Orzhov EDH - Athreos Artist

Commander / EDH* Death and Taxes Reanimator WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (36)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Land (37)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 8x Plains
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (3)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Smothering Abomination

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Infernal Offering

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dark Prophecy

Artifact (2)

• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Phyrexian Altar

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As soon as I saw Athreos, I decided I wanted to play him as an EDH general. Athreos's Low converted mana cost coupled with his recursion was made better by his ability to trigger loss of life for anyone around the table in multiplayer games.

Giving your opponents the ability to choose how your cards work is always going to result in weaker interactions, so the trick was designing the deck such that either option was acceptable. A deck where you get value out of your creatures immediately (through Enter the Battlefield triggers), get additional value through sacrificing them (through cards like Disciple of Bolas or Doomed Necromancer) only gets better when you tack on 3 loss of life.

So, each creature needed to be strong enough that your opponents would never allow it to return to your hand. And you're okay with that because Athreos just turned into a big Blood Artist.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Copy Clone, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Complete