Djmentia Unchained

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Reanimator Sacrifice

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Creature (30)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Oriq Loremage
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (15)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Land (38)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 32x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (4)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Village Rites

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unmarked Grave

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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Land (5)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Creature (3)

• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Viscera Seer

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Instant (3)

• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Withering Boon

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{B} Overview {B}

This deck revolves around sacrificing and reanimating creatures. Wins come primarily through life drain combos, but mill and attacking with a mass of tokens are also options. Wins should come by turns 5-7.

This Chainer, Dementia Master build differs slightly from others in that it is more line-of-play focused with substantial redundancy. Whereas other builds tend to incorporate stax elements, toolbox options, and a degree of life gain, I've found more success with a 'the best defence is a good offence' approach (i.e. keep threatening to close out the game and see if other players can answer, rather than try and answer their threats).

A full list of combos appears at the end of the page, however the main winning combos with infinite life drain are:

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Phyrexian Altar + Abhorrent Overlord/Grave Titan/Wurmcoil Engine + Ayara, First of Locthwain/Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat
• Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Abhorrent Overlord/Grave Titan/Wurmcoil Engine + Ayara, First of Locthwain/Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat
• Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Geralf's Messenger
• Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Gray Merchant of Asphodel/Kokusho, the Evening Star

With the level of redundancy in the deck you will usually end up with one or two combo pieces in hand, as well as one or more tutors to get the other pieces. If you're really short on pieces, tutor Rune-Scarred Demon or Sidisi, Undead Vizier and cycle them to get what you need. High mana cost creatures are typically brought into play via the graveyard, and lower cost artifacts played from hand.

{B} Card breakdown {B}

Creatures:

• Abhorrent Overlord: Incredible in this deck. It will always generate a minimum of two tokens, so they along with Abhorrent Overlord can be sacked to Phyrexian Altar to pay the mana cost in Chainer, Dementia Master's ability. With Chainer, Dementia Master in play you'll be netting an additional two tokens each time, which can then be sacked for more mana or left to build a token army.
• Ayara, First of Locthwain: Used in the cycling combos for life drain, and life gain to allow Chainer, Dementia Master to go infinite.
• Blood Artist: Also used in cycling combos but better than Ayara, First of Locthwain because of lower mana cost and triggers for any creature.
• Bloodghast: Useful because of low mana cost and easy graveyard return. Can be sacked to an altar for mana, used to pay for such costs as Diabolic Intent, or combined with Skullclamp to draw two additional cards each turn
• Corpse Connoisseur: Quite good graveyard tutor. Only works for creatures but most creature we want in the graveyard anyway.
• Crypt Ghast: Relatively cheap way to double mana production. Also draws some attention and can encourgage other players to 'waste' spot removal.
• Dread Presence: A new addition and not sure if it will stay. In there just to draw cards if things are looking bad at turn 4.
• Geralf's Messenger: Built-in life drain and graveyard return; just what this deck likes.
• Grave Titan: Same as Abhorrent Overlord but not as good becuase tokens are set at two and not determined by devotion.
• Gravebreaker Lamia: Another graveyard tutor, slightly better than Corpse Connoisseur as it can target non-creature cards.
• Gravecrawler: Another low cost sac target with relatively easy graveyard return. Also part of an infinite loop.
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel: In every Chainer, Dementia Master deck. Can go infinite but also capable of finishing a game alone with enough mana available.
• Junk Diver: Altar artifacts are important in this deck and Junk Diver gives you a chance of keeping them in play.
• Kokusho, the Evening Star: Same as Gray Merchant of Asphodel; can go infinite or close out alone.
• K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: Great way to spend as much life as you can.
• Massacre Wurm: Leftover from when this was a toolbox build and probably should go, but always enjoyable to watch someone get taken out by their own token army.
• Meteor Golem: Goes against the focused line-of-play mentality, but is the only spot removal in the deck.
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed: Useful in some combos or just to get a second hit from the many ETB/LTB in the deck (NB: I don't run any combos that only involve Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and one other card, as then it feels like I should just be making a different deck).
• Mindslicer: Somewhat leftover from a previous build but can still be useful to slow the game down if no early win.
• Myr Retriever: Another way to retrieve altars from the graveyard, same as Junk Diver.
• Nirkana Revenant: Another mana doubler, but no as good as Crypt Ghast due to higher cost.
• Oriq Loremage: Another graveyard tutor, cheaper than Corpse Connoisseur and Gravebreaker Lamia, but not an ETB effect so probably the worst of the three.
• Priest of Gix: Another low cost sac target that also forms part of a cycling combo.
• Rune-Scarred Demon: Very useful as a repeatable tutor.
• Sidisi, Undead Vizier: Another repeatable tutor, maybe better than Rune-Scarred Demon because it can exploit itself and doesn't need a sac outlet to keep going back to the graveyard
• Soldevi Adnate: Can be excellent at getting a combo going (e.g. use Soldevi Adnate's ability on Abhorrent Overlord and sac one token to Phyrexian Altar to bring out Chainer, Dementia Master and pay for his ability to start cycling Abhorrent Overlord.
• Solemn Simulacrum: Not amazing but an extra land on turn 4 if nothing else is happening isn't terrible.
• Wurmcoil Engine: Same as Grave Titan, used in cycling combo but not as good as Abhorrent Overlord.
• Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed: Nice way of pulling things back out of the graveyard, although I never seem to use him in games.
• Zulaport Cutthroat: Same as Blood Artist and used in cycling combos.

{B} Sacs {B}

• Sac targets - Easy graveyard return: Gravecrawler
• Sac targets - Token generators: Wurmcoil Engine, Abhorrent Overlord
• Sac targets - ETB/LTB: Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Solemn Simulacrum, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Rune-Scarred Demon, Corpse Connoisseur, Plaguecrafter, Massacre Wurm, Wurmcoil Engine, Abhorrent Overlord, Junk Diver, Myr Retriever, Priest of Gix, Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed, Vampire Hexmage, Geralf's Messenger, Kokusho, the Evening Star, Meteor Golem
• Sac outlets: Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Altar, Gate to Phyrexia, High Market, Diabolic Intent, Fleshbag Marauder, Abhorrent Overlord
• Sac synergy: Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Grave Pact, Bitter Ordeal, Altar of the Brood
• Recursion - Creature: Chainer, Dementia Master, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Reanimate, Animate Dead, Nim Deathmantle, Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• Recursion - Artifacts: Junk Diver, Myr Retriever

{B} Misc. {B}

• Mana - Rocks:Arcane Signet, Gilded Lotus, Sol Ring
• Mana - Ramp: Solemn Simulacrum, Wayfarer's Bauble, Myriad Landscape, Jet Medallion
• Mana - Multipliers: Crypt Ghast, Nirkana Revenant, Cabal Coffers, Cabal Stronghold, Caged Sun, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Card draw: Solemn Simulacrum, Necropotence, Phyrexian Arena, Skullclamp, Bolas's Citadel, Sign in Blood, Dread Presence
• Tutor: Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Diabolic Intent, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Rune-Scarred Demon, Buried Alive, Entomb, Corpse Connoisseur, Expedition Map
• Life gain: Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Exsanguinate, Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Life drain: Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Exsanguinate, Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Wrath: Damnation, Oblivion Stone, Toxic Deluge, Massacre Wurm
• Spot removal: Hero's Downfall, Gate to Phyrexia, Sudden Spoiling
• Graveyard hate: Bojuka Bog, Withered Wretch
• Mill: Altar of the Brood, Bitter Ordeal
• Discard: Myojin of Night's Reach, Mindslicer

{B} Combos & WinCons {B}

• Infinite black mana: Cabal Coffers + Rings of Brighthearth + Deserted Temple + 4 swamps
• Infinite sacs, recursion: Phyrexian Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Priest of Gix
• Infinite sacs, recursion: Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler + Zombie
• Infinite sacs, recursion: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + any non-human creature
• Infinite sacs, recursion, black mana: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Priest of Gix
• Infinite sacs, recursion, life drain: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Geralf's Messenger
• Infinite sacs, recursion, tokens and colorless mana: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Abhorrent Overlord/Wurmcoil Engine
• Infinite sacs, recursion, life drain/gain: Chainer, Dementia Master + Phyrexian Altar + Abhorrent Overlord + Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Infinite sacs, recursion, life drain/gain: Chainer, Dementia Master + Phyrexian Altar + Abhorrent Overlord/Wurmcoil Engine + Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat
• *For any sac/recursion loops, add Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat for life drain/gain, Altar of the Brood/Bitter Ordeal for mill, Grave Pact to clear the board

Date added	8 years
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Harpy 1/1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B