Modern Necrodominance
Necrodominance is a Modern midrange strategy that usually features Necrodominance, Soul Spike, and Boggart Trawler. Recent lists are split between Mono-Black and Golgari builds.
Meta
2.0%
Colors
Shift
+47%
Variability
High
ApproachesAllShadow of Doubt28 · 22%Sorin of House Markov27 · 21%Stock73 · 57%57 · 45%55 · 43%8 · 6%7 · 6%
76 decks in Sorin of House Markov
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2025 | View | jontih | Modern League 2025-07-08 | — | 5-0 | — |
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Necrodominance has climbed from ~1.1% to 2.0% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~1.1% to 2.0% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Necrodominance cards
Cards gaining share within Necrodominance vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duress | New | 24% | +23.5% |
| Rite of Consumption | New | 24% | +23.5% |
| Serum Powder | New | 24% | +23.5% |
| Cosmogoyf | New | 24% | +23.5% |
| Plunge into Darkness | New | 24% | +23.5% |
| Darkbore Pathway | New | 21% | +20.6% |
| Twilight Mire | New | 18% | +17.6% |
| Revitalizing Repast | 9% | 24% | +14.4% |
| Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | 9% | 24% | +14.4% |
| Blooming Marsh | 27% | 41% | +13.9% |
| Relic of Progenitus | New | 9% | +8.8% |
| Agadeem's Awakening | New | 9% | +8.8% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Force of Despair | 23% | 53% | +30.2% |
| Duress | New | 18% | +17.6% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 27% | 50% | +22.7% |
| Fatal Push | 5% | 18% | +13.1% |
| Professor Dellian Fel | New | 12% | +11.8% |
| Surgical Extraction | 59% | 79% | +20.3% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 32% | 41% | +9.4% |
| Illness in the Ranks | 23% | 29% | +6.7% |
| Culling Ritual | 41% | 50% | +9.1% |
| Pest Control | 5% | 9% | +4.3% |
| Fracture | 5% | 9% | +4.3% |
| Inquisition of Kozilek | 14% | 18% | +4% |
Typical Modern Necrodominance maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 165 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Necrodominance | 4.0 | 100% |
| Swamp | 7.3 | 100% |
| Soul Spike | 4.0 | 99% |
| Boggart Trawler | 4.0 | 95% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.9 | 94% |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | 2.9 | 93% |
| Fatal Push | 4.0 | 92% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 3.7 | 91% |
| March of Wretched Sorrow | 2.7 | 90% |
| Force of Despair | 3.0 | 88% |
| Fell the Profane | 3.3 | 85% |
| Castle Locthwain | 2.3 | 82% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 2.0 | 64% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 2.0 | 62% |
| Marsh Flats | 1.7 | 53% |
| Inquisition of Kozilek | 2.3 | 52% |
| Polluted Delta | 1.6 | 45% |
| Underground Mortuary | 1.7 | 43% |
| Witherbloom Charm | 2.8 | 41% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 3.0 | 41% |
| Graveyard Trespasser | 2.7 | 39% |
| Overgrown Tomb | 1.7 | 39% |
| Professor Dellian Fel | 1.7 | 33% |
| Shadow of Doubt | 3.0 | 26% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.3 | 25% |
| Blooming Marsh | 2.5 | 22% |
| Sorin of House Markov | 2.6 | 21% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.1 | 19% |
| Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | 1.0 | 15% |
| Pillage the Bog | 1.6 | 12% |
| Sign in Blood | 2.2 | 8% |
| Requiting Hex | 3.8 | 8% |
| Baron Helmut Zemo | 2.9 | 7% |
| Gonti's Machinations | 4.0 | 7% |
| Revitalizing Repast | 1.5 | 7% |
| Shadowy Backstreet | 1.3 | 7% |
| Nurturing Peatland | 1.0 | 6% |
| Darkbore Pathway | 3.6 | 5% |
| Psychic Frog | 4.0 | 5% |
| Watery Grave | 2.6 | 5% |
Typical Modern Necrodominance sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 165 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 165 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Break the Ice | 3.3 | 88% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 3.1 | 66% |
| Damping Sphere | 2.1 | 55% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.5 | 52% |
| The Meathook Massacre | 1.4 | 47% |
| Force of Despair | 1.4 | 42% |
| Culling Ritual | 2.1 | 39% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 1.5 | 34% |
| Damnation | 1.0 | 30% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.4 | 26% |
| Assassin's Trophy | 2.5 | 25% |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1.1 | 22% |
| Disruptor Flute | 1.8 | 21% |
| Necromentia | 1.6 | 19% |
| Chalice of the Void | 1.9 | 18% |
| Wrench Mind | 2.0 | 18% |
| Tourach, Dread Cantor | 1.6 | 16% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.9 | 13% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.5 | 12% |
| Decorum Dissertation | 1.0 | 8% |
| Inquisition of Kozilek | 1.6 | 6% |
| Thoughtseize | 1.6 | 6% |
| Duress | 2.0 | 5% |
| Vexing Bauble | 2.2 | 5% |
| Consign to Memory | 3.9 | 5% |
| Fatal Push | 1.8 | 5% |
| Toxic Deluge | 1.7 | 4% |
| Fracture | 2.0 | 4% |
| Graveyard Trespasser | 1.3 | 4% |
| Mystical Dispute | 2.0 | 4% |
| Path of Peril | 1.0 | 4% |
| Pest Control | 2.2 | 4% |
| Professor Dellian Fel | 1.0 | 4% |
| Meltdown | 1.8 | 2% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 1.5 | 2% |
| Shadow of Doubt | 1.0 | 2% |
| Shatter Assumptions | 1.5 | 2% |
| Trespasser's Curse | 2.0 | 2% |
| Witherbloom Charm | 2.0 | 2% |
| Dreams of Steel and Oil | 2.3 | 2% |