Commander Erebos

Commander / EDH Control Mono-Black Reanimator

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Creature (21)

• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Faceless Butcher
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Kuro, Pitlord
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Strands of Night

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 25x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Instant (12)

• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Victim of Night
• 1x Wake the Dead

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn Liberated

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dead of Winter
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo

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Creature (7)

• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Hypnotic Specter
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Urborg Syphon-Mage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Instant (1)

• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Artifact (3)

• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (3)

• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 2x Swamp

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This is a mono black goodstuff/reanimator commander deck. Main win conditions are Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Kokusho, the Evening Star with multiple recursions from graveyard.

This can be done using Coffin Queen or Chainer, Dementia Master , but more commonly is done as a combo with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed , Vampire Hexmage , a sac outlet, and either Gray Merchant of Asphodel or Kokusho, the Evening Star . No infinite combos are used as I am not a fan of them. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and a sac outlet allows Gray Merchant of Asphodel ETB effect to be used twice. If Vampire Hexmage is used to remove the +1/+1 counter, it can be done four times. Usually some Altar of Dementia self mill and Buried Alive can get all the pieces in the yard for a mass animation spell. Doom Whisperer is also amazing for this. You don't even need to worry about other ETB effects because after they all go on the stack, you can respond by sacrificing Gray Merchant of Asphodel , allowing him to be brought back (possibly 3 times) before any other ETB abilities resolve (such as Demon of Dark Schemes or an opponent's Massacre Wurm ETB). Advice is welcome.

I always feel like it could use more creatures, but can't bring myself to take anything out.

I kind of like the way the deck has turned out, but it is more of a graveyard combo deck than the mono black goodstuff I originally envisioned. Any tips or card suggestions are welcome, though I do not intend to put in any infinite combos.

Comments are welcome.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.73
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B