Chainer, Dementia Master

Commander / EDH Competitive Control Mono-Black

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Creature (28)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Kagemaro, First to Suffer
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (37)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x High Market
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 21x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Winding Canyons

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Artifact (23)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Scrabbling Claws
• 1x Skull of Ramos
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Braids, Cabal Minion
• 1x Kuon, Ogre Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

Artifact (3)

• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Exsanguinate

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator

Land (2)

• 1x Mouth of Ronom
• 1x Scrying Sheets

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This is my phylactry. I have poured incredible amounts of time and energy into fine tuning this deck into a well-oiled engine, blessed by the Father of Machines himself.

My goal when piloting Chainer is simple. Control the board. We do this by abusing the, uh, "symmetrical" effects of Fleshbag Marauder,Slum Reaper, and our sweeper, Kagemaro, First to Suffer . In combination with Chainer, Dementia Master's powerful reanimation ability, we can manipulate the creatures on the board easily, gaining massive card advantage in the process.

This IS a mono-black deck. As such, we run all of the good mana doublers. I choose not to mainboard Exsanguinate, as my other win conditions are more cost-efficient, but the card is still very solid.

Now, you'll notice that Chainer's ability eats away at your life total fairly quickly. Enter Blood Artist, Falkenrath Noble , and Sangromancer. Creatures die often when this deck is at the table. These guys refill your tank while that happens.

Every good control deck needs some way of creating hand advantage, be it through disruption or draw. We can do both. Necropotence should need no explanation. Our other draw engine is....Skullclamp! We have plenty of 'clamp fodder between token generators (Bitterblossom and Trading Post), and self-recurring creatures (Bloodghast, Nether Traitor , Reassembling Skeleton). As for hand disruption...imagine reanimating Mindslicer during each player's upkeep. He's really powerful.

Our win conditions are simple. 1. Loop either Kokusho, the Evening Star or Gray Merchant of Asphodel with a sacrifice outlet (Phyrexian Altar shines here), and Chainer. 2. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed+Living Death+Phyrexian Altar = A whole lot of 'enters-the-battlefield' and 'dies' triggers. 3. Use Chainer to steal everyone's best dead creatures and attack with them!

Remember: Your life is a resource! Use it wisely.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 4 Mythic Rares 41 - 5 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.61
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goat 0/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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