Kozilek, the Demon Butcher of Zendikar

Commander / EDH KingCarter

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COMMANDER CHANGE (Name change too) —Feb. 18, 2016

I changed the commander from Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger to Kozilek, Butcher of Truth. The extra damage, the card draw, and the Annihilator 4 was better than the exiling 20 cards from library, in my opinion. Newlamog was taken out of the command zone and put into the lower 99 at the expense of Breaker of Armies.

Both the legal Eldrazi Titans would be great additions.

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

Extra ramp, if you think you need more:

February 16, 2016 10:18 p.m.

KingCarter says... #2

ArantirTheDestroyer Thanks for the comment! I am already running Palladium Myr, and Hedron Archive, I could swap out Paradise Plume for Thran Dynamo or Kozilek's Channeler. I honestly don't understand how Mana Vault is a good card, it's basically Basalt Monolith with two down sides. It's great that you get 3 mana for 1 cost, but once you tap it, you have to pay 4 to untap it and if you don't you lose 1 health per turn until you do untap it. Idk, it just doesn't make much sense to me. Could you enlighten me?

February 16, 2016 10:27 p.m.

Sorry, I must've missed the first two. The whole point of Mana Vault is that it's a 1-drop. Plus, there are ways around that untap restriction, like Unwinding Clock or Clock of Omens. All in all, I think it's a good card if you know how to use it.

February 16, 2016 11:05 p.m.

KingCarter says... #4

ArantirTheDestroyer Oh lol yeah I totally didn't even think about untapping it by other means, I have a Clock of Omens, Unwinding Clock, AND a Voltaic Key. Maybe I should get a Mana Vault. I'll look into it, thanks for the suggestion.

February 17, 2016 1:18 a.m.

BigDrewTheAnimal, here's my own artifact deck, Jori En's Relics. I run it in there, and even if I have to untap it manually, it's usually early-game, when I'm not too big of a threat yet, so I have the luxury of waiting a turn to have my full mana suite active. Plus, EDH is a 40-life format. One damage won't hurt that much, at least for a while.

Believe me, I used to have the same opinion as you towards Mana Vault, but once I started playing it, I never went back! One of the best Turn 1's I ever had was this:

Seat of the Synod -> Sol Ring -> Mana Vault -> Hedron Archive -> Izzet Signet.

February 17, 2016 9:45 a.m.

KingCarter says... #6

ArantirTheDestroyer Thanks for the deck link. I am currently trying to get a Mana Vault and I am trying to get a Kozilek, because I am gonna swap a Kozilek, Butcher of Truth in to command zone and put the Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger into other 99. I am also trying to get a Thran Dynamo.

That's is an insane first hand lol. 9 mana available on turn 2?! What!? Sweet dude lol.

February 17, 2016 2:51 p.m.

It was actually only 5, because I needed to untap the Vault, but then I topdecked a Gilded Lotus. Needless to say, I was set on mana for the rest of the game!

February 17, 2016 3:44 p.m.

One other thing... Since you have so many artifacts, I personally would find space for a Karn, Silver Golem in your deck, if only because he's a nice alternate win condition. I got a Karn kill last weekend, and I gotta admit, it was fun swinging with a 9/9 Darksteel Forge and a 7/7 Spine of Ish Sah, among others.

February 17, 2016 3:48 p.m.

KingCarter says... #9

ArantirTheDestroyer Oh yeah true lol, I am good at math. I might actually get a Karn, I misunderstood his ability the first time I read it, now it makes more sense and is more appealing. Thanks for the suggestions, I got an Extraplanar Lens today too, so that will help with ramping.

February 17, 2016 9:28 p.m.