Fiendish Delights

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Casual Dredge Midrange Multiplayer Reanimator

Blanchy

Creature (38)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Brain Maggot
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mesmeric Fiend
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (34)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 10x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dictate of Erebos

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Terastodon

Instant (1)

• 1x Autumn's Veil

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Exhume

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Vampire Hexmage

Instant (4)

• 1x Bone Harvest
• 1x Footbottom Feast
• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Noxious Revival

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Root Maze

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Worst Fears

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Meren Grindpiece

I've set aside the usual stax package for a more midrange build focusing on value rather than combo, although less competitive it gives me a strong fallback plan if my combo gets messed with.

Combo

1. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion
2. Necrotic Ooze + Phyrexian Devourer + Triskelion

Root Psyche

Early game I'm looking for dorks into Buried Alive - This is the best tutor in the deck and wins us the game if we find an animate effect for Necrotic Ooze.

Alternatively we can buy some time with Contamination paired with a token generator;

• Ophiomancer
• Awakening Zone
• Bitterblossom

Contamination is the best reason to play meren as we can unlock green mana with dorks and recur value with meren while everyone is locked in black.

If your combo becomes compromised then use your toolbox to deal with threats and find some sustain, notably Disciple of Bolas - dropping this guy every turn gets you further out of reach and opens your options.

Spore Frog can often render Aggressive/Tron generals useless against you for a few turns freeing you up to drop Kokusho, the Evening Star which can be sacced multiple times in a turn.

Bitter Ordeal yanks combo our opponents combo pieces and grave hate.

It's a proactive toolbox control deck that generally has multiple lines of play that are often hard to evaluate.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion Necrotic Ooze + Phyrexian Devourer + Triskelion
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 1 Rares 20 - 2 Uncommons 15 - 1 Commons
Cards	103
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Experience Token, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Snake 1/1 B