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Commander / EDH*

SlothofBears

Creature (25)

• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Master of the Feast
• 1x Matter Reshaper
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pain Seer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Ruthless Ripper
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Spawnsire of Ulamog
• 1x Weaponcraft Enthusiast
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bad Moon
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Quest for the Gravelord
• 1x Sarcomancy
• 1x Strands of Night

Land (38)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 30x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Artifact (8)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Ugin's Nexus
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Bitter Revelation
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Lab Rats
• 1x Moan of the Unhallowed
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Shamble Back
• 1x Tasigur's Cruelty

Instant (4)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Tragic Slip

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Sorcery (1)

• 1x All is Dust

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Eldrazi Conscription

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Ahem. I'll be the first to admit that this is, in all likelihood, a grievous series of errors. Maralen EDH is dangerous at best, and I'm mediocre at Magic at the best of times. That being said, there's a certain appeal that such a game-twisting mechanic as Maralen's holds for me, and I'd be remiss not to at least attempt to do something worthwhile with it.

The Plan(TM) comes in four parts, the first of which is to get Maralen on the field in the first place. To this end, I have Dark Ritual, Sol Ring, and the willingness to take any hand with three or more swamps in it. To make sure that she sticks around, I've got Lightning Greaves.

Part two is to ramp like nobody's business. The first step here is to immediately bring out Liliana of the Dark Realms, since she'll be able to bring me a land each turn while my opponents (hopefully) need to use Maralen to tutor for their lands. Otherwise, I've got Crypt Ghast, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Cabal Coffers, Magus of the Coffers, Caged Sun, and Black Market to keep my mana pool comfortably full.

This leads directly into part three: card advantage out the wazoo. Of course, since I'm not actually supposed to be able to draw cards at all, we need to get a bit creative. Anything that provides a nice quantity of tokens, like Bitterblossom and Grave Titan, as well as things with worthwhile ETB effects, like Rune-Scarred Demon and Shriekmaw come into play at this point, as well as Gate to Phyrexia and Attrition to make use of the extra mana and tokens while maintaining a defensible board state. After I've got enough mana and confidence, the ideal play is to fire off a massive Diabolic Revelation, preferably with a Venser's Journal or Reliquary Tower on the field, after which I cast Necropotence and secure myself as a force to be reckoned with.

Part four is actually quite simple: Spawnsire of Ulamog. You've probably seen enough hentai to know where that goes. That's the finisher. Without Spawnsire, I don't actually have a win-con short of waiting for everybody else to die before I do, and that just sounds boring, to be perfectly honest.

It's not a perfect plan, of course. I need stuff like Venser's Journal Exquisite Blood to make sure I don't die myself, and I need a couple of field-wipes (Mutilate and Damnation, for the record) if things go south. But hey! That's the adventure!

That's about all I have to say. It's a shambles, but I still think it's worth attempting. Plz help me make said attempt in such a way that I don't look like an idiot. Thank you in advance.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 5 Mythic Rares 34 - 3 Rares 18 - 2 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 B, Vampire 2/2 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Giant 5/5 B