Death Pits of Nel Toth

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Competitive Control Multiplayer Reanimator Stax

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Land (33)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 2x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Ramp (6)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Overeager Apprentice
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Recursion (14)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Dawn of the Dead
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Victimize
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Tutors (12)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Protection (6)

• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Veil of Summer

Finishers (4)

• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Walking Ballista

Commander (1)

Removal (12)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Thief of Blood

Advantage (7)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Underrealm Lich

Enablers (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Viscera Seer

Stax (4)

• 1x Contamination
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

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Maybeboard

Other (20)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Gaea's Blessing
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Living Plane
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Minister of Pain
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Plague Reaver
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

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"May all the cairns of Jund be toppled." ~Meren of Clan Nel Toth

This decks usually wins through attrition by depriving resources while being able to recur creatures to gain advantage.

Protean Hulk Chain

Once Protean Hulk is on the battlefield sac it and fetch:

• Body Snatcher
• Viscera Seer
• Sylvan Safekeeper

Respond to Body Snatcher's ETB trigger by sac'ing it to Viscera Seer. When it dies, reanimate Protean Hulk and then sac it again to fetch:

• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• Walking Ballista

Sac Walking Ballista to Viscera Seer so it comes back with a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus. Remove the counter to deal 1 damage to an opponent and then sac Walking Ballista to Viscera Seer and undying will trigger bringing back the ballista with a counter once again. Repeat indefinitely to kill all opponents.

Walking ballista will have +1/+1 from Mikaeus' static ability so this combo REQUIRES a sac outlet.

Sylvan Safekeeper is a failsafe to prevent anyone from disrupting the combo.

Combos

There are several three-card infinite combos in the deck. These combos have:

1. A repeatable sac outlet. Altar of Dementia, Ashnod's Altar, Sadistic Hypnotist, Viscera Seer
2. A persist creature. Puppeteer Clique, Woodfall Primus
3. A way to remove the -1/-1 counter from the persist creature. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

None of these combos are instant win.

Depending on which cards I use to assemble the combo this is what results I get:

Part 1.

• Altar of Dementia; infinite mill
• Ashnod's Altar;
• Sadistic Hypnotist; all opponents discard their hands
• Viscera Seer; scry through my deck to get any card on top of my library.

Part 2.

• Puppeteer Clique; reanimate all opponents creatures under my control
• Woodfall Primus; destroy all noncreature permanents (you can target your own but that's a bad idea, just stop when you kill your opponents stuff and if you're nicer than me you might leave their lands alone)

Part 3.

• Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest; pump Mazirek and all other non-persist creatures up big time.

*Add Smothering Abomination to draw your whole deck.

Custom Category Explanation

Advantage

This is my card draw and cards that give me the edge up on my opponents.

Enablers

I need one of these cards for the deck to be working at its best. These cards are the key piece to some of the more brutal interactions.

Finishers

These cards end games and must be dealt with immediately.

Lands

The category includes all lands in the deck but listed below are the utility lands and uses for each. Keep in mind Crop Rotation can tutor these into play at instant speed.

• Arcane Lighthouse will help with all the pesky hexproof shinanigans going on in commander. (removed from current version of the deck)
• Bojuka Bog against graveyard strategies.
• Cavern of Souls when any player is playing .
• Geier Reach Sanitarium when you need to discard creatures for Meren.
• Ghost Quarter or Tectonic Edge when you need to get rid of a pesky utility land.
• Homeward Path when your opponents take your dudes.
• Grim Backwoods, High Market, and Phyrexian Tower are used to sac Meren (or any other dudes) when someone tries to Lignify or Arrest her.
• Shizo, Death's Storehouse can help one of the legends get through or be used as a political tool to help someone kill another opponent. (removed from current version of the deck)

Protection

These cards protect my board state and help me get around things like targeted removal or the occasional terrastodon.

Ramp

This is my mana ramp. - Overeager Apprentice gets me , an experience counter and I get to discard a dude to reanimate? Yep.

Recursion

These are supplemental to Meren, she can’t do it all by herself. With the number of ETB triggers in the deck I get twice the value from most of these cards. The most underrated card in this category is Wake the Dead. I can easily reanimate a bunch of creatures to stop an opponent from winning and wipe the board with ETB triggers all while gaining experience counters.

Removal

This is my removal suite. In this deck I prefer the majority of my control be attached to a creature so I can continually reanimate them and repeat the effects.

Tutors

These are the cards that will get me what I need when I need it. In this deck anything attached to a creature is value added so Sidisi, Undead Vizier and Fierce Empath are the all-stars here.

• Birthing Pod is one of the best tutors in the deck because the creatures sacrificed to it can be put back in your hand or onto the battlefield with Merens ability and you gain an experience counter.
• Fauna Shaman is similar to the previous but it can be activated at instant speed and brought back from the graveyard.
• Buried Alive is a very powerful tutor but it can easily be answered with graveyard removal. That is why I never search for my three best choices. I will always get the best, third best, and fifth best choices, that way it looks less threatening to my opponents and I can still come back if my graveyard is exiled at that time.
• Crop Rotation is to fetch a utility land when you need it. Nothing better than instant speed Bojuka Bog. See 'Lands' section for more details.
• Diabolic Intent can get anything I need and an experience counter. I'm usually going to go for Spore Frog or some sort of removal like Massacre Wurm or Bane of Progress.
• Entomb is an extremely versatile card, not only can it get me whatever creature I would need in my yard at instant speed but I can toss an instant or sorcery card in the yard to be returned with Eternal Witness if needed.
• Jarad's Orders, dude in the yard to get back with Meren and a threat to cast.

• Fierce Empath, Rune-Scarred Demon, and Sidisi, Undead Vizier are recurrable tutors. Sidisi gets you an experience counter and empath is limited to big ass creatures.

Fallen Adversaries

These are all the commanders who lost their lives at the hands of Meren of Clan Nel Toth and her undead army.

Uril, the Miststalker

Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer

Kresh the Bloodbraided

Krenko, Mob Boss

Rhys the Redeemed

Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury

Memnarch

Rafiq of the Many

Arcanis the Omnipotent

Edgar Markov

Zacama, Primal Calamity

Gishath, Sun's Avatar

Dragonlord Dromoka

Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Rith, the Awakener

Kangee, Aerie Keeper

Anje Falkenrath

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Damia, Sage of Stone

Marrow-Gnawer

Kaalia of the Vast

Bruna, Light of Alabaster

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Liesa, Shroud of Dusk

Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

Morophon, the Boundless slivers

Volrath, the Shapestealer

Lonis, Cryptozoologist

Nezahal, Primal Tide

Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Stay tuned for the ever growing list.

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Experience Token, Marit Lage, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
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