Kokusho, the Dying Star (retired)

Commander / EDH* Lifegain Mono-Black Reanimator

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Creature (20)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Haunted Crossroads
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Shade's Form
• 1x Unhallowed Pact
• 1x Unholy Indenture
• 1x Wound Reflection

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Drain Life
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Footsteps of the Goryo
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x In Garruk's Wake *f-pre*
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Peer into the Abyss
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Spark Harvest
• 1x Temporal Extortion

Artifact (13)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Onyx Talisman
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul Conduit

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 20x Swamp
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (7)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Sacrifice
• 1x Supernatural Stamina

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It's a silly deck. The idea is to kill Kokusho, the Evening Star and revive to do it all over again.

Some obnoxious combos include:

Kokusho, the Evening Star, Phyrexian Altar, Haunted Crossroads, Bolas's Citadel

1. Sacrifice Kokusho to Phyrexian Altar for 1 Black Mana and gain the 5+ life from Kokusho, send him to your graveyard.
2. Use the 1 Black Mana to activate Haunted Crossroads and put Kokusho on top of your library.
3. Activate Bolas's Citadel and spend 6 life to put Kokusho back into play.
4. Go to step 1.

Exquisite Blood, Aetherflux Reservoir

1. You'll need over 50 life
2. Send your beam of 50 damage to someone from Aetherflux Reservoir
3. Gain the life back from Exquisite Blood
4. Go to step 2.

Phyrexian Altar, Kokusho, the Evening Star, Chainer, Dementia Master

It's possible to get a lot of mana in this deck. You'll need it for this one.

1. Sac Kokusho to the Phrexian Altar
2. Activate Chainer's ability to bring Kokusho back
3. Go to step 1.

Exquisite Blood, Soul Conduit Still beneficial even if you're at higher life.

Exquisite Blood, Repay in Kind You'll get a whole bunch of life with this one.

Soul Conduit, Wound Reflection/Archfiend of Despair Similar to Exquisite Blood and Soul Conduit

Wound Reflection/Archfiend of Despair, Peer into the Abyss Bonus points if you recur Peer into the Abyss with Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed or Exquisite Blood

Necropotence, Repay in Kind, Wound Reflection/Archfiend of Despair

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46