Painting the Earth Red IV

Commander / EDH* Combo Control Cruel Control UBR (Grixis)

alexsmith21

Instant (19)

• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Remand
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (14)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Devastation
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Stranglehold

Artifact (10)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Creature (12)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Great Furnace
• 2x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Gamble

Artifact (1)

• 1x Thran Dynamo

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Ral Zarek

Creature (4)

• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Stifle

Creature (1)

• 1x Imperial Recruiter

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This deck is better than yours, it's smarter than yours, it's luckier than yours; This deck is the devil.

I've been working on playing, testing, and crafting this deck to be the most efficient mass killing machine I've ever used for over 2 years now. I've put a lot of time, money and effort into this deck and it shows by its ability to kick some serious a@#.

The goal of the deck is to be as oppressive as possible by breaking the will of your opponents. There is an inifnite turns combo in here, but each piece operates just as well separately.

The Axis of Evil

This deck extensively utilizes planeswalkers for control purposes. Jace, the Mind Sculptor provides some great utility, while Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker can finish games on his own if not dealt with. Ral Zarek is there to offer some serious tech and some removal and Karn Liberated is great for removal. I have had a turn 3 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker that all but won the game by himself.

Combos

1. Infinite Turns= Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Archaeomancer + Time Stretch

The Control

1. Stranglehold = Prevents tutoring and ramp spells.

2. Myojin of Night's Reach = Mass hand control

3. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + ETB effects = Grixis shenanigans

4. Devastation + Crucible of Worlds = Mass LD with me having an edge

5. Multiple kill spells, removal, counters and plenty of board wipes to keep the board clear and free from threats

The Fundamentals

Since this deck is in Grixis colors, ramp is hard. That's why I use Tezzeret the Seeker and many mana rocks to help keep the mana flowing.

Card draw is supported in a number of ways by cards like Consecrated Sphinx and Necropotence. I also run sifting effects like Preordain to help eliminate the volatility of shuffling constantly from the fetch lands.

Suggestions and +1's are appreciated!!

Thraximundar's Kill-List

1) Animar, Soul of Elements 2) Captain Sisay3) Zur the Enchanter4) Varolz, the Scar-Striped5) Angus Mackenzie6) Kaervek the Merciless7) Braids-Conjurerer-Adept8) Rakdos, Lord of Riots9) melek-paragon-wizard10) Rafiq of the Many11) Doran, the Siege Tower12) Omnath, Locus of Mana13) Maelstrom Wanderer14) Oona, Queen of the Fae15) Ghost Council of Orzhova16) Lazav, Dimir Mastermind17) Zedruu the Greathearted18) Teneb, the Harvester19) Ulasht, the Hate Seed20) Bruna, Light of Alabaster21) Karona, the False God22) Damia, Sage of Stone

Top Ranked	Achieved #13 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 3 Mythic Rares 51 - 3 Rares 13 - 2 Uncommons 11 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden
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