Mazirek, Cruel Death Priest

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Combo Infinite Combo

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Land (36)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 5x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Persist (6)

• 1x Aerie Ouphes
• 1x Lingering Tormentor
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Wingrattle Scarecrow
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Good Stuff (2)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Tutor (13)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Tempt with Discovery

Draw (8)

• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sylvan Library

Combo (7)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Destroy (5)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Nature's Claim

Tokens (2)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog

Commander (1)

Ramp (10)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tempt with Discovery

Sac (8)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Wipe (4)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Protection (1)

• 1x Heroic Intervention

Recursion (1)

• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth

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Maybeboard

Other (3)

• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper

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A Mazirek Combo / Engine Deck.

Let me start by saying that although this is a combo deck, this is by no means a free win deck. This deck is hard to get the hang of and requires at least a working knowledge of the stack; you will usually have to explain how you won to anyone who is uninitiated.

How to Play
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The basic combo is: Blasting Station + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Rendclaw Trow (Sac Outlet + Enabler + Persist)
This combo manipulates the stack so that this sequence happens:
1. Tap Blasting Station to sac Rendclaw Trow
2. Rendclaw Trow and Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest both trigger, since you control both you may line up the stack how you'd like (Rule 603.3b), for our combo it needs to be Mazirek trigger first, then Persist trigger so that as the stack works down:
3. Rendclaw Trow dies, Persist triggers, he is returned to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter,
4. Blasting Station untaps
5. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest triggers placing a +1/+1 counter on all creatures.
6. The +1/+1 from Mazirek cancels out the -1/-1 counter from Persist (Rule 121.3).
7. Repeat.

The Combo Pieces Show

The Life of the Party

These are the slaughter house patrons keeping your Persist creatures dying again and again.

• Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• Melira, Sylvok Outcast

The Undead

The one man massacre

• Wingrattle Scarecrow
• Rendclaw Trow
• Lingering Tormentor
• Aerie Ouphes
• Puppeteer Clique
• Woodfall Primus

The Sacrificial Knife

The stuff of nightmares for both your creatures and theirs.

• Altar of Dementia
• Ashnod's Altar
• Blasting Station
• Phyrexian Altar
• Sadistic Hypnotist
• Viscera Seer
• Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• Dimir House Guard

Powered by Blood

An instant kill with any combo.

• Blood Artist
• Zulaport Cutthroat

These two kill with Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + combo.
When paired with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed they form a two card instant win.

• Triskelion
• Walking Ballista

This guide is still a work in progress.

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Blasting Station + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Rendclaw Trow
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Experience Token, Morph 2/2 C