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All's Fair in Pain and Taxes [Famine]

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Group Slug WB (Orzhov)

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And lo! towards us coming in a boat

An old man, hoary with the hair of eld,

Crying: "Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!

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Hope nevermore to look upon the heavens;

I come to lead you to the other shore,

To the eternal shades in heat and frost.

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And thou, that yonder standest, living soul,

Withdraw thee from these people, who are dead!"


Recently remodeling my old Athreos EDH deck / scrapping its Cleric Tribal for a pain(ment) approach.

We have what ramp we can get in Orzhov colors, or more specifically, the small amount we need with a low CMC, for what we wish to play.

We have removal for what we don't wish to see.

We have fixing for getting what we wish to get.

We have control for guiding the board-state to what we wish to have.

We have sac for the value we wish to receive.

We have recursion for the value we wish to return.

We have payment for those who wish to pay the cost of living.

And, just in case, we have bashers for those who wish they had paid the toll.


Top cuts are:

Underworld Dreams (Is the damage worth it?)

Karmic Justice (Removal dissuasion)

Blind Obedience (Need to track extort # in average game + how much tap control has turned the tide)


Top additions:

Tidehollow Sculler (Great hand removal but I didn't get enough value from it)

Alhammarret's Archive (Life gain increase and fixing)

Contamination (For more control)

Pitiless Plunderer (For more ramp - Can I get enough?)

Vizkopa Guildmage (Infinite with Exquisite Blood )

Karlov of the Ghost Council (If I need more removal)

Zulaport Cutthroat (If I need more payment)

Tymna the Weaver (If I need more fixing)

Haunted Crossroads (If I need more recursion)

Jet Medallion (If I need more ramp)


Cards from new set are flagged as being "illegal." Just give it time and that will sort itself out.

Recurring Nightmare is banned in EDH (but legal in so many others..) and I run it in my personal play group as they allow it, but I've taken it out of the deck and put into "Maybes" as it's not always accepted. If you find yourself in the boat in which you can use it, swap a recursion, maybe Phyrexian Reclamation, and have at it.

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Date added 5 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

7 - 0 Mythic Rares

45 - 0 Rares

23 - 0 Uncommons

10 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.28
Tokens City's Blessing, Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Minion X/X B, Treasure
Folders Orzhov decks
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