Jarad's Revolting Dead

Commander / EDH

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Creature (27)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doomgape
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Grave-Shell Scarab
• 1x Greenwheel Liberator
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Narnam Renegade
• 1x Necroplasm
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vengeful Rebel
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (36)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 7x Forest
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Strip Mine
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Commander (1)

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Mind Rot
• 1x Morbid Curiosity
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aid from the Cowl
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Shrieking Affliction

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I am somewhat new to the Commander format, and I really thought Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord would be a good start. The idea of "Jarad" just kind of happened. People were talking about different ideas and strategies to use, and something really peaked my interest. I don't know if it was his colors (Golgari, one of my favorite combinations) or the graveyard abuse, but when it came to the deckbuilding, something inside me started ticking and before I knew it, I had a skeleton to the deck built, and everything sort of filled itself in. Speaking of both of the Golgari and graveyard interactions, I did consider Savra, Queen of the Golgari as well, but I felt Savra would be better suited to play in a deck lead by Jarad, rather than vice versa.

Pros • Jarad is able to use/abuse the graveyard as an additional resource • Black/Green color combination gives us access to many of the best Dredge spells of all time, which the deck heavily depends on. • Because of our colors, we're able to play creatures that have positive interactions without graveyard state (i.e. Lord of Extinction) and that are abusable with Jarad • Jarad is unbothered by constant board wipes, which seem to be a staple of many multiplayer games. • Black/Green gives us amazing spot removal and mass removal

Cons • Playing a graveyard based deck leaves you vulnerable to yard hate, which many/most decks play. • At times Jarad can be uninteractive with the rest of the table, resulting in longer turns and irritated opponents. • Although our removal suite is top notch, stopping combos and heavy control can be an issue • Jarad, and Dredge in general, can be complicated, and easily leads to misplays.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G