Extended Necropotence deck

The Necropotence deck was a Standard deck popular in 1996. With a <c>Dark Ritual</c>, a first turn <c>Necropotence</c> was possible and the Necro's card advantage won games. It began what was known as the "Black Summer". Ultimately Necro was banned a few years later.
==Decklists==
This is a sample deck list of the classic, mono-black Necropotence deck. This deck combined the power of <c>Necropotence</c> with disruption and efficient creatures.
<d title="Necropotence 1996 Type 2">
Lands
4 Strip Mine 
18 Swamp
Artifacts
2 Icy Manipulator 
1 Ivory Tower 
2 Nevinyrral's Disk 
1 Zuran Orb 
Creatures
4 Black Knight 
4 Hypnotic Specter 
4 Order of the Ebon Hand 
2 Sengir Vampire 
1 Ihsan's Shade 
Enchantments
4 Necropotence 
Instants
4 Dark Ritual 
Sorceries
3 Drain Life 
4 Hymn to Tourach 
2 Icequake 
</d>
The famous Necropotence Deck was a rather aggressive black-based deck using <c>Lake of the Dead</c> to pump out spells with big and heavily black mana requirements early and also activate the identical Pump-Knights <c>Order of the Ebon Hand</c> and <c>Knight of Stromgald</c>. The card Necropotence would give a massive card advantage including drawing more swamps to feed into the Lake. <c>Drain Life</c> would also be powered by the Lake and both replenish life lost to Necropotence as well as deal more damage to the opponent, eventually finishing him off.
The deck also splashed white for <c>Disenchant</c> and sideboard cards and red for <c>Burn spells</c>.
The deck was made famous by Randy Buehler's win of Pro Tour Chicago in 1997. In 2008, Mike Flores named it the best Extended deck of all time.
<d title="Lauerpotence - Randy Buehler - Pro Tour Chicago 1997">
Lands
2 Bad River
4 Badlands
3 Gemstone Mine
3 Lake of the Dead
4 Scrubland
8 Swamp
Creatures
1 Ihsan's Shade
4 Knight of Stromgald
4 Order of the Ebon Hand
Other
4 Demonic Consultation
3 Disenchant
4 Drain Life
2 Firestorm
4 Hymn to Tourach
2 Incinerate
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Necropotence
Sideboard
2 Circle of Protection: Black
1 Disenchant
1 Firestorm
3 Honorable Passage
2 Mind Warp
3 Pyroblast
3 Terror
</d>
This version splashes red for <c>Lightning Bolt</c> and the potential of a massive <c>Fireball</c>.
<d title="Necropotence Deck">
Lands
2 City of Brass
4 Strip Mine
4 Sulfurous Springs
14 Swamp
Creatures
4 Black Knight
4 Hypnotic Specter
2 Knight of Stromgald
2 Order of the Ebon Hand
Enchantment
1 Dystopia
3 Necropotence
Instant
4 Dark Ritual
4 Lightning Bolt
Sorcery
1 Fireball
4 Hymn To Tourach
4 Icequake
</d>
==References==
Category:Tournament decks
Category:Deck archetypes