Chainer, Dementia Master (Budget Challenge)

Commander / EDH Budget Mono-Black Reanimator

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Creature (38)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Dark Hatchling
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Disciple of Malice
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hedron Crawler
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands
• 1x Keeper of the Dead
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Lurching Rotbeast
• 1x Manakin
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Moaning Wall
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Soul of Innistrad
• 1x Twisted Abomination
• 1x Undead Gladiator
• 1x Vile Manifestation
• 1x Viscera Dragger
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wasteland Scorpion
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Wild-Field Scarecrow
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 27x Swamp

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Absorb Vis
• 1x Ichor Slick
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Wander in Death

Instant (5)

• 1x Expunge
• 1x Fade from Memory
• 1x Scarab Feast
• 1x Swat
• 1x Without Weakness

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Renegade Map
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile
• 1x Vampiric Rites

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Creature (11)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Nullstone Gargoyle
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Twilight Prophet

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Life's Finale

Instant (1)

• 1x Corpse Dance

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Artifact (3)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Surveyor's Scope
• 1x Whip of Erebos

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This is a slimmed down (financially) Chainer build with some card draw combos, and a Cycling Subtheme to keep the deck running thin and cheap. Faith of the Devoted is a means to an end. It keeps life available to offset the Chainer lifeloss. It works with discards too, so don't forget those triggers. Also, Soul of Innistrad can return Cycling bodies to act as a pseudo-Life from Loam engine in this deck. .
Veilborn Ghoul seems really bad. Until it soft-combos with Undead Gladiator or Necromancer's Stockpile. Keep playing those swamps and retrieving you draw engine.

Meteor Golem is your Oblivion Ring out against whatever is needed.

Almost every cycling card is meant to be cycled if you are left with nothing better to do. You need to get those lands out to keep Chainer available. Remember he can activate at instant speed!

Body Snatcher is a great back-up engine with the mana-lite Sacrifice Engines

Gempalm Polluter is not just another cycling filler, you have some Zombie token generation too!

God-Pharaoh's Gift is a slow-roll backup engine if you are fighting lots of board wipes or counterspells

Trading Post, Key to the City, Undead Gladiator and Necromancer's Stockpile will help if you start to flood with lands. I recommend using the fetches to thin the deck and keep lands moving. Journeyer's Kite is a card draw engine that either helps you move towards multiple activation of many things, or at least keeps you from stalling. +1 Swamp in hand is still 2 cards a turn.

Keeper of the Dead and Crypt of Agadeem want those cycled bodies in the graveyard asap. Keep digging.

Burnished Hart and Wild-Field Scarecrow being brought back is not the worst option if you need to push for more mana. Wander in Death can be friendly for these two, or 2 cheap cycling bodies.

Krav, the Unredeemed and other "Draw" outlets probably should eat the Mana Dorks once you have a land engine moving.

Yahenni, Undying Partisan is not just an outlet. It is meant to be a sole survivor of standard Wrath-effects. In a pinch Without Weakness can sometimes save Chainer; Remember that.

Demon of Dark Schemes is your Back-Up for Chainer. Keep an eye on opponent's losses to keep proper Energy available.

Endless Sands is an old effect, but it can save, reuse, and otherwise setup a post-Wrath boardstate.

Disciple of Griselbrand is arguably the best Sac-Outlet (#2 to maybe Viscera Seer). Expect anyone who knows what you are doing to kill/nerf it fast.

UPGRADING

Corpse Connoisseur -> Rune-Scarred Demon

Corpse Augur -> Disciple of Bolas

Dark Hatchling -> Noxious Gearhulk / Overseer of the Damned

Wild-Field Scarecrow -> Solemn Simulacrum

Nekrataal -> Shadowborn Demon

Cycling Fodder -> Board Wipes like Decree and Finale (remember to stack triggers)

Keeper of the Dead -> Avatar of Woe

Key to the City -> Ob Nixilis Reignited

Cabal Stronghold -> Cabal Coffers

Whisper, Blood Liturgist -> Hell's Caretaker

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.61
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goat 0/1 W, Harpy 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B