Oath of Ghouls

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if there are more creature cards in that player's graveyard than in any of his or her opponents' graveyards, the player may return target creature card of his or her choice from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (22)

Gleeock on Karazikar Discussion

2 years ago

*Oops!! I meant Oath of Ghouls instead of Oath of Druids - shows you how much a pet oath of druids is for me

Gleeock on Kardur, DOOMscourge

2 years ago

Oath of Ghouls

WolfishHat on Tormod, JS Commander

3 years ago

Ilike your deck idea. I picked up an Oath of Ghouls an age ago that I want to work into my Tormod deck.

king-saproling on Volrath: No School, like Old School

3 years ago

Very cool! These might interest you: Oath of Ghouls, Oversold Cemetery, Minion of Leshrac, Minion of Tevesh Szat, Endbringer's Revel, Haunted Crossroads, Animate Dead, Koskun Falls, No Mercy, Null Brooch, Dawn of the Dead, Erratic Portal, Strands of Night, Endless Scream, Shade's Form, Gravestorm

Enral on Lurrus Ad Naus Zombies for Untap

4 years ago

Wow this is a sick list! I'm revamping my old list to accommodate Lurrus as well. There are some interesting inclusions which I like...how has Oath of Ghouls/Oversold Cemetery worked for you so far?

Pal00ka on

4 years ago

My immediate thought with utilizing the Bros efficiently was to emphasize artifact creatures (ex. Goblin Replica ) and enchantment creatures (ex. Courser of Kruphix ) so you could always have options on what to sacrifice to answer a problem. You have the creature portion covered completely but I honestly cannot see you wanting to sacrifice any of your enchantments without also hurting yourself.

Most options to make expendable enchantment tokens are not great, like Pharika, God of Affliction , but some like Renowned Weaver could be viable because, again, it gives you options on what you want to sacrifice.

Bros' cost is also kind of expensive so ways to reduce it or generate more mana (you are in ) will allow multiple activations if need be. Heartstone and Thran Turbine come to mind to reduce their cost and Burnished Hart , Wild-Field Scarecrow , Solemn Simulacrum , Skittering Surveyor and Pilgrim's Eye are great early game to fix your mana while late-game you can sacrifice them to either ability.

You mentioned reanimation in the description so some more options are Animate Dead , Dance of the Dead , Phyrexian Delver , Oath of Ghouls , Palace Siege , Entreat the Dead , Feldon of the Third Path , Victimize , and Whisper, Blood Liturgist .

I would also consider other sacrifice options so in case you do not need to activate Bros you can still generate value via sacrificing your tokens or creatures. Altar's Reap and Costly Plunder for card advantage, Sidisi, Undead Vizier to tutor, Priest of Forgotten Gods for multi-value, etc.

You have the protective-footwear covered but I would consider adding Spider Umbra and Kaya's Ghostform so you can protect or sacrifice them if need be. Other personal favorites of mine are Undying Evil and Supernatural Stamina .

Looks nefariously "fun!"

Gadianten on Krav, the Unhugged

5 years ago

I would replace Bond of Agony for Lifeline as Bond of Agony costs life AND mana making it a disappointing Exsanguinate. I think I would add Genesis Chamber over Oath of Ghouls as 22 creatures is not really that much, unless your meta is very creature light. Barring that perhaps something like Cauldron of Souls over Oath of Ghouls, even though in theory you should be the one benefiting the most it still seems a little to situational.

Some other considerations are Mikaeus, the Unhallowed as he is pretty since he allows you to re-sacrifice non human non token creatures with his handy undying ability. Hangarback Walker is an interesting choice since it creates tokens to fuel sacrifices and they fly. Puppeteer Clique is a solid creature in general and as a bonus is very synergistic with your commander allowing you to double dip for sacrificial purposes.

I think Rogue's Passage is worth considering since this is a pretty low opportunity cost to add some unblockable ability to your deck with a commander that could potentially one shot people. Also it can mess with opponents blocking other opponents stuff and that's always funny.

Dawnbreaker7727 on All Bow Before the True Queen

5 years ago

I like Entomb but i like Buried Alive more. A bit of a janky include but Tombstone Stairwell can close out games. I would sub out 2 swamps for a Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and a Cabal Stronghold I dont know what Phyrexian Devourer Is doing in here, but you could sub it for an Oath of Ghouls for recursion, or Molderhulk for a big body and semi ramp.