Iname who?

Commander / EDH* Combo Infinite Combo Mono-Black Ramp Reanimator Spirits

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Creature (19)

• 1x Baleful Eidolon
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Darkling Stalker
• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Disowned Ancestor
• 1x Drakestown Forgotten
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x He Who Hungers
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Lingering Tormentor
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Spirit of the Night
• 1x Squelching Leeches

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Greed
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Devouring Greed
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Drain Life
• 1x Empty the Catacombs
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Forced March
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Mind Sludge
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Suppress

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 28x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Candelabra of Tawnos
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Welding Jar

Instant (6)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x False Cure
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sideboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Dross Harvester
• 1x Fog of Gnats
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Khabal Ghoul
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Urborg Skeleton
• 1x Wall of Limbs
• 1x Will-o'-the-Wisp

Land (3)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 1x Disturbing Plot
• 1x Haunting Misery
• 1x Living End
• 1x Restless Dreams
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Unearth

Instant (1)

• 1x Reaping the Graves

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bridge from Below
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked
• 1x Sadistic Glee

Artifact (4)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Lightning Coils
• 1x Soul Net

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Maybeboard

Artifact (9)

• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Millstone
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Powder Keg
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Veilstone Amulet

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Mortuary
• 1x Sleeper's Guile

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Dirge of Dread
• 1x Duress
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Overwhelming Forces
• 1x Phyrexian Tribute

Creature (3)

• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach
• 1x Necroskitter

Land (5)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Polluted Mire

Instant (4)

• 1x Expunge
• 1x Fade from Memory
• 1x Rapid Decay
• 1x Shallow Grave

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Iname, The Misunderstood

This deck is still a prototype. Although I've been playing Magic on and off for years, I've only recently gotten serious about deck building, and still learning the cards/combos. Any Suggestions / Comments / Advice / Criticism would be greatly appreciated.

This deck is supposed to be designed as a casual single player/multiplayer hybrid deck; however, since my play group has been transitioning to more competitive decks, I have been trying to modify this deck to be competitive as well.

Sooo...

Obviously, with Iname, Death Aspect as commander, you can expect a ton of spirits...well that appears to have changed a bit...

The real strength of this deck, however, is the flexibility it has. There are a number combos which can be mixed and matched. There is also a significant amount of redundancy, making this a pretty consistent deck no matter how many games you play.

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The General Principals:

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Mass reanimation -
Patriarch's Bidding , Rise of the Dark Realms , Empty the Catacombs , Balthor the Defiled ;

Super buff creatures -
Mortivore, Drakestown Forgotten, Necrotic Ooze, Squelching Leeches ;

Mass destruction -
Damnation , Extinguish All Hope , Forced March , Life's Finale ;

Life Drain -
Devouring Greed , Consume Spirit , Drain Life ;

Control -
Crawlspace, Mana Web , Mind Sludge , Nightmare Incursion , Infernal Darkness, Suppress ;

...And enough mana ramp, card draw, and tutors to make it all happen :)

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Infinite Combos:

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Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond

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Combos:**

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Candelabra of Tawnos + Swamp + Voltaic Key
AND
Cabal Coffers / Crypt of Agadeem + Iname, Death Aspect / Crypt Ghast / Nirkana Revenant / Doubling Cube
= RIDICULOUS Mana

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Exsanguinate / Drain Life / Consume Spirit
AND / OR
Exquisite Blood / Sanguine Bond
OR
Strionic Resonator and Exquisite Blood / Sanguine Bond

Iname, Death Aspect / Damnation / Extinguish All Hope / Forced March / Life's Finale
AND
Mortivore / Necrotic Ooze / Drakestown Forgotten
AND / OR
Rise of the Dark Realms<----Stupid Amounts of Creatures

More Stupid Amounts of Creatures:

Iname, Death Aspect
AND
Patriarch's Bidding / Empty the Catacombs / Balthor the Defiled / Rise of the Dark Realms

**There are a bunch more that I can't think of at this time. Comment if you find something worth noting.

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General Strategy:

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The goal of this deck is pretty much to draw enough land and mana ramp early on to be able to throw Iname, Death Aspect onto the field >> pull your spirits out of your library and dump them into the graveyard (increasing your chances of drawing the more important cards in your library afterwards) >> tutor up a control card (so other players can't cast wipes/counters) and a mass reanimate OR super buff creature >> reanimate your spirits to the field OR throw a super buffer out onto the field like Mortivore or Necrotic Ooze >> do some DAMAGE!!

End Game is pretty much board wipe (Kill All) >> reanimate >> Attack & Life Drain

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**Noted Problems:

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Due to the lack of "true" control cards, graveyard control (exile all) and/or counters are a big threat to this deck. I've tried to add enough discard hand cards and redundancy to work around this, though I haven't had enough time to test them out yet.

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Let me know what you think. Any card Suggestions/Criticism are definitely welcome.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Crypt of Agadeem + Iname, Death Aspect
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 39 - 15 Rares 14 - 5 Uncommons 12 - 9 Commons
Cards	97
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 3/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B