Inalla's spooky skeletons

Commander / EDH Sacrifice UBR (Grixis) Wizards

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Land (37)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 12x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Ramp (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Utility (7)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Naban, Dean of Iteration
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Card filtering/looting (16)

• 1x Breakthrough
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gurmag Drowner
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Thought Courier
• 1x Tomebound Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow
• 1x Windfall

Card draw (10)

• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Breakthrough
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Gurmag Drowner
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow
• 1x Windfall

Tap/sac outlet (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Gurmag Drowner
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Viscera Seer

Flicker/copy/bounce (6)

• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Sedraxis Alchemist
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Commander (1)

Removal (13)

• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Sedraxis Alchemist
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Reanimation (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Victimize

Win condition (7)

• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Magus of the Mind
• 1x Master of Waves
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Vindictive Lich

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Maybeboard

Other (34)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Basalt Ravager
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Carnival of Souls
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Deranged Assistant
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Magus of the Jar
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mairsil, the Pretender
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Molten Echoes
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Pillar of Origins
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scholar of the Ages
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vampire Charmseeker
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Probably (4)

• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Persist
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Thassa's Oracle

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This deck is about using sacrifice/reanimate loops to get all the Inalla triggers, while keeping up enough mana to pay for them.

Most of the cards draw, discard, reanimate, and sacrifice wizards.

When wizards enter the battlefield, you get to do “combo”-y stuff with the stacking and resolution of triggers. For example, a Bloodline Necromancer can be reanimated by its own copy by sacrificing it before the Inalla trigger resolves, giving you 3 (or more, depending on available mana) reanimation triggers, which you could use to get that many ETBs, death triggers, and/or copies of a powerful wizard in the graveyard. There's something similar you can do with Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod's Altar . You'll want a cup of coffee close by.

You can end the game by looping Magus of the Mind, Master of Waves (preferably on the end step before our turn), Vindictive Lich, Puppeteer Clique, or Thalakos Deceiver.

In a pinch you can go infinite with Bloodline Necromancer and Ashnod's Altar. But I usually avoid this, since my goal is to be erratic and do weird things. I like surprise and risk.

Other cool stuff that this deck can do:

• Cheat out an early Galecaster Colossus or Magus of the Mind
• Rebuy spells with Kess, Dissident Mage, Archaeomancer, and Snapcaster Mage
• Create Inalla triggers by flickering and bouncing creatures. No need to rely entirely on the graveyard.
• Win with Docent of Perfection   or Inalla, Archmage Ritualist when life totals are low. These work nicely alongside Sundial of the Infinite, which keeps Inalla's end of turn trigger from resolving so your wizard tokens stay alive
• Use wheel effects and global reanimation spells to steal creatures

Potential changes

maybe remove these: Decree of Pain, Thirst for Knowledge, Ghostly Flicker

maybe add these: Toxic Deluge, Kindred Discovery, Dack Fayden, Riptide Laboratory, Cloudstone Curio, Vedalken Orrery

???: Phyrexian Altar, Mana Echoes... both great additions, but prone to infinite resource loops

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod's Altar
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Elemental 1/0 U, Human Wizard 1/1 U
Folders	Inalla