Tenebu's Gravedigging Tendencies | Primer

Commander / EDH hkhssweiss

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Deck Gallery Update and Minor Edits~ —Feb. 25, 2020

Updated the Deck Gallery section with the more recent foils and finally acquired a foil cradle! Super excited to sleeve up that card and get some play out of it. Aside from that did some edits in the mulligan page and sample hands, going to work on fixing up the CSS on the page to make it look sexy.

lifemtg says... #1

Hey I came from the Advertise your Commander deck! Your Primer is very detailed, and I love it.+1 upvote! I always like having one way of countering a spell in almost all my decks, but that’s just me. If your like me I would add Mana Tithe , it’s very helpful when someone plays a good ol Sol Ring turn one, but besides those turn one plays it’s kinda inconsistent, just wanted to ,just wanted to mention that. Since this is graveyard themed, Sepulchral Primordial is good. Even though Abrupt Decay can’t be countered I still suggest Path to Exile over it, because it’s mana cost, and also versatility, and versatility wins games.

June 6, 2019 9:33 a.m.

bushido_man96 says... #2

I think Abrupt Decay is more versatile that Path to Exile . AD can target a variety of permanents, where Path only hits creatures. Abrupt Decay is probably going to be able to hit important combo pieces in heavier metas.

June 6, 2019 9:22 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #3

Heya lifemtg, I have thought about using Mana Tithe but it just doesn't do enough for a fast combo deck. Don't get me wrong I love the card to death, in fact I built a deck here that makes use of those types of cards. I appreciate the thoughts of Sepulchral Primordial , but I play in a competitive meta and it doesn't do enough unfortunately. Thanks for the upvote though glad you liked it, it took a long time to get it where it's at!!!

I would also agree with what bushido_man96 said earlier, Abrupt Decay is universally more versatile and the "can't be countered clause" is highly relevant as I mentioned before, I play in a competitive meta. Path to Exile also gives them more ramp which is why I also am currently choosing not to play it currently, it's in the sideboard right now if I need to switch it back in if I need more removal spells, but it doesn't do enough to warrant it back into main deck for now. I am looking for more value spells at low cost that can do a multitude of things, like the new modern horizon cards. I am going to be testing out the Ranger-Captain of Eos , Force of Vigor , as well as Force of Despair for sure!

June 7, 2019 6:11 a.m.

PlattBonnay says... #4

Is Veil of Summer something that this list might be interested in? Its sort of like a Silence that cantrips. A lot of spot removal is black and blue spells are everywhere in EDH.

August 5, 2019 7:07 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #5

Thanks for the upvote PlattBonnay, I tried out Veil of Summer (I even picked up a foiled one) but so far its been alright. I would try it again if I am in a more control oriented pod and would cut Night's Whisper , thanks for the feedback!

August 5, 2019 8:33 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #6

On second thought after talking to a couple of my buddies I decided to slot in Veil of Summer , thanks PlattBonnay!

August 6, 2019 5:24 a.m.

Art-n-Lutherie says... #7

Jeez... between the feature card and all those foils I found myself a little turned on by this deck... so shiny...

August 6, 2019 10:17 p.m.

GhostChieftain says... #8

I can really appreciate another deck that uses a commander that is likely not as strong as one could be, since thras/tymna is likely just stronger than any abzan commander. Karador, Ghost Chieftain was one of my first decks, and I have done my best to make my deck more competitive.

I know you aren't really using hatebears (I am and love having Eldritch Evolution off a hatebear into Academy Rector ) but I honestly think Collector Ouphe is worth a slot. It has really saved my butt vs storm and some of the more artifact heavy decks in my meta.

August 6, 2019 10:37 p.m.

hkhssweiss says... #9

Haha thanks Art-n-Lutherie, I just recently finished off collecting the foils for Teneb about a month back, now I'm just working on acquiring all the foils that I like of a specific type!~ Need to get that Gaea's Cradle promo than I am done!

GhostChieftain I haven't really had a problem dealing with artifacts as much, Collector Ouphe has been an idea I been playing on and off with but I can't find a slot to try it out tbh. For the mana rocks sometimes I tech in Fracturing Gust or Pernicious Deed , hell even Seeds of Innocence as they are all great cards that resets the artifacts. Definitely for Karador, hatebears is the way to go, I play more of a fast combo deck and as you can tell that is how I built the deck :3

Thanks for the upvotes you two, appreciate it! I'll take a look at your deck as well GhostChieftain!

August 6, 2019 11:04 p.m.