Gyrus, The Meat Grinder

Commander / EDH* BRG (Jund) Counters Dredge Multiplayer Reanimator Tokens

Squirrel_of_War

Land (33)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 3x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x High Market
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Finishers (5)

• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1x Realm Seekers

Dredge (15)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Thought Gorger
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x World Shaper

Tutors (8)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Doublers (6)

• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Ramp (6)

• 1x Avenging Druid
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wood Elves

Commander (1)

Removal (12)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Ancient Grudge
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 1x Fulminator Mage
• 1x Ingot Chewer
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravager Wurm
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Advantage (7)

• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Filth
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Moment's Peace
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Sylvan Library

Haste (4)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Recursion (3)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Phyrexian Delver

---

Maybeboard

Advantage (23)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Bind
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Killer Instinct
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Muck Drubb
• 1x Nature's Revolt
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Thantis, the Warweaver
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Combat (4)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x World at War

Other (2)

• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed

Removal (17)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Bogardan Hellkite
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Firemaw Kavu
• 1x Flametongue Kavu
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Keldon Firebombers
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Night Incarnate
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Offalsnout
• 1x Rakdos the Defiler
• 1x Stone-Tongue Basilisk

Lands (6)

• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Tutors (3)

• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Mindclaw Shaman

Ramp (2)

• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Fertilid

Recursion (9)

• 1x Cavalier of Thorns
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Isareth the Awakener
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Wake the Dead

Finishers (6)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Drakestown Forgotten
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Ignition Team
• 1x Wall of Blood

Haste (6)

• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x In the Web of War
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden

Dredge (5)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Mindwrack Demon
• 1x Sin Prodder

Doublers (1)

• 1x Panharmonicon

---

Varakna, the deepest tar-swamp in Jund. The home of Gyrus, Waker of Corpses.

Welcome to Varakna!

This deck is what I would consider a "Fair" Reanimator deck. This deck is fast and utilizes tons of brutal ETB abilities. I consider it "Fair" because once I have a creature in the graveyard, if I plan to reanimate them with Gyrus I only get to bring back a token copy of the creature that exiles at the end of combat. (Because Gyrus grinds up the critters to the point they can never be used again) Therefore I can't keep bringing back the same broken a** creatures every single turn. Yes, I'm looking at you Spore Frog! That being said, being "Fair" isn't always fun so of course I included other ways to bring back and keep my critters and ways to double or quadruple my tokens and/or triggers just to make sure I can keep the upper hand. I looked through way more cards than I want to admit to come up with my final card choices and as you all know commander decks are always changing so please let me know if you think there are better card choices and drop me a +1 if you like the deck!

One Shot Kills

These are ways to kill your opponents with only Gyrus and one other creature.

Gyrus with three +1/+1 counters and Master of Cruelties Show

Reanimate Master of Cruelties and Gyrus does the rest, most straight-forward wincon in the deck. I found that sometimes it is hard to kill more than one person at a time this way. I have killed one player and got another down to 1 life in the same turn but couldn't deal that last damage so I added in Goblin Bombardment and Shivan Gorge to help put the nail in the coffin if I'm ever in the same situation.

Gyrus with three +1/+1 counters and a +1/+1 fatty Show

Reanimate Realm Seekers, Bane of Progress, or Golgari Grave-Troll with at least 19 counters and a +1/+1 counter doubler to deal 41 damage.

Gyrus with six +1/+1 counters and Angrath's Marauders Show

Reanimate Angrath's Marauders with a token doubler to have Gyrus and Angath's marauders deal 10x4 damage.

Let me know if you know of any more one shot kills!

Custom Category Explanation

• Advantage: I may think of a better name for this category but for now it's just cards that don't fit anywhere else. the only thing I could think of that they have in common is they give me an advantage.
• Doublers: These cards will double +1 counters, loyalty counters, and/or triggered abilities and if you have multiple of any of these on the battlefield at the same time things start to get crazy... but not for very long because I will kill everyone or they will all gang up on me and kill me...
• Dredge: Yes I know not all the cards in this category have dredge I just think "Dredge" sounds better than "Graveyard Putter Inners"
• Finishers: These are my game winners. In theory, if any of these hit the table and aren't immediately dealt with at least one player is going to die right then and there.
• Haste: These are my haste enablers since I want to start swinging with everything I have right away.
• Lands: You guessed it, lands are in this category. One thing to take note of is many of these lands serve dual purpose, they of course make my much needed mana but they may also do a bunch of other awesome things. Just pray there is no Blood Moon in your opponents deck...
• Ramp: These cards are very important to an explosive start. This deck is more of an "Aggro Reanimator" so speed is important.
• Recursion: The lifeblood of this deck. These are all they ways I can get nasty threats out without having to pay their mana costs.
• Removal: Very important. Get rid of threats.
• Tutors: Get what I need, when I need it.

Fallen Adversaries

This is the growing list of commanders who were ground up in the maws of Gyrus, Waker of Corpses!

• Kaervek the Merciless
• The Ur-Dragon
• Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
• Licia, Sanguine Tribune
• Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
• Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• Memnarch
• Arcanis the Omnipotent
• Karn, Silver Golem
• Krenko, Mob Boss
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• Sharuum the Hegemon

Special Thanks

Thank you to (your name here) for featuring this deck!

YOU can be immortalized in this decks description FOREVER, all you have to do is feature the deck on the main page and let me know!

Don’t forget to +1!

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Counters 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Dredge 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.64
Tokens	Copy Clone, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander, Deck Ideas, Deck Ideas, Cool decks, Interesting Commander Decks, Interesting, Intresse, nice, EDH Decks, Cool concepts