Sidisi, Tyrant of A Rude Brood

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Mill Reanimator Zombie

Alcofrisbas

Creature (45)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Deranged Assistant
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Jadelight Ranger
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Kessig Cagebreakers
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Stitcher Geralf
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Werebear
• 1x Wonder
• 1x World Breaker
• 1x World Shaper

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 2x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Commander (1)

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Living Death

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Artifact (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Tragic Slip

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Barishi
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation

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Originally a Scarab God Zombie Tribal deck, I decided to add a color and change the commander to improve flexibility and make games more interesting than just playing zombies and pulling off the occasional Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm infinite combo. A recent Jumbo Commander (great channel if you were not aware) deck tech video provided me with some really great ideas about how to spice up what I currently have. This deck, which is mostly a work-in-progress, should be a fun way to combine some of my favorite things about commander: creatures, reanimation, and mill (even if I'm mostly milling myself). Thus, this is a Sidisi, Brood Tyrant deck prioritizing self-mill, loads of creatures, and reanimator effects to keep healthy board states.

As this is based off of my current Scarab God deck, it was easier to make this deck with an zombie-subtheme, so I have kept some zombie lords and others with important effects. Arcane Adaptation is in the maybeboard, as I am not sure just how far to take the zombie theme. Otherwise, most of the zombie theme helps me mill myself. Stitcher Geralf gives me tokens to use as I need them and puts creatures in my graveyard, and the flavor of the card is one of my favorite parts of any game. Cards like Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and Consuming Aberration benefit from large graveyards, while The Scarab God (demoted from Commander to part of the 99) can pick and choose what I like the best and reanimate it. With Ixilan, the Explore mechanic also boosts the deck's effectiveness leading to the inclusion of Jadelight Ranger for the one-time effect, and the Path of Discovery + Sidisi, Brood Tyrant combo chain.

Since this deck is very creature-driven, I have also supplemented most of the tech that is reserved for instants/ sorceries/ artifacts for creatures with the same abilities. For example, World Shaper stands in for Splendid Reclamation, Ramunap Excavator as a Crucible of Worlds effect, or Draining Whelk / Mystic Snake for any given counterspell. On that same note, mana-producing creatures are very important to take the place of artifacts, so Krosan Restorer, Millikin, and the like help produce mana while contributing to the deck's goal. Of course, some extra stuff is left over to provide some utility like board clears, tutors, and mill-oriented artifacts. Namely, Living Death can be a late-game win condition if my graveyard isn't exiled by then.

Currently, the maybeboard has some ideas that I appreciate to hear your feedback/suggestions on. For example, could Barishi be a (less effective) more specific Elixir of Immortality? Maybe... but probably not. Nonetheless, discussion is welcome!

P.S. I hope to keep Werebear in the final version if possible. Mana producing? Sure, it's okay. Threshold effect? Synergistic, though not mind blowing. Lycanthrope-Bear? Now the value is obvious.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Path of Discovery + Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Wolf 2/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie */* U
Based on	Scarab God: Reanimator/ The Deader the Better Alcofrisbas EDH