Varolz, the Scavenger

Commander / EDH* Aggro BG (Golgari) Casual Counters Multiplayer

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Creature (35)

• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Death's Shadow
• 1x Desecration Elemental
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Endless Wurm
• 1x Force of Savagery
• 1x Fungal Behemoth
• 1x Groundbreaker
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Hunted Troll
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Lupine Prototype
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Nyxathid
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Sheltering Ancient
• 1x Silvos, Rogue Elemental
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Troll Ascetic
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 11x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (6)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cast Down
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Sudden Reclamation
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Artifact (5)

• 1x Embalmer's Tools
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Scout the Borders

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Vessel of Nascency

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Creature (15)

• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Noxious Hatchling
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Walking Ballista

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, the Veil-Cursed  ^Flip
• 1x Liliana Vess

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Pernicious Deed

Artifact (2)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Whip of Erebos

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The idea of the deck is to get creature cards in your graveyard by sacrificing them or by self-mill. You can then use Varolz's ability to scavenge and put a bunch of +1/+1 counters on your creatures, abusing creatures like Death's Shadow to put 13 counters on any creature for only one black mana. Putting counters on hard to kill creatures such as Thrun, the Last Troll makes the deck sturdier against removal and board wipes. Below I have listed the main groups of cards in the deck. You usually want at least one from each category.
Any suggestions are welcome, since I want to streamline the deck some more. Any upvotes are also appreciated!

Scavenge Targets

• Death's Shadow
• Phyrexian Soulgorger
• Force of Savagery
• Groundbreaker
• Lupine Prototype
• Nyxathid
• Desecration Elemental
• Endless Wurm
• Hunted Troll
• Hunted Horror
• Sheltering Ancient
• Desecration Demon
• Splinterfright
• Fungal Behemoth

Targets for +1/+1 Counters

• Thrun, the Last Troll
• Troll Ascetic
• Lotleth Troll
• Hunted Troll
• Silvos, Rogue Elemental
• Phyrexian Crusader
• Reaper of the Wilds
• Mycoloth
• Bloodspore Thrinax
• Gyre Sage
• And of course Varolz, the Scar-Striped

Get Stuff in the Graveyard

• Lotleth Troll
• Key to the City
• Grisly Salvage
• Jarad's Orders
• Buried Alive
• Commune with the Gods
• Grapple with the Past
• Scout the Borders
• Vessel of Nascency
• Sudden Reclamation
• Deadbridge Chant
• Stinkweed Imp
• Varolz, the Scar-Striped's built-in sac outlet

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.13
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, City's Blessing, Faerie 1/1 U, Saproling 1/1 G
Folders	Deck ideas, Check for useful cards