Nethroi, Apex of Death

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk)

Veekeren

Land (33)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 9x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Scrubland
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sacoutlet (7)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Viscera Seer

Diverse (4)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Protean Hulk

Tokens (3)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Deep Forest Hermit
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Ramp (14)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Elvish Rejuvenator
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

Removal defense (9)

• 1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Ritual of the Machine
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Spore Frog

Sac etb synergy (6)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Martyr's Bond

Commander (1)

Finding bodies (9)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Recursion (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Reanimate

Draw (3)

• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Lurking Predators

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Sideboard

Removal defense (3)

• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Spike Weaver

Diverse (1)

• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient

Recursion (1)

• 1x Karmic Guide

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Started as an idea with more dredge. Evolved to this version. I noticed that ramping up to 7 mana was more important than trading draw for dredge. Quite fun to play it seems! So here are the thoughts I had with this build:

Ramp

I always love green ramp! Need it too of course when your commander has a cmc of 7. I tried to find as much "ramp on bodies" as possible. Mutating Nethroi and having 1 or 2 creatures ramping you up to be able to pay for the extra commander tax the next time feels great :)

Recursion

In try-outs I noticed how extremely fun Luminous Broodmother was with all my sac-outlets and sac / etb synergies. I decided to add a couple of somewhat comparable cards.

Finding bodies

I noticed that dredge slowed down the deck. On the other hand, doing nothing with finding extra bodies made the deck very inflexible and passive. I tried to find a balance with some cards that filled the graveyard and others that immediately find you creatures.

Sac-outlets / Sac etb synergy

Getting the bodies (back) in the graveyard and then recursing: it's so nice to get even extra value doing that! The sac synergy cards, mainly Gravepact stuff, of course are quite nasty. But I do need some bulldozers - this deck is not fast.

Tokens

An evergreen lovely card is Avenger of Zendikar and at first in this deck it was the only token generator. I noticed that my wincons (mainly Cruel Celebrant, Cathar's Crusade, Gutter Grime and of course the Behemoth...), as well as a lot of synergies combined fantastically with tokens. So I decided to add more creatures that bring some friends with them.

I am very open to opinions and suggestions! The brew is quite new still.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 2 Mythic Rares 36 - 3 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	95
Avg. CMC	3.72
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Squirrel 1/1 G, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	What to Build (The Maybes), New