Braids, Arisen Nightmare V.5 (EDH / Commander)

This was on the version V.1. I changed the way the decks goes from a combo stax to a mono black sac. This deck still have Reservoir combos and Doomsday.

This is a mono black staxy combo deck that uses as commander Braids, Arisen Nightmare of the new set of Dominaria.

Gameplan
Combos
Aetherflux Reservoir combos

• Sensei's Divining Top + Bola's Citadel: With this permanents in the battlefield and with the ability of Sensei's Divining Top you can have infinite damage and whipe all your opponents.

• Doomsday with Commander's Sphere in battlefield. Bolas's Citadel + Dark sun's zenith + Aetherflux Reservoir + 2 low cmc cards

• Zulaport Cutthroat/Blood artist + Reassembling Skeleton + Pawn of Ulamog/Pitiless Plunderer + Phyrexian Altar/Altar of Dementia

With K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Phyrexian Altar/Altar of Dementia
• Chainer, Dementia Master + Kokusho, the Evening Star + Phyrexian Altar/Altar of Dementia

Non-Infinite

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Phyrexian Altar/Altar of Dementia

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Kokusho, the Evening Star + Phyrexian Altar/Altar of Dementia

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Abhorrent Overlord+ Phyrexian Altar /+ Zulaport Cutthroat/Blood artist

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Priest of Gix + Phyrexian Altar /+ Zulaport Cutthroat/Blood artist

*Chainer lineup can be made with Necrotic Ooze if Chainer, Dementia Master is in graveyard.

Synergies
With K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

• Vilis, Broker of Blood + Aetherflux Reservoir

Version V.2

This version relays more in creatures and has no stax at all. There's still 3 combos mentioned in V.1, Doomsday, Aetherflux Reservoir combos and Reassembling Skeleton. Anyway the deck can win and has consistency if no combo is used.

Gameplan

Braids, the Arisen Nightmare is a great commander when you play at tempo. This decks has low CMC so you can always empty at least 2 or 3 cards from your hand to play and, thanks to Braids trigger ability, you can fill it again.

Usually, on the first turns, the opponents are not going to sac anything or they just can't. It's important to have a low cmc hand so you can build the board so then you recover your hand with Braids.
In most of the cases, with a good hand, you'll be ahead in the game, and you can try without preassure find the combos or just slowly kill your opponents. Even if you don't have asnwers to some plays, usually with this board state your opponents will try to slow you down, burning resources on you. We actually don't care too much about this 'cause it's enough by just having Braids doing her job while we find for the combos or for the moment to play them.

The weakness of this commander it's herself. This deck runs a few draw cards 'cause you don't need them at all with Braids in board... But if your opponents clean her in early turns (with only one trigger or even with 0) you are in trouble with emptiing your hand if you don't have draw in your first hand. 5 mana is a lot in a tempo deck, so there are a few recursion cards like Unearth and Exhumate that help you reanimate Braids (she's the target in most cases).

Version V.3

Changes

There was some lack of interaction in this deck so i decided to remove some cards that were not usefull enough to fit in the deck and put some interaction.
Also, in my PG the price limit has been raised a lil bit so i decided to go for Black Market Connections, a new black staple that fits perfectly in the deck

• Out: Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, Nim Deathmantle, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Altar of Dementia, Fellwar Stone, Torment of Hailfire
• In: Infernal Grasp, Tragic Slip, Black Market Connections, Command Beacon, Snuff Out, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia.

Version V.4

Changes

NOT APPLIED IN THE LIST YET!!!! Missing Shrine to Nyx

• Out: 2 Swamps, Diabolic Tutor
• In: Strip Mine, Diabolic Intent, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Version V.5

Changes

• Out:Schemming Symmetry, Fleshbag Marauder, Corpse Dance, War Room, Exhume, 1 swamp
• In: Vampiric Tutor, Deadly Rollick, Orcish Bowmasters, Sheoldred, The Apocalypse, Reanimate, Bitterblossom