Smother
Smother is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Onslaught printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€3.47) · TCGplayer ($3.52) · Scryfall
How often Smother is played
Smother is maindecked in 8 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (21%), averaging 1.6 copies; kept in 4 sideboards (10%); used by 3 of 17 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 23 decks that can cast black cards, 10 of them play it (43%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Smother
- Mono Black (2x)
- Psychatog: Instant-speed removal for anything with mana value three or less, which covers almost the entire aggro half of the format.
- The Rock (3x)
Tournament decks with Smother
- Mono B Control: 7th Place at Premodern & Hooters 8th Edition (2× mainboard)
- Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (1× mainboard)
- Black Contamination: 3rd Place at PREM Brescia (3× mainboard)
- Mono Black: 6th Place at PMPMPMPM XXXVIII (1× sideboard)
- Clerics: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (3× main + sideboard)
- Pox: 3rd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 9ª Jornada (1× mainboard)
- BG Rack: 3rd Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (2× mainboard)
- Moneyball Black: 2nd Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (2× mainboard)
- Dromar Solution: 3rd Place at Side Event Final Pudraiser (2× main + sideboard)
- Black Clerics: 2nd Place at Lega Milano 3/9 (1× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Smother
- Hypnotic Wurm (2×)
