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Caretakin' The Commoners [Under $50]

Commander / EDH Budget Control Mono-Black Reanimator

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This is a "Pauper-EDH / PDH" legal deck that is also totally legal to play in regular EDH.

PDH allows you to have any one uncommon creature as your general and then all other 99 cards must have been printed at common at some point. By using a legendary uncommon creature, Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker, as my commander and avoiding anything on the EDH banlist, this deck is therefore also legal in regular EDH.

The general idea is to run a lot of creatures with useful ETB/Dies effects that have power 1 or less. Throw in some sac outlets and you can recur the effects every single turn while Shirei is on the board. As Shirei is vulnerable to removal there's some ways to return to hand/battlefield any cards that get stuck in the graveyard and a few ways to regenerate/protect Shirei. The deck is really low curve and so runs some extra card draw to ensure you don't run out of gas too quickly.

Win conditions include general attrition via Falkenrath Noble, smashing face with Ulamog's Crusher, recurring creatures like Abyssal Gatekeeper and Gray Merchant of Asphodel, or going in for some high X Pestilence or Crypt Rats.

Overall it's a really fun deck that's even managed to win one game against regular EDH decks in my local playgroup.

A full detailed description of each card choice / mini primer will be uploaded soon!

Thanks for stopping by.

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Revision 7 See all

(1 year ago)

+1 Blood Pet main
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+1 Eaten Alive main
-1 Fortuitous Find main
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+1 Novice Occultist main
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  • Achieved #54 position overall 5 years ago
Date added 5 years
Last updated 1 year
Exclude colors WURG
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

9 - 0 Uncommons

61 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.20
Tokens The Monarch, Treasure
Folders My Built Decks, Pauper, EDH
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