Scarab God Reanimator/Control

Commander / EDH* Control Multiplayer Reanimator UB (Dimir) WUB (Esper)

richardrorty69

Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 6x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Training Grounds

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Creature (23)

• 1x Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Creature (11)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Spark Double

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Bribery
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Providence
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (1)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Waste Not

Instant (2)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Countersquall

Land (1)

• 1x Sanctum of Eternity

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While I most often see SG as a zombie tribal commander, I think its reanimator ability is too-often overlooked as a potent value engine so I aimed to take advantage of that in this deck.

As a pilot your goal is to outlast your opponents through attrition, generating value through ETB effects from SG reanimation. You'll want to cast SG ASAP as 4-mana reanimation means that your discard triggers (like Forbid's buyback cost) produce card advantage; subsequently, keep your mana up for counters and reanimate in response to the end step before your turn when you can as a mana sink (training ground is the best card in your deck for this reason, tutor it up if you can afford to).

SG's reanimation is such a potent value engine that once your table realizes what you're up to, it'll be a prime target for removal; it has inbuilt protection from death but is extremely vulnerable to theft and pacification. This is the downside of how cheap and easy your value engine is to implement: your power relies on your commander's ability. Avoid casting it until you have protection up because the deck will power down without its presence.

Wincon is typically a powerful ETB effect, eg Jin-Gitaxias or Gray Merchant sac/reanimate/Thassa flicker. Until you go off, cards like Jace and SG's direct damage/scry keep the attrition clock ticking for your opponents. This deck isn't tuned for cEDH but in most casual settings it is very difficult to outvalue.

This deck is fully-powered but you can implement the strategy more cheaply with slower mana/counters and by cutting flashy drops like Jace and Snapcaster.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B