The Circle of Slaughter

Commander / EDH* Aggro Combo Infinite Combo

Zacoly

Instant (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Reins of Power

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bribery
• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Cultural Exchange
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Vandalblast

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Parallel Thoughts
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (9)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Liliana Vess

Creature (31)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mephidross Vampire
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Workhorse

Land (35)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Homeward Path
• 3x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Sneak Attack

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Din of the Fireherd
• 1x Mark of Mutiny

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Oversold Cemetery

Artifact (2)

• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Pithing Needle

Creature (16)

• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Bloodfray Giant
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Furystoke Giant
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Hellhole Flailer
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Phantasmal Sphere
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Xathrid Demon

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This deck has a single theme behind it all. Cycle your own creatures on and off the board, through death and reanimation as often as possible.

While you're at it, kill off as many opposing creatures as possible.

Small side theme: Draw power, because the late game very often goes to the person with card advantage.

Your creatures gain powers related to dying or reentering as the game goes on.

Creature effects on entry - 12

Warstorm Surge - Solemn Simulacrum - Purphoros, God of the Forge - Phyrexian Metamorph - Massacre Wurm - Inferno Titan - Gray Merchant of Asphodel - Gilded Drake - Fleshbag Marauder - Flayer of the Hatebound - Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder - Disciple of Bolas - Murderous Redcap

Creature sac/death triggers - 15

Abyssal Gatekeeper - Chasm Skulker - Deathbringer Thoctar - Blood Artist - Goblin Sharpshooter - Solemn Simulacrum - Stalking Vengeance - Cauldron of Souls - Mimic Vat - Attrition - Black Market - Grave Pact - Mind Slash - Skullclamp - Blade of the Bloodchief

Draw Power! - 8

Disciple of Bolas - Keranos, God of Storms - Nekusar, the Mindrazer - Mind's Eye - Dack Fayden - Phyrexian Arena - Rhystic Study - Skullclamp

Getting your stuff back from the grave - 5

Volrath's Stronghold - Rise of the Dark Realms - Sheoldred, Whispering One - Havengul Lich - Liliana Vess

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 60 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	103
Avg. CMC	4.26
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Emblem Dack Fayden, Spirit 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Thrull 1/1 B