Witness Me! (Concept)

Commander / EDH* Casual Control Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Reanimator Weenie

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Creature (39)

• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Devout Witness
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Herald of Leshrac
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Palisade Giant
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite
• 1x Raving Dead
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Windborn Muse

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Amphitheater
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Faithless Looting

Instant (1)

• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Mardu Ascendancy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Worship

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Ajani Vengeant
• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Alesha, Who Smiles at Death EDH. Strategy based on battlefield triggers. "Oh, what a day... What a lovely day!"

Built with reference to http://edhrec.com/commander/Alesha,%20Who%20Smiles%20At%20Death/.

Suggestions are welcome!

Lightning Greaves and Olivia, Mobilized for War can grant Alesha, Who Smiles at Death haste so that she can attack on the first turn she enters the battlefield.

It's helpful to fill your graveyard with creatures with power 2 or less, who you can get into play with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death's ability, often for less than the CMC of the returned creatures. You can fill your graveyard using discard outlets such as those on Faithless Looting, Chandra, Flamecaller, Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Cryptbreaker, Devout Witness, Pack Rat, Olivia, Mobilized for War, and Key to the City. You can also tutor for cards and put them directly into your graveyard using Buried Alive, or use the sacrifice effects of Razaketh, the Foulblooded, Eldrazi Monument, Teysa, Orzhov Scion, and Ashnod's Altar to get cards back into your graveyard.

In order to keep reanimating attackers with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, you'll have to find ways to protect her, such as Eldrazi Monument, Grand Abolisher, Dictate of Erebos, Rogue's Passage, Swords to Plowshares, Ob Nixilis Reignited, Chandra, Flamecaller, Ajani Vengeant, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Archetype of Finality, Duplicant, Banewhip Punisher, Iroas, God of Victory, Palisade Giant, Teysa, Orzhov Scion, Selfless Spirit, Knight-Captain of Eos, Reconnaissance activated after attacking with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, Siege-Gang Commander (possibly in combination with Mardu Ascendancy or Grenzo, Dungeon Warden), Key to the City, Lightning Greaves, and Mother of Runes.

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death and your other creatures with low power/toughness can also be protected with basic power/toughness boosts such as those granted by Eldrazi Monument, Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Drana, Liberator of Malakir, Angel of Invention, Olivia, Mobilized for War, Cathars' Crusade, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Mardu Ascendancy, and Ravos, Soultender.

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden is a powerful reanimator engine of his own, since most of the creatures in this deck have power less than or equal to his base power. Feldon of the Third Path can place token copies of cards in your graveyard directly onto your battlefield, giving them haste and sacrificing them at the end of the turn. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second and third abilities are also great ways to return creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield.

Many of the creatures in this deck have abilities that trigger upon entering the battlefield (ETB effects), such as Knight-Captain of Eos, Priest of the Blood Rite, Angel of Invention, Karmic Guide, Sun Titan, Disciple of Bolas, Duplicant, Banewhip Punisher, Grenzo, Dungeon Warden, Knight of the White Orchid, Siege-Gang Commander, and Solemn Simulacrum.

Other cards in this deck have abilities that trigger when another creature enters the battlefield under your control, such as Mentor of the Meek, Olivia, Mobilized for War, and Cathars' Crusade.

These ETB effects can be triggered when creatures are cast, brought back from graveyard to play with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, gotten out from the library using Grenzo, Dungeon Warden, copied using Feldon of the Third Path, or returned from the graveyard to the battlefield using Liliana, Defiant Necromancer.

You can get multiple uses of Alesha, Who Smiles at Death's ability per turn by having multiple combat phases per turn with Aurelia, the Warleader.

For mana acceleration, you can use Ashnod's Altar, Sol Ring, Burnished Hart, Herald of Leshrac, Knight of the White Orchid, Sword of the Animist, and Solemn Simulacrum.

For card draw, you have Faithless Looting, Skullclamp, Phyrexian Arena, Ob Nixilis Reignited, Solemn Simulacrum, Tymna the Weaver, Cryptbreaker (possibly in combination with Raving Dead), Disciple of Bolas, Mentor of the Meek, and Key to the City. Heirloom Blade is another card that gives card advantage. Razaketh, the Foulblooded has a powerful tutor ability stapled to a powerful body.

For token production, you can use Knight-Captain of Eos, Teysa, Orzhov Scion, Priest of the Blood Rite, Chandra, Flamecaller, Liliana, Heretical Healer  , Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Feldon of the Third Path, Angel of Invention, Cryptbreaker, Pack Rat, Siege-Gang Commander, Mardu Ascendancy, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, and Sorin, Solemn Visitor.

To prevent creatures from attacking you, use Windborn Muse and Ghostly Prison.

Aven Mindcensor and Harsh Mentor can help protect you from combo decks.

Worship makes it difficult for you to lose, especially given the token producers, graveyard recursion, creature protection, and manlands in this deck.

Ajani Vengeant by Jason Chan

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight by Jason Chan

Elspeth, Sun's Champion by Tyler Jacobson

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death by Anastasia Ovchinnikova

Liliana, Defiant Necromancer   by Karla Ortiz

Tymna the Weaver by Winona Nelson

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Copy Clone, Demon 5/5 B, Elemental 3/1 R, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Goblin 1/1 R, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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