GrenzoFour

Commander / EDH

Nintendows

Instant (3)

• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Terminate

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Dread Return

Artifact (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Jar of Eyeballs
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (52)

• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Clone Shell
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Entomber Exarch
• 1x Epitaph Golem
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Homura, Human Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Kuon, Ogre Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Magus of the Will
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Overeager Apprentice
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pentavus
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Precursor Golem
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soulbright Flamekin
• 1x Stingscourger
• 1x Thermopod
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Viashino Heretic
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Workhorse
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Land (36)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x High Market
• 1x Howltooth Hollow
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Commander (1)

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Grenzo for 4+ power. It might look like a bunch of cards mindlessly mashed together, but it actually has lots of synergies and relationships that can give lots of flexibility to your game plan. Primarily a combo/value deck, but can bring quick beats with cards like Homura, Human Ascendant , Ogre Battledriver, Myr Battlesphere and Precursor Golem (ow!).

My meta is mostly competitive but light on removal. In a more removal-heavy group, I might opt for more protection of grenzo... but that would reduce the creature percentage.

Know of any other cool and obscure cards? Let me know!

Notes:

• Almost always activate grenzo over casting creatures from your hand
• Jar of Eyeballs can be another Doomsday if you get enough eyeballs
• Opal Palace basically taps for 2, Howltooth Hollow is basically scry 4
• Most graveyard hate doesn't hurt grenzo. Leyline of the Void, for example, puts things into exile instead of the graveyard, but grenzo doesn't care where the card actually went from your library, so the ability can still put it into play
• Same thing with Magus of the Will. You don't need to fear activating grenzo with it's replacement effect.
• If you can get Necrotic Ooze in play with Phyrexian Devourer and Deathbringer Thoctar in your graveyard, you can do tons of damage with the following abilities: "Exile the top card of your library: Put X +1/+1 counters on Phyrexian Devourer, where X is the exiled card's converted mana cost." and "Remove a +1/+1 counter from Deathbringer Thoctar: Deathbringer Thoctar deals 1 damage to target creature or player."

Example doomsday pile (bottom to top):

• Workhorse, Flayer of the Hatebound, Thermopod , Myr Battlesphere, Epitaph Golem . Activate grenzo to get Workhorse. Use workhorse for extra mana, bring in flayer, then thermopod, then sac flayer for extra mana (once or twice, it doesn't matter). Then bring in myr battlesphere, sac all myr for 5 mana, then bring in epitaph golem, put myr battlesphere on bottom, activate grenzo. Continue sacrificing all myr (+5 mana) and then activating golem (-2 mana) and grenzo (-2) for infinite mana, then put flayer on the bottom of library, activate grenzo, and repeat myr battlesphere loop for infinite damage.

Ways to improve this deck:

• Expensive Lands: Cabal Coffers + Urborg , Ancient Tomb, Badlands, Strip Mine, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Expensive Ramp: Mana Crypt, Mox Diamond, Solemn Simulacrum (though solemn's shuffle has annoyed me)
• Removal for your meta: Lightining bolt, Dreadbore ,Magma Jet, Bone Shredder , Duplicant, and Mesmeric Fiend
• Expensive Creatures: Nirkana Revenant, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Fulminator Mage
• Tutors of any sort you like
• Utility: Living Death

Making room for changes

Things on the chopping block are Heartless Hidetsugu, Disciple of Bolas, Entomber Exarch, Pilgrim's Eye, or Kuon, Ogre Ascendant (Kuon is a hard lock against some decks, though)

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Key combos	Cabal Coffers + Urborg
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	41 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Golem 3/3 C, Myr 1/1 C, Pentavite 1/1 C, Vampire 2/2 B