Upkeep Tribal

Commander / EDH* Budget BUG (Sultai) Midrange

Futuremonk

Creature (28)

• 1x Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Embodiment of Spring
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Veteran Explorer
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Necroplasm
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Etrata, the Silencer
• 1x Mindwrack Demon
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Soul Swallower
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Shadowborn Demon
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Apocalypse Demon
• 1x Kheru Lich Lord
• 1x Void Maw
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Doomgape
• 1x End-Raze Forerunners

Artifact (3)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Corrupted Grafstone

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 6x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 3x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (6)

• 1x Visions of Beyond
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Sultai Charm
• 1x Status / Statue
• 1x Silumgar's Command

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Crop Sigil
• 1x Elfhame Sanctuary
• 1x Gravestorm
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Sultai Ascendancy
• 1x Kumena's Awakening
• 1x Mortal Combat
• 1x Vernal Equinox
• 1x Vile Requiem
• 1x Mist of Stagnation
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Deadbridge Chant

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Nagging Thoughts
• 1x Ransack the Lab
• 1x Strategic Planning
• 1x Tracker's Instincts
• 1x Winding Way
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x Twilight's Call

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Null Profusion
• 1x Recycle

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Artifact (1)

• 1x Altar of Dementia

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The idea behind this deck is to focus on stacking upkeep triggers for value.

While this might not seem like the best strategy -- upkeep triggers mean your permanents need to survive a whole turn for you to get that value -- I disagree.

For one thing, there are so many in the deck that it would take an Eon Hub to stop all of them. So opponents will have too many choices, and most of them are seemingly harmless, usually just allowing you extra card draw or selection and/or allowing you to dump cards into your graveyard.

Second, there are two ways to give your creatures flash (Vernal Equinox, Vivien, Champion of the Wilds) and one way to give enchantments flash (Vernal Equinox), so you can save at least some of the good upkeep cards for the end step of the opponent before you.

Since there is so much dumping cards in the graveyard, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant made sense for the commander. Technically she doesn't trigger on your upkeep, which is too bad, but she gives you extra value every time you dump a creature from your library into your graveyard, getting you an extra 2/2 zombie token that can attack, chump block, or be sacrificed as needed.

The coolest card in the deck is probably Paradox Haze. It is basically a Panharmonicon for upkeep triggers.

As for wincons, there are quite a few big creatures to go on the beat down plan, and plenty of ways to recur them from your graveyard as needed, such as Twilight's Call, which is a wincon in itself if you've successfully managed your opponents' graveyards with cards like Void Maw and Agent of Erebos. End-Raze Forerunners is a decent budget alternative to Craterhoof Behemoth as well.

Last, there is one "you win" upkeep card: Mortal Combat. The deck probably needs more creatures to really make it viable, but if you can get 20 of them into your graveyard and have it in play on your upkeep, you can just win that way. Worth a shot, at least, though it might be one of the first cards I'd cut for substitutes.

The list is still a work in progress, so suggestions welcome!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	City's Blessing, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Others decks