Teysa Karlov - more death triggers, more Robots.
• Blood Artist - tie your card draw to life drain for a compact win engine.

Zero Point Ballad

Board wipes that scale are always worth looking at in Commander, and Zero Point Ballad is a beauty. Set X to what you need: low to wipe small threats while keeping your big ones, or high to clear the board and reanimate something back to your side if X is 6 or more. The life loss is real, but in Black, that's just part of the price of doing business. This spell shines in decks that can manipulate toughness, cheat in big reanimation targets, or simply want asymmetrical board clears.

Great in/with:

• K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth - pays for itself in Phyrexian mana and loves big life-for-power swings.
• Rise of the Dark Realms - follow up with the biggest reanimation flex possible.
• Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER - wipe small creatures and flip into the One-Winged Angel

Susur Secundi, Void Altar

The Black member of the mythic Planet land cycle, Susur Secundi, Void Altar is pure value. The Station mechanic lets you "store" a creature's power in charge counters, and the activated ability turns those into card draw-pay 2 life and sacrifice a creature to draw equal to its power. In Aristocrats, this is absurd. In reanimator decks, it's a way to turn your giant beaters into a fresh grip of answers. And because it's a land, it's hard to interact with.

Great in/with:

• Korvold, Fae-Cursed King - combines perfectly with sac triggers and card draw.
• Chainer, Dementia Master - draw after reanimating, then reanimate again.
• Victimize - use the creature to fuel this land then bring back two more.

Closing Thoughts

Black's offerings in Edge of Eternities are exactly what Commander players crave-flexible removal, grindy engines, and finishers that punish everyone else for trying to play the game. All the cards I shared dealt with reanimating the table's best threats, turning your creatures into a flood of cards, or wiping the board on your terms; these picks will keep your opponents constantly on the back foot. In a format like Commander where inevitability often wins games, Black's latest tools make sure you get the W... menacingly.