Daxos the DiscardedCasual EDH

Commander / EDH* Discard Enchantment

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Boardwipe (3)

• 1x End Hostilities
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x Planar Outburst

Carddraw (6)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Greed
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Underworld Connections

Discard (14)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x He Who Hungers
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Spirit Cairn
• 1x Thoughtrender Lamia
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Words of Waste

Finisher (6)

• 1x Curse of Misfortunes
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Opalescence
• 1x Scythe Specter

Land (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 12x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Ramp (8)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Oreskos Explorer
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Recursion (2)

• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Treasury Thrull

Removal (14)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Faith's Fetters
• 1x Forced Worship
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Quarantine Field
• 1x Seal of Doom
• 1x Soul Snare
• 1x Suppression Bonds
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent
• 1x Witch's Mist

Threat (14)

• 1x Ajani's Chosen
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Curse of Shallow Graves
• 1x Curse of Thirst
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Necromancer's Covenant
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thoughtrender Lamia

Tutor (1)

• 1x Totem-Guide Hartebeest

Commander (1)

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Other (7)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Soul Snare
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Witch's Mist

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The overall deck is about enchantment synergy. I then decided this wasn't enough to drive an entire deck and looked into a bit of discard synergy as well. I know discard as a mechanic has some hate towards it (at least in my playgroup) so I tried to make the discard hit everyone so you don't have to single anyone out. Also the deck isn't about them having an empty hand either but instead benefiting off them discarding cards. So I put in things like Geth's Grimoire and Spirit Cairn and Sangromancer rather than The Rack or Megrim.

There are several enchantment based threats as well as creature based threats. I don't see using Daxos the Returned too much in the early game but he could very well be a threat late in the game.

For the one tutor the deck has in Totem-Guide Hartebeest I would get either Curse of Misfortunes or Underworld Connections if those are already in play I recomend Prison Term as some solid removal.

Debt to the Deathless and Exsanguinate and Gray Merchant of Asphodel are all their to really swing life totals with your opponents late game if not outright killing them.

Some of the discard effects cause this deck to discard from its own hand as well. This is where a little bit of recursion came in to play. If you end up discarding your own cards you should discard the enchantments since you can get them back via Sun Titan or Treasury Thrull . I'm rethinking putting in Starfield of Nyx for more recursion but it does kill the tokens that Daxos the Returned spews out. However this downside to the card may not be enough to justify not playing it since it does such a superb job in this deck overall.

Also He Who Hungers can use the tokens Daxos creates but also Spirit Cairn tokens for repeatable discard for 4 mana or 2 mana respectively.

Something to consider are cards like Shackles where you can return them to the hand and retrigger Daxos the Returned or Thoughtrender Lamia but I think the affect they provide is too weak to justify the interaction here. However I could be wrong super easily.

Depending on metas you might want more graveyard hate in the likes of Rest in Peace or better cards in general such as Bitterblossom and tutors or something. Either way this deck should be fun for everyone and it may not win but I think it feels cool to play with the synergies in the deck.

**The deck is meant for cheap casual play. Nothing competitive and I'm not going to put in Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond but you can if you want!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	URG
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Cat 2/2 W, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B