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Voltroling For The Win (Drana Budget EDH)

Commander / EDH Budget Mono-Black Ramp Reanimator Voltron

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Hey guys !!Here is the Drana EDH im working on, im running it at my local store, its working fine, but i always have a limited budget cause im into other Card Games too, i Play competitive Yugioh, so a big part of my budget goes to travel and expensive yugioh cards, anyway i have been working in ways to get a good Strategy with cards that cost up to $2,50 so any suggestion around that amount of money is fine !!!maybe one or other card that cost more, but forget Cabal Coffers or Nirkana Revenant cause i cant even find them, imagine buying it ? XD

Im Searching for Caged Sun cause its a cheap Mana Doubler for $1,50

Well as the title says, its a voltron deck, so i abuse equipment cards that Give Haste or some short of protection or stats, any suggestion of good haste equips is welcome !!the abuse of mana rocks help me get an early amount of mana, so i can burst in turn 4~5 and reanimation cards help me either get drana for less than its normal cost or important creatures to go for the 21 commander damage like Crypt Ghast.Some SAC spells help with the control, the tutors get the cards to either Ramp or Protect/Attack, and the draw cards keep giving me resources pretty simple
Lands:

Swamp- nothing to say about it, the only color i need is black, so i find out running a big amount of swamps over some cheap utility lands that might not do the trick was better

Reliquary Tower- sometimes i get myself with too much card draw that i cant cast, this helps me keeping the cards in hand

Ghost Quarter- in case opponent runs any strategy based around non-basic landsTectonic Edge- same thing as Quarter

Temple of the False God- 2 mana for a land

Myriad Landscape- decent mana ramp card

Ramp:

Burnished heart - ramp in a creature, combos well with reanimation techs mainly with sheoldred.

Solemn Simulacrum- EDH Staple, mana ramp + card draw, easely ETB/SAC abuse.

Bubbling Muck is in the deck in the place of Nirkana Revenant a B for double mana until the end of the turn can make Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief a Killing machine.

Magus of the Coffers- in the place of Cabal Coffers not that good early game but awesome late game card, specialy when cobined with a haste boots.

Crypt Ghast- insane Mono-Black Staple, CMC 4 can be tutored with Dimir House Guard basically all my lands are swamps so ghast can give me stupid advantage by turn 5 if he gets the protection he needs.

Everflowing Chalice- Mind Stone and Hedron Archive in a card.

Sol Ring Best card in EDH 1 for 2 mana in turn one is stupid, perfect oppening hand might include: Mind Stone + Sol Ring + Swamp .

Mind Stone good turn 1~2 ramp card with draw when i dont need it anymore

Worn Powerstone cost 3 enters tapped, is it worth? Yes.

Caged Sun one of the best mana doubles in the game

Thran Dynamo great card 4 mana for a 3 in a deck where ramp is very important

Darksteel Ingot indestructible mana rock that generates any color, good against artifact wipers.

sowrd of the animist whenever i attack with a creature i get a land, that is awesome

Liliana of the Dark Realms gives you a swamp per turn, and ulti is a win condition

Black Market creatures die alot in EDH

Card Draw and TutoringSkullcampl- keep opponents from killing the equiped creature, gives card draw when combined with sac engines, great card in EDH.

Erebos, God of the Dead indestructible control and draw with 5/7, awesome

Decree of Pain board wipe that gives draw, or -2/-2 for a card.

Dimir House Guard intimidate, SAC engine and tutor for some cards in the deck, notably Crypt ghast

Sidisi, Undead Vizier SAC tutor, great with reanimation cards

Diabolic Tutor tutor for all cards in deck

Liliana Vess - has a Vampiric Tutor effect and can make my opponent discard a card, very versatille

Necropotence best card in the game

Kozilek, the Great Distortion can give me a whole 7 card hand if casted on the right time, also counters some spells which usually try to take him out, can be reanimated

Reanimation:Phyrexian Delver very abused card in the deck, his abillity is ETB so every time i reanimate Delver, it will give me another creature

Sheoldred, Whispering One Sheoldred draws too much hate but getting one creature every turn while my opponents are forced to sac theirs, its insane, her abillity can make abuse of sac creatures like Burnished heart or Solemn Simulacrum

Artisan of Kozilek high cost for a reanimator, but Annihilattor 2 can be devastating if he is cast early in game

Profane Command great Utility card, almost everytime i use for its reanimation effect, but the -X/-X, loss of life are usefull

Victimize 1 for 2, is great specially when you sac Solemn Simulacrum for Delver

Dread Return cheap reanimation, that can be used late game by SAC randon creatures for big ones

Living Death Stupid card, basically a win condition, works well with Bojuka's Bog

Animate Dead excluding Reanimate its the cheapest reanimator card in game, and drana almost doenst mind losing -1/0

Necromancy canbe used as an instant, can steal creatures from my opponent, low mana cost, great card, Once stole me a Grave Titan on Turn 3

Diabolic Servitude bounce reanimation, the deck doenst mind getting some creatures exiled.

Whip of Erebos Lifelink is broken on EDH, along with that a Haste Reanimation for 4 every turn.

Voltron Pack:

Lightning Greaves haste is important on voltron, along with shroud and equip cost 0, great card, the controversy with this is that it makes your commander imune to pump targets of your own, but drana natural pump effect doenst target her.

Swiftfoot Boots Haste and hexproof with equip cost 1, cheap and usefull, i always want to see that in hand.

Haunted Cloak is a cost 3 equip 1 that gives haste and other status, very usefull

Chariot of Victory same as cloak, running a lot of haste effect cardsFireshrieker double strike is broken in voltron.

Strata Scythe great card for any Mono-colored deck, works well with the amount of swamps i can put in the board.

Loxodon Warhammer lifelink , trample and +3/+0, only wish is that it gave haste too

Sword of Vengeance +2/+0, First strike, Trample and Haste, everything you need in voltron

Lashwrithe same as strata, but with the benefit of living weapon and equip cost can be paid with Life

Glistening Oil great utility power combined with recover mechanincs.Infect is a easy method to cheat your way to victory, infect pumped drana can kill opponents in one hit, also can be used in 1/1 creatures your opponent controls to instant kill them on my upkeep.

Utillity:

Reassembling Skeleton can be reanimated and combos with Skullclamp

Merciless Executioner and Fleshbag Marauder provide control and can get rid of hexproof and indestructible creatures

Gray Merchant of Asphodel gives a lot of life in some situations, very usefull with reanimate combos

stell hellkite can destroy artifacts and enchantments which is almost impossible for mono-black

ilusionist's braccers can go nuts when drana is equipped, also good with sheoldred

Nevinyrral's Disk board wipe that destroy enchantments

Perilous Vault same thing as disk but exiles the cards preventing artifact reanimation and stuff

Argentum Armor +6 +6 and permanent destruction in one card

Black Sun's Zenith board wipe in -X -X counters and goes back to be reused

Exsanguinate with the amount of mana the deck can generate you can kill 3 opponents in a single turn from nowhere with this

Mutilate board wipe that takes care of indestructible

Barter in Blood control the board with sac

All Is Dust board wipe sacrifice that spares artifacts

Dictate of Erebos Sac everytime i lose a creature

Tragic Slip can pretty much deal with any creature

Victim of the night destroy anything at instant speed as long as its not vampire zombie or werewolf

silence the belivers exile one or more cards very versatille

Well any tips are welcome, i need to find good cards that complete My strategy

Tainted Strike decent card for winning early.Opponent let drana pumped for 9 umblocked and suddenly GG

Inquisitor's Flail in a deck where you dont mind casting drana multiple times it works like fireshrieker

Argentum Armor +6/+6 with permanent destruction, a little expensive thou.

Nim Deathmantle amazing reanimation card works well with the deck

Any equippement that gives haste, shroud, hexproof, indestructible , double strike or lifelink:Drana has a natural defense which is flying, and can pump herself easely, so diferent than some other voltron decks like Thrun, the Last Troll, that need trample or cards that give high stats, drana needs protection and haste so she can go for the win as early as possible.

Mana Ramps and Doublers

Doubling Cube doubles the amount of mana which makes the deck more insane

Good Spot removals and Instants:

A big problem i have is facing decks that either sac my creatures easely or puts strong enchantments on board, so instants can be used in the opponent turn to take down cards like Thrraximundar.another problem is control decks that abuse counter spells, but i dont believe that can be avoided, its just the burden of playing against Blue

Ashes to Ashes 3 mana cost can be more destructive than Silence the Believers

Hero's Downfall is versatile but kind of expensive.

Planeswalkers:

Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath life gain and tokens, not that good but worth playing

Ob Nixilis Reignited phyrexia arena and target destruction, perfect for the deck.

Sorin Markov one day perphaps

Creatures:myojin of the night's reach win condition need to find her

Grave Titan giant zombie creator, Graveborn muse enjoys him

Ink-Eyes, Servant of OniReanimation out of nowhere

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 7 years
Splash colors B
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

7 - 0 Mythic Rares

29 - 0 Rares

30 - 0 Uncommons

6 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.78
Tokens Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
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