Lyzolda Reanimator

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Infinite Combo

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Creature (28)

• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Instant (3)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Maybeboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Firestorm
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Terminate

Creature (2)

• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Withered Wretch

Artifact (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Spawning Pit

Land (1)

• 1x Bojuka Bog

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Shattering Spree

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Introduction

Hey! My name is Reto and this is my Lyzolda EDH/commander deck. It started out as my first EDH deck overall and evolved over many years and iterations into the current one, which is the most potent version of it so far. The deck is capable of explosive wins, but can also play a grindier game. Although it is pretty strong I would not, however, categorise it as competitive deck, mainly due to the fact that it still relies on Lyzolda's ability as a card draw engine, which simply is too costly by competitive means.

You might like this deck if you:

• like straight infinite combos that are able win the game on the spot
• like fast artifact acceleration
• like to sacrifice a lot of creatures
• like reanimation strategies
• like to have your general as an integral part of the game

You might avoid this deck if you:

• need to be able interact with your opponents (are a blue mage at heart)
• your first and only priority is to win (are a blue mage at heart)
• want to attack with creatures (are a green mage at heart)
• loathe infinite combos
• don't want to be dependent on your graveyard

Strategy

Game Plan:

The deck is basically set up to profit from Lyzolda's ability in order to find a game winning combo (see below).

Bloodghast Engine: Bloodghast is the main fuel for Lyzolda or any other ability that needs to sacrifice a creature. All the cheap tutors such as Entomb , Vampiric Tutor or Imperial Seal are great to get it asap. Furthermore, the fetch lands provide two sacrifices and also a way to instantly get Bloodghast back into play if your graveyard is getting exiled. Most of this is also true for Nether Traitor , although his ability is not free and dependent on another creature dying.

These cards are specifically to abuse the constant sacrificing of Bloodghast or Nether Traitor :

• Judith, the Scourge Diva
• Flayer of the Hatebound
• Painter's Servant
(I know this is banned, but my playgroup allows me to run it because I use it in a fair way.)
• Grave Pact
• Skullclamp

Finally, it is also nice to be able to dump it with the various looting effects, essentially without losing a card.

Self Mill: The other strategy relies on flipping the deck into the graveyard as fast as possible and use on of the incorporated reanimation combos to win. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed allows to get the all of the crucial cards - Animate Dead or Necromancy (for Worldgorger combo); Living Death and Yawgmoth's Will to basically cast your graveyard using Paradox Engine - back, so with a reanimation spell and sufficient mana, this should close the game immediately. Alternatively, Dread Return on Xiahou Dun provides an even cheaper way. This line of play needs, however, a land drop (for Bloodghast ), (for Reassembling Skeleton ) and another creature.

There are two parts that support this plan:

• Mesmeric Orb + Basalt Monolith to instantly flip your library into the grave. This line of play allows a guaranteed kill with the following requirements, no cards in hand needed:
  • a land drop for Bloodghast
  • for Reassembling Skeleton
  • for Lyzolda
  • for Animate Dead on Worldgorger Dragon
  • => total of land drop + . This amount can be reduced by the given situation such as reanimation spells in hand or other creatures on the battlefield (for Dread Return). Caution: It is mandatory to have Xiahou Dun in the graveyard at this point to get an Animate Dead -effect (for Worldgorger combo) and/or Yawgmoth's Will / Living Death (to actually win)
• Doom Whisperer to put as many cards from your library into the grave using life points as resource i.e. 1 card / l:Bife point.
• I'm still trying to find a way to incorporate Altar of Dementia , but at the moment I don't see it happening because it is not enough efficient. This may change if I find an interaction that allows me to use it to mill huge parts of the deck.

Winning

Winning:

Combos: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle

• + Murderous Redcap = infinite Damage
• + Sengir Autocrat / Marsh Flitter = infinite colourless mana
• => + Lyzolda = Draw Deck
• => + Judith / Flayer of the Hatebound = infinite damage

Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton

• infinite colorless mana
• + Judith / Flayer of the Hatebound = infinite damage
• => + Lyzolda = Draw Deck

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Free Sac (Ashnod's Altar / Viscera Seer)

• + Murderous Redcap = Infinite Damage
• => Buried Alive on Mikaeus, the Unhallowed , Murderous Redcap and Viscera Seer + Living Death wins

Razaketh

• + Sengir Autocrat / Marsh Flitter + => get Dark Ritual + Entomb + Animate Dead => Worldgorger Combo (see below)
• + any creature + => tutor for Sengir Autocrat / Marsh Flitter and continue as above
• any creature can be converted into mana, depending on the mana artifacts left in the library e.g. Mana Crypt ( for free) or Mana Vault ( for )

Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead / Necromancy + another creature in the graveyard

• = Infinite mana = Draw deck w/ Lizzy
• => Kill with Lyzolda's ability e.g. drawing 70 cards equals 140 damage. Or for 3 opponents at 40 life each you need to draw 60 cards.
• => Living Death all your creatures into play, which allows to kill either by Flayer of the Hatebound or a Murderous Redcap combo (see above)
• => Cast Crypt Ghast and extort an arbitrary high amount with Lyzolda and a free sacrifice (e.g. Ashnod's Altar )

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.82
Tokens	Goblin Rogue 1/1 B, Serf 0/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Treasure