Varragoth's Demon Horde

Commander / EDH* Demons Mono-Black

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Creature (35)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Blood Speaker
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Demon of Catastrophes
• 1x Demon of Death's Gate
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Dread Cacodemon
• 1x Eater of Hope
• 1x Extractor Demon
• 1x Feaster of Fools
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Spawn of Mayhem
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x Treacherous Pit-Dweller
• 1x Demonlord Belzenlok
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Artifact (14)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Hedron Matrix
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Pact Weapon
• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Nyx Lotus

Land (28)

• 20x Swamp
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Spawning Pool
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse

Instant (5)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Cast Down
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Supernatural Stamina

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Endless Scream
• 1x Font of Return
• 1x Ghoulish Procession
• 1x Grisly Transformation
• 1x Liliana's Contract
• 1x Unhallowed Pact

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Liturgy of Blood
• 1x Spiteful Blow
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Worst Fears

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Sideboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Assassinate
• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament

Instant (1)

• 1x Boon of Erebos

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Gruesome Deformity
• 1x Stab Wound

Creature (2)

• 1x Kuro, Pitlord
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

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Maybeboard

Creature (23)

• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Demon of Wailing Agonies
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Embodiment of Agonies
• 1x Filth
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Halo Hunter
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Shadowborn Demon
• 1x Soulcage Fiend
• 1x Soulflayer
• 1x Stronghold Overseer
• 1x Xathrid Demon
• 1x Master of the Feast
• 1x Griselbrand
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Artifact (18)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Colossus Hammer
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Icon of Ancestry
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip

Land (5)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Wasteland

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Recurring Nightmare
• 1x Weight of the Underworld
• 1x Wound Reflection

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Reign of the Pit
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Temporal Extortion

Instant (6)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Renegade's Getaway
• 1x Without Weakness

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Demon Tribal

This deck aims to be a nasty deck that tutors big bois out and adapts to unique situations with different forms of oppression. Utilize Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire's tutor ability to pull whatever you need for the situation and the many nasty Demons to pressure the enemy into not being able to do what they want.

If anything slips by there's a solid amount of removal to answer any threats as well. Also, there's a fair bit of grave reanimation to bring back key hitters.

I aim for this to be a pretty mean deck. It needs to ramp fast or use cheats and/or sac outlets to get the high CMC stuff out fast enough to be scary, and then keep them out or keep bringing them back once they get into play. It's all about the pressure.

This used to be led by Razaketh, the Foulblooded, but the deck was turning on far too slowly to hold it's weight. Maybe it depended too much on the tutor to get the ball rolling, so it'd always take too long to be able to use it. Still, with Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire, I plan early tutoring for ramp such as Empowered Autogenerator, Nyx Lotus, and Pyramid of the Pantheon. Once there is a bit of mana to work with I'll support it with mana multipliers such as Black Market, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, and Cabal Coffers.

I am looking for how to optimize my choice of Demons, synergize the tribe and add any overall tribal goodstuff relevant to Demons style, speed up deck more if possible, and add a bit of protection. I'm not sure if the deck is too creature heavy currently, but am having a hard time reducing the list smaller. Any beneficial enchantment oppression would be nice to include, but I can't find the room for it any more. I'm also concerned about the life costs and lack of lifegain to compensate that or the targeted attention this will be bound to get. I think I'll need a way to have flexible or wide-net lifegain (Exquisite Blood?) and some protection to keep my guys safe from being taken out. Necropotence was on here, but I felt card draw unnecessary when at the time Raz was superior in tutoring to my hand, and at instant speed.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 1 Mythic Rares 44 - 2 Rares 15 - 2 Uncommons 11 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.19
Tokens	Copy Clone, Demon 5/5 B, Goat 0/1 W, Harpy 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
Folders	My Decks