Scarab Go

Commander / EDH*

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Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x High Market
• 9x Island
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Counter (7)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Swan Song

Boardwipe (5)

• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Clone (3)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph

Defense (2)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Propaganda

Flash enabler (2)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Yard abuse (1)

• 1x Animate Dead

Draw (13)

• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Unfulfilled Desires
• 1x Wharf Infiltrator
• 1x Windfall

Ramp (12)

• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Discard (6)

• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Unfulfilled Desires
• 1x Wharf Infiltrator
• 1x Windfall

Tutor (4)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Muddle the Mixture

Ability abuse (2)

• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Training Grounds

Hate (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Commander (1)

Eternalize (13)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Removal (7)

• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Mill (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mesmeric Orb

Sac outlet (3)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x High Market

Recursion (2)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Mortuary Mire

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Maybeboard

Draw (9)

• 1x Careful Consideration
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Whispering Madness

Boardwipe (2)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Damnation

Counter (2)

• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Force of Will

Ability abuse (1)

• 1x Rings of Brighthearth

Hate (1)

• 1x Notion Thief

Protection (1)

• 1x Lightning Greaves

Removal (1)

• 1x Rapid Hybridization

Eternalize (8)

• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Dreamborn Muse
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phenax, God of Deception
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial

Discard (5)

• 1x Careful Consideration
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Whispering Madness

Clone (1)

• 1x Phantasmal Image

Ramp (1)

• 1x Dreamscape Artist

Tutor (1)

• 1x Entomb

Mill (6)

• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Dreamborn Muse
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Phenax, God of Deception

Yard abuse (6)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial

Wincon (2)

• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

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Revamp of Phenax into The Scarab God. Aim to play as a control deck, removing and countering threats, and then dumping unused mana into SG's ability and instant speed draw spells.

Possible combos to add:

Basalt Monolith + Mesmeric Orb + Laboratory Maniac

Mirror-Mad Phantasm with The Scarab God's reanimation + Laboratory Maniac

http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/778566-the-scarab-god-lets-brew

https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/74g58x/back_again_with_my_scarab_god_list/

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander Active Brewing
Based on	Phenax, God of Booty v2 srs_business EDH