Florens Putredine

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Counters

Graveskulker

Creature (26)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Deathcap Cultivator
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Dreg Mangler
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Jugan, the Rising Star
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mournwillow
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Slitherhead
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vulturous Zombie

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Curse of Predation
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Forced Adaptation
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Rancor

Land (38)

• 15x Forest
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Treasured Find

Artifact (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Ring of Kalonia
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

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Deep in the Obscure festering woods, where cemeteries are forgotten and reclaimed by nature, the horrific rotlord Skullbriar feasts on the rotting and grows stronger, lost wanderers pray they don't stumble into his bogs, even the angels and demons dare not enter his domain, where Rot blooms and the rotting are devoured, and a mysterious beast lurks beneath the black bayou waters

My favorite color combination, and my favorite legendary creature, basic idea of the deck is to beef up Skullbriar, but if that plan doesn't go well, there are other ways to win, mainly aggro. let's go over what the deck does.

Commander synergies (+1/+1 counters/Trample/hexproof)

One of the nice things about skullbriar is, if he gets removed a lot and i can't pay for him anymore, i can always use his buff spells for other creatures i have on the field. but these are mostly ways to get counters on Skullbriar and give him trample/hexproof.

Increasing Savagery pretty basic, put counters on skullbriar, put more on him when you can flash it back.

Forgotten Ancient one of the best ways to get counters on things, free counters for anyone playing spells, that can be moved onto skullbriar, a decent blocker as well.

Forced Adaptation once again, very basic, get counters

Hardened Scales very good for one mana, get extra counters, pretty basic, again.

Jugan, the Rising Star pretty good beater, not amazing, but a 5/5 flyer has its uses, good fuel for sac engines such as Ashnod's altar or Jarad.

Ring of Kalonia Very good for Skullbriar, provides trample as well as counters every turn

Ordeal of Nylea most of the time this will just get skulbriar a counter and get you 2 lands, which is very good, helps you ramp a little and beefs up skullbriar

Obsessive Skinner not too great, but more skullbriar buff, that can add up to more buffs late game, or can be used to block something/sacrifice to an engine.

Corpsejack Menace always been one of my favorite cards, for this deck he helps you get a really scary skullbriar and is a decent sized creature as well, all kinds of value

Doubling Season very obvious for this deck, tons of counters as well as helping you get more zombies from grave titan or saprolings from mycoloth

Drana, Liberator of Malakir another flyer, which is good for this deck as it has very few flyers, but it will also beef up skullbriar and any other creatures if it hits a player.

Brawn Just gives skullbriar trample, good for fuel for a sac engine, or grabbing with Jarad's orders

Varolz, the Scar-Striped pretty obvious, scavenge everything onto skullbriar, if you need to sac stuff, he's alright for that as well

Hunger of the Howlpack worst case scenario, it'll give skullbriar another counter, best case it'll give him 3 (or more if you have doublers)

Swiftfoot Boots gives skullbriar hexproof, so he won't get killed and you can still beef him up.

Curse of Predation Gives skullbriar guaranteed counters when he attacks, and can deathmark someone in multiplayer

Necropolis Regent Another good sized flyer, can give skullbriar a ton of counters, pretty good.

Rancor beefs up skullbriar a bit, and gives him trample, also stays around forever, pretty much a green staple

Sword of Feast and Famine gives skullbriar protection from the color that has the most removal, lets him get through green fatties, and lets you untap all your land, very good.

Vigor a bit of an over performer if it sticks around, makes all your creatures scary to block or swing into, of course helps beef up skullbriar

Primeval Bounty gives you all kinds of advantage, more counters for skullbriar, more life, and more creatures, just value

Asceticism pretty obvious for any green deck, hexproof for all, also lets you regenerate skullbriar, if you need to

Slitherhead just for scavenge, decent for chumping or saccing to an engine

Dreg Mangler also for scavenge, but can get some damage in.

Llanowar Reborn a free counter on a land

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood rarely do i actually get to use this on skullbriar, but the potential is there

Removal

Go for the Throat very good, obviously, kills most thing you need to kill.

Garruk, Apex Predator probably my favorite planeswalker, kills planeswalkers and creatures, give you health, and makes beasts

Hero's Downfall kills what you need to kill, and planeswalkers

Putrefy kills what you need to kill, and also artifacts

In Garruk's Wake Board wipes are always good, And this will keep all your creatures in play

Abrupt Decay removes a lot of things that you would want to remove, either midcost creatures, or lightning greaves, diving tops, ghostly prisons, very good.

Acidic Slime gets rid of pesky artifacts or enchantments, good for blocking or saccing as well

Grave Pact good for getting rid of your opponent's creatures if you're saccing things

Sacrifice... a subtheme for the deck, has enough to give you some synergy, either through cards like grave pact or getting more counters on skullbriar with Mazirek

Sac engines

Ashnod's Altar very good for a lot of EDH decks, lets you pay for commander tax, or trigger sacrifice/death abilities, Sacrifice zombies from Grave titan or mycoloth for Mazirek buffs or grave pact triggers, sacrifice small creatures with not much use, like slitherhead or acidic slime to ramp into something.

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord very good for getting damage in, fling a Jugan, get counters and sacrifice trigger abilities Fling a dreg mangler, get some extra damage in and more sacrifice triggers, as well as the ability to scavenge it later on, a decent beater as well.

Varolz, the Scar-Striped just if you need to get sacrifice triggers, i mean regenerating him is decent as well if you need to.

Mycoloth Eat some stuff, get an army later on, and a big fungus

Sac triggers

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest another flyer, but also, lets you get a big skullbriar, and big creatures if you can sacrifice stuff, your oppenents can help trigger his ability too!

Grave Pact very good for sacrificing stuff, gets rid of your opponents' stuff and will force them to make a trade if they want to remove one of your creatures

sacrifice fuel

Grave Titan the main one, pukes out a ton of zombies, sacrifice them for advantages

Mycoloth once again, pukes out a bunch of plants, use them for value

Solemn Simulacrum get its land ability, sac it to draw

Acidic Slime use its removal ability, eat it up for an advantage

Slitherhead eat it up, scavenge it on to skullbriar for free

Dreg Mangler same as slitherhead, except not free for scavenge

Creakwood Liege pukes out a worm, eat up the worm

The Aggro plan B

Dreg Mangler fast and can get some damage in, beef him up with a sword or a rancor if you want to, scavenge him if he dies

Vulturous Zombie a flyer that gets bigger as more of your opponents' stuff dies, once again, give him a sword or a rancor and he'll get some good damage in

Creakwood Liege makes all your stuff bigger, and pukes out some worms

Pathbreaker Ibex it's a goat, and it makes your stuff huge and gives them trample

Lotleth Troll he has trample, he regenerates, and he can get bigger if you feed him

Grave Titan a big rotting beater that pukes out small rotting beaters

Grim Flayer built in trample, gets bigger and lets you get a little bit of self mill

Strangleroot Geist lets you get some speedy damage in, and comes back, could be sacrificed as well, and come back for some more vengeance

Mournwillow speedy damage, can help out against token decks as well

Tarmogoyf The fabled gravemonster, a big beater for cheapp

The Gitrog Monster a big ol' frog beater, more on him later.

Card draw/tutors

Green Sun's Zenith grab whatever creature you need, pretty obvious for any green deck

Increasing Ambition grab whatever you need, flash it back later for more stuff you need

Read the Bones Just good card draw

Solemn Simulacrum sac it or chump something with it to draw

Jarad's Orders grab a creature you need, and throw one in the bone zone for later

Grisly Salvage basically get to draw a card and put some stuff in the bone zone for later

Ramp

Deathcap Cultivator gives you the colors you need, can block something and kill it later on if needed

Deathrite Shaman gravehate, some lifegain, some damage, and some ramp

Solemn Simulacrum get an extra land in play, just a great card in general

Birds of Paradise pretty obvious, if you need to you can sword/rancor it up for flying damage

Harrow get some more lands

Garruk Wildspeaker one of my favorite original planeswalkers, ramps and gives you beasts

Ashnod's Altar sacrifice a couple things, get some mana to ramp into something if you need to

Ordeal of Nylea very easy to pop this early and get some more land

Grave digging

Deadbridge Chant i love this card, always gives you something

Treasured Find get back a card you miss, or removal if you need to kill something

Vigor Mortis bring back something that died, except it's stronger

Deep in the Gitrog Bayou...where rot blooms and horrors skulk, something is brewing deep beneath the festering waters, an abomination seldom seen by the living, even The rotlord Skullbriar barely knows anything about it, it feasts on the drowned, and the rotting above, appears to be froglike

An obscure sub-subtheme, The beast of the Gitrog Bayou

Verdant Catacombs get an overgrown tomb, and draw a card

Harrow ramp, and also get an extra card

Grisly Salvage throw away some land and draw extra cards

Deadbridge Chant turns into some free card draw

Deathrite Shaman exile all those lands for free mana

I hope you enjoyed looking through this deck and were inspired to build your own golgari deck, Hope your harvest is grim!

Top Ranked	Achieved #36 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Saproling 1/1 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	idk