Tenebu's Gravedigging Tendencies | Primer

Commander / EDH hkhssweiss

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Gallery now posted! —March 8, 2019

Added in new section, still missing 3 foils but will update again once I complete them!

PookandPie says... #1

So I had a long post typed out but then while trying to click to another tab to see a notification, I accidentally clicked a bookmark link and my post was gone when I hit back.

Anyway, honestly this all looks great so I don't really have anything to add. Obviously Gaea's Cradle even with just 24 creatures, would still be strong (just 2-3 mana would still be quite beneficial, and with your recursion turning it back on post wipe wouldn't be difficult either), though Ancient Tomb probably deserves a place in the mana base too-- and with the new full art printing of Tomb, this is probably the cheapest you'll find foil Tomb for quite some time. I can understand ignoring Cradle, though, seeing as a foil of it is one hell of an expenditure, but Tomb seems like it should be in here for sure.

So... yeah. This deck looks great. No suggestions really outside of lands, lol.

February 8, 2019 8:53 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #2

Thanks for checking out my bae PookandPie!

You are the second one to recommend Gaea's Cradle , so now it bears considerable consideration. Yes it will be a hell of an expenditure, but if I go all out I will go all out ;)

In regards to Ancient Tomb although, the number one reason why I choose not to run it is due to Teneb being heavy in the color resources, since nearly all of the deck is running super low CMC colors is the most important fixing I need. I had the V16 Ancient Tomb in here before but I was almost never happy to see it in my hand, especially since I don't run rocks or signets that can benefit from it.

I appreciate the input though, and I'll try see if I can pick up the judge promo Gaea's Cradle !

February 8, 2019 9:01 p.m.

Matrixxx999 says... #3

I like the new look of your deck! Keep up the good work, man!

Actually, I would like to support the suggestion from PookandPie about more fast mana lands.

Even considering that you don't have many creatures in the deck, you should still have at least one green mana from Gaea's Cradle from game to game. And when in some games you will tap it for , or , you will be glad that you have this land. And you can use your Life / Death in conjunction with Gaea's Cradle to create insane ramp.

Ancient Tomb - consider to add this card at least for the same reason why you use Mana Crypt , Mana Vault and Sol Ring , to cast key spells like Buried Alive and Ad Nauseam earlier.

And both of these lands are very good targets for your Crop Rotation

February 9, 2019 1:42 a.m.

hkhssweiss says... #4

Alright both PookandPie and Matrixxx999 make very good points. What would be the suggested cuts for the lands to swap these two in? Twilight Mire is already one I can take out, what would be my other?

I just recently added Mana Vault and it hasn’t made an huge impact in my games so far but I’m still testing nonetheless.

Appreciate the input you two!

February 9, 2019 1:52 a.m.

PookandPie says... #5

Twilight Mire and Reflecting Pool are my vote.

Both for the same reason: They're useless without other lands of the appropriate color. Gemstone Caverns (let's be real: 9/10 times you have Caverns it won't have a luck counter), High Market, and now Ancient Tomb; it's basically the win-more of lands in that it's only good when things are already going your way, and super mediocre/bad if someone Strip Mine'd your Brushland while you control Pool, Market, and Brushland. The land can be great sometimes, but it can be horribly ineffective in others, which is why it gets my vote to go.

February 9, 2019 6:03 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #6

Your reasonings are sound PookandPie, I have no arguments there. The changes will be implemented once I get my hands on a foil Cradle, which I am hoping will be sometime next month, my poor wallet.....

Appreciate the thoughts once again!

February 9, 2019 6:09 p.m.

ZorrosRage says... #7

More of a formatting comment suggestion. Other than that looks like a fun deck. sadly not into blue or i would suggest the new Prime Speaker Vannifar

What do you think about Teysa Karlov since you are playing a bit of a sac engine

February 10, 2019 7:37 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #8

Yo ZorrosRage, Vannifar is definitely cool but I tbh, she is more on the high powered side. In regards to Teysa Karlov there would be couple reasons why I wouldn't run her, A) she isn't a combo piece B) She is a win more card C) She hurts my Ad Naus curve D) I don't actually have much cards that abuse her since this is a hulk list.

What was the formatting suggestion?

I appreciate the feedback and suggestions though!

February 11, 2019 8:50 a.m. Edited.

ZorrosRage says... #9

Oh sorry it was the color doesn't of the test and background kind of meld together and kind of hard on the eyes

February 11, 2019 6:54 p.m.

DavePeachtree says... #10

Have you checked out the gaea's cradle championship edition... its only $50 and gold cards are totally legal in commander. Just a thought, I took the dip this week on my first cradle. Yay!!!

Anyhow great deck and its always great to see the underused commanders. I actually made a Rith, the Awakener deck that has a lot of memories for me too. Keep up the foiling!

February 17, 2019 6:19 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #11

Yo DavePeachtree, thanks for the upvote and comment. I dislike championship editions cards I hold a standard of owning the actual cards and if I do have a proxy it has to be something that is over $150 USD and I have to own one already. I can obtain Cradles pretty easily as my friends have extras, but if I do obtain one it has to be the Judge Promo Cradle for this deck :P

Haha I actually built all the planar chaos/invasion dragons into workable decks, but they eventually were scrapped when I completed them~

February 17, 2019 6:52 p.m.

NicS18 says... #12

Looks like a fantastic deck! Definitely giving an uovote. CEDH is outside my realm of knowledge so unfortunately I don't have any valuable suggestions in that regard.

One thing I would like to mention though is, I had a hard time reading the deck list with the current background. Maybe that's just me, and I know I can click on the cards to see them so it isn't a big deal. Just something to think about.

February 24, 2019 11:07 a.m.

hkhssweiss says... #13

Haha thanks NicS18, I'll probably change the background image or the color of the text!

February 24, 2019 5:33 p.m.