Never Break the Chain (Chainer, Nightmare Adept)

Commander / EDH Aggro BR (Rakdos) Casual Demons Discard Dragons Haste Multiplayer Reanimator

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Creature (33)

• 1x Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1x Anger
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1x Containment Construct
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Ingot Chewer
• 1x Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
• 1x Karlach, Fury of Avernus
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Rose, Cutthroat Raider
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Troll of Khazad-dum
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
• 1x Veronica, Dissident Scribe

Land (35)

• 1x Agadeem, the Undercrypt  ^Flip
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Fomori Vault
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mount Doom
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Valakut Stoneforge  ^Flip
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Instant (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Underworld Breach

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Anzrag's Rampage
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Brass's Tunnel-Grinder  ^Flip
• 1x Currency Converter
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Palantir of Orthanc
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

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Creature (4)

• 1x Archpriest of Shadows
• 1x Carnage Interpreter
• 1x Rakdos, the Muscle
• 1x Surly Badgersaur

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Bitter Reunion
• 1x Case of the Crimson Pulse

Land (1)

• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium

Instant (1)

• 1x Great Train Heist

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Ye hasten to the grave!

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BR Discard and Reanimation deck using the Rakdos-colored version of Chainer! I've had a lot of fun building and piloting a Mono-Black Chainer list so I'm excited to see what this new iteration of Chainer will bring.

Sort by the 'Custom' category (where it normally says 'Type') in case you're interested in seeing a rough breakdown on the main role each card plays within the deck. Enjoy!

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The main goal of this deck is simple: discard creatures to reanimate them for both value and board presence. The primary game plan is to resolve a mass-reanimation spell and swing in with a hasty board using Living Death or Balthor the Defiled. Secondary win conditions focus on causing direct life loss/damage: Gray Merchant of Asphodel rewards extending onto the board, Terror of the Peaks damages opponents as those threats are summoned, and Kokusho, the Evening Star functions well without requiring much setup. The final theme of the deck involves cheating out hasty creatures with Sneak Attack, or with other pieces that synergize with Chainer's haste-granting ability such as Bolas's Citadel, Jeska's Will, and Inti, Seneschal of the Sun. Stinkweed Imp, Altar of Dementia, and several Wheel effects fuel the graveyard quickly, while Squee, Goblin Nabob and Containment Construct help alleviate Chainer's discard requirements.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Discard 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Reanimator 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	9 hours
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.54
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/1 R, Goblin Shaman, Junk, Rogue 2/2 B, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure
Folders	Finished Decks, Ideas, I'm going to shit your pants