Chainer's Party

Commander / EDH Infinite Combo Mono-Black Multiplayer Reanimator

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Creature (29)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (12)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Revel in Riches

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 25x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (3)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem *oversized*
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Shauku, Endbringer
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Woebringer Demon

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Decompose
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Morality Shift
• 1x Swallowing Plague
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Artifact (3)

• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Kuon's Essence

Land (1)

• 1x Ancient Tomb

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Chainer seems underplayed for how powerful his ability is, so I thought I'd take a crack at building him.

The biggest downside of playing Chainer is that when he leaves the battlefield, all the creatures you spent life and mana bringing out are exiled. We get around this with cheap sacrifice outlets like Phyrexian Altar , Phyrexian Plaguelord , Disciple of Griselbrand , Viscera Seer , and Altar of Dementia . The creatures will return to their owners graveyards instead of being exiled, and we can get them back once we re-cast Chainer

The life-loss from his ability can be mitigated by Blood Artist -esque effects, Exsanguinate / Gray Merchant of Asphodel , Kokusho, the Evening Star and Disciple of Griselbrand .

Steel Hellkite is a way we can deal with enchantments and artifacts, something mono-black has trouble with.

There is one infinite combo in this deck. You start with Chainer, Dementia Master , Phyrexian Altar and Blood Artist , Falkenrath Noble , or Zulaport Cutthroat on the field. You then either cast or reanimate Sengir Autocrat , creating 3 Serf tokens. Sacrifice the tokens and Sengir Autocrat using the altar, producing and draining an opponent of 4 life. Repeat this process as many times as you wish, using Chainer to reanimate the Autocrat and netting and 1 life each cycle. Sengir Autocrat can be replaced with Abhorrent Overlord , or provided you have at least 2 Blood Artist effects, Grave Titan , although Grave Titan will only allow you to break even on mana.

The maybeboard has cards I think could work, but I'm not sure what to cut.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 1 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.97
Tokens	Harpy 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Serf 0/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B