Definitive Skithiryx EDH

Commander / EDH Infect Mono-Black

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Instant (6)

• 1x Dismember
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Murder
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Tendrils of Corruption
• 1x Undying Evil

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Revive the Fallen
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Spread the Sickness

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Enslave
• 1x Null Profusion

Artifact (25)

• 1x Altar of Shadows
• 1x Brittle Effigy
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Culling Dais
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Skeleton Shard
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Creature (19)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Corpse Cur
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Hand of the Praetors
• 1x Ichor Rats
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Phyrexian Juggernaut
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 32x Swamp
• 1x Vesuva

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Howl from Beyond

Creature (2)

• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Unearth

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Oversold Cemetery

Artifact (2)

• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Surestrike Trident

Creature (2)

• 1x Bladewing's Thrall
• 1x Thrashing Wumpus

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My Skithiryx (Skittles) EDH deck. This build is brutal 1 on 1, nasty in free-for-all if it concentrates on one player at a time and pretty much not a team player... In our group we play at 30 life & 15 poison, otherwise he's too quick to kill (or, too explosive which is a bit dull).

At 10 poison it's quite capable of a turn 5/6 kill (particularly with Nightmare Lash ).

The basic breakdown is: Skittles and other nasty Infect guys to go the distance with Infect; spot removal & sacrifice outlets to clear blockers and/or kill Skittles if he gets Prison Term ed or Confiscate d; equipment for protection & pump; Proliferate effects and artifacts/artifact creatures which like being recurred (see: Core Prowler or Wurmcoil Engine with Skeleton Shard...); black mana ramp to speed up the deck (Cabal Coffers is my usual tutor target, as each Swamp dropped after it comes out allows me to replay Skittles).

Weaknesses: Mono-black so absolutely hates Akroma, Angel of Wrath (damn Vigilance and prot white, blocking Skittles all day). On top of that, the only available artifact/enchantment removal comes in the form of Ratchet Bomb and Lux Cannon! This is why all my removal can take out Skittles, because in early iterations Prison Term /Control Magic and the like completely screwed me over! Since he can be hasted and is quite cheap, he doesn't mind being sacrificed/killed to avoid such a boring fate...

Changes to make

Rise from the Grave --> Beacon of Unrest
Myr Battlesphere --> Massacre Wurm
Diabolic Tutor --> Demonic Tutor

Date added	13 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 28 - 1 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.91
Tokens	Myr 1/1 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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