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"Why do these cultists keep killing themselves when I'm around?" Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker

As soon as I saw Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker next to Shadowborn Apostle, I knew what needed to be done. While the engine might be a little slow and unreliable to get started, once it does get started the momentum will be heavily in your favour. The gameplan here should be pretty self-explanatory; sacrifice a bunch of Shadowborn Apostle(SBA) to get strong demons with crazy effects, Shirei recovers them at the end of the turn to be sacrificed again during the opponent's turn at instant speed, repeat until big nasty demons can beat everybody's face in. We also have a few ways to take advantage of that massive amount of death constantly happening such as Black Market and Grave Pact, but there's a few other fun little interactions that deserve to be highlighted.

The relatively new Razaketh, the Foulblooded is an excellent {read: broken} first search from SBA so long as you have Shirei around. As soon as your SBA's get revived at the end of the turn, you can take your time sacrificing them during your opponent's turns in order to tutor for whatever 6 cards you please for a measly 2 life each. This can be combo pieces like Zulaport Cutthroat and Blood Artist to start inching your opponents closer to death in addition to getting your life back from the Razaketh searches, protection for Shirei in the form of Darksteel Plate and Lightning Greaves to make sure you get your revivals every single turn, spot removal like Walk the Plank to clear out threats, or just pure value like Grave Pact, Black Market or Dark Prophecy to start generating huge advantage and resources every time you sac those 6 SBA's.

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 5 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 0 Mythic Rares

19 - 0 Rares

10 - 0 Uncommons

35 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.45
Tokens Zombie 2/2 B
Folders Shirei, Sac Engines
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