The Scorpion God Value Engine

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Control Discard Reanimator

VTMan72

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x High Market
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tresserhorn Sinks
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Creeping Dread
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Words of Waste

Creature (21)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hateflayer
• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Runehorn Hellkite
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Scythe Specter
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Stronghold Rats
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Artifact (12)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Noetic Scales
• 1x Rakdos Keyrune
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Delirium Skeins
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Skull Rend
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Unnerve
• 1x Vandalblast

Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Puncture Blast
• 1x Rakdos Charm

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin Markov

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My Scorpion God build isn't about -1/-1 counters, it's Rakdos Control with a discard subtheme. I'm trying to keep the board clear and draw plenty of cards off my commander to keep grinding out value. Instead of just pitching extra cards because I'm over 7, I'll pitch them to symmetrical discard effects like Delirium Skeins or Necrogen Mists to apply even more pressure on my opponent. Once I have either killed or forced a discard of a powerful creature, I need to get value off of that too. I am including the whole Necromancy suite of cards to steal anything of value from the graveyard. A control deck always has a few beaters for finishers, but reanimating stuff from someone else's grave hits them twice as hard because you are denying even more resources.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.05
Tokens	Insect 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B