Grenzo's Mystery Box

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BR (Rakdos) Casual

RooftopTal

Inmates (41)

• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Canal Dredger
• 1x Clone Shell
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Epitaph Golem
• 1x Goblin Cratermaker
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Junktroller
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Mad Auntie
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pentavus
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite
• 1x Priest of Urabrask
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Tymaret, the Murder King
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Workhorse
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zealous Conscripts
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Big (2)

• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite

Lands (37)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Molten Slagheap
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Dungeoneering (11)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Canal Dredger
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Epitaph Golem
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Junktroller
• 1x Reito Lantern
• 1x Tel-Jilad Stylus
• 1x Workhorse

Utility (7)

• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Goblin Cratermaker
• 1x Goblin Engineer
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Vampire Hexmage

Protection (4)

• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mad Auntie

Commander (1)

Aristocratic (12)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Tymaret, the Murder King
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Removal (11)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Unlicensed Disintegration
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Draw (5)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Twilight Prophet

Ramp (4)

• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Workhorse
• 1x Worn Powerstone

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Grenzo is bad at running a dungeon!

The basic idea is very simple - set up a mystery box of mostly 2 power creatures (with a few 3 power creatures that really make the cut), and then abuse the hell out of that box to get mana/card advantage.

The basic strategy is to play Grenzo, Dungeon Warden for X=0 as soon as we can start getting activations going. Bonus points if you've gotten a Heartstone or one of the cards that allows us to fiddle with the bottom if the bottom of our deck like Junktroller out first! The second time around, you can play him for X=1. There's no practical need to go any higher unless you're trying to dodge removal, but I find that it rarely works (most removal is destroy or exile, so getting more +1/+1 counters doesn't really achieve much).

When Grenzo is on the board, there is rarely a good reason to not open the mystery box. Yes, the creatures in your hand are good, but so are the creatures on the bottom, and playing them means that, when Grenzo is inevitably destroyed, you still have a hand full of cards. Sometimes you have to if you really need that flying blocker, or you need Vampire Hexmage to take another player's stuff down, but avoid it if you can.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 38 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Demon 5/5 B, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Pentavite 1/1 C, Treasure