Scarab God of Graveyards

Commander / EDH*

Marvelman7878

Creature (27)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Dreamborn Muse
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Manic Scribe
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Phenax, God of Deception
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph *f-pre*
• 1x Riddlekeeper
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Undead Alchemist

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Training Grounds

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

Land (37)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 12x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Instant (10)

• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Reality Shift

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Windfall

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Creature (11)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Silumgar Sorcerer
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Land (6)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Artifact (3)

• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves

Instant (2)

• 1x Foil
• 1x Opt

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Decree of Pain

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HAHA! No Tribal Zombies here!

This is a Scarab God mill tribal deck. Rather than focusing on the first ability of Scarab God and sapping away their life totals, I took the true Dimir route: Mill. Mill. Mill. (Being completely honest, most games I completely forget make Scarab God's upkeep trigger actually affect my opponents!)

In this deck, you will see some classic examples of Dimir Mill: Mind Grind, Phenax, God of Deception, Traumatize, Fraying Sanity, Mindcrank, Consuming Aberration and Sphinx's Tutelage. Along with the basic "mill-em-out" principle, I want to reanimate and abuse having full graveyards with Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, Sepulchral Primordial, Geth, Lord of the Vault, and our very commander, The Scarab God. Hopefully, we will mill out 1 or 2 opponents, and use our board full of creatures and Scarab God life-drain triggers to kill the rest of the table.

I also included a couple "Good Stuff" cards like Ghoulcaller Gisa, Grave Titan, and Noosegraf Mob that get me lots of zombies. This is the alternate win condition. It gums my board up with blockers, saps opponents' life away with Scarab God's upkeep trigger, and eventually makes a zombie hoard big enough to overrun or sacrifice to Altar of Dementia.

The deck runs LOTS of card draw, especially on creatures that can be reanimated or activated abilities to cheapen and copy with Training Grounds and Rings of Brighthearth. The deck is also a little greedy on mana, so it runs plenty of ramp and mana rocks as well. Add a few counter spells and removal triggers on creatures, and you have the rest of the deck.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C, Monarch Emblem, Zombie 2/2 B