The Dark Teachings Of Sensei Ryu

Commander / EDH* 8-Rack Casual Cruel Control Discard Theme/Gimmick UBR (Grixis)

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Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 8x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Tasigur's Cruelty
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Instant (15)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Consign / Oblivion
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Recoil
• 1x Terminate

Creature (13)

• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Blizzard Specter
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Crosis, the Purger
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Fell Specter
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Trinket Mage

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Commander (1)

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Enchantment (15)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Quest for the Nihil Stone
• 1x Raiders' Wake
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Shrieking Affliction
• 1x Storm World
• 1x Warped Devotion
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Words of Waste

Artifact (9)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gem of Becoming
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Rack
• 1x Wheel of Torture

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Enchantment (3)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Words of Wind

Instant (1)

• 1x Chaos Warp

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x Urza's Guilt

Artifact (1)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan

Creature (2)

• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Lore Broker

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The new Nicol Bolas, the Ravager   seems awesome for a Cruel Control Commander deck. The goal is to play a really grindy game by making opponents discard all their cards, then removing or bouncing what they are able to play and make them discard it again with cards like Words of Waste, and Warped Devotion. There are lots of discard payoff cards to take advantage of like Waste Not, Liliana's Caress, Bloodchief Ascension, and Geth's Grimoire. Once opponents have no cards in hand, cards like Storm World and Wheel of Torture assure a slow and painful death for everyone. Advice is very appreciated.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander