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Retiring this build for a new one with Sidisi at the helm. Going all in on the gravecrawler combo.

I am the greed, which fits the theme of the deck

I've always wanted a Braids, Cabal Minion deck, but unfortunately with her being banned I will accept the only other option I have. I enjoy playing a light stax build with her at the helm because I have the option to sac the stax pieces that aren't in my favor for the win I end up going for.

This is secretly a zombie deck, with multiple ways to generate zombies( Grave Titan, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia ) and zombies themselves that are actually contributing to the plan of the deck which is to combo off with one of the many combos below.

I'm not big on proxies of cards I don't own, but I am up for suggestions if it's under $50. Cards I'm considering but don't own:

Mox Diamond, Mana Vault or Grim Monolith

Phyrexian Altar, Gravecrawler & Blood Artist or The Meathook Massacre plus another zombie on board.

Infinite ETB/LTB, ping table to death or mill them out

Phyrexian Altar, Oathsworn Vampire and Bontu's Monument

Phyrexian Altar, Gravecrawler and Altar of the Brood plus another zombie on board

Phyrexian Altar, Gravecrawler and Bontu's Monument plus another zombie on board

Professor Onyx and Chain of Smog

Gravecrawler, Ashnod's Altar and Pitiless Plunderer, plus another zombie on board.

infinite colorless mana, death triggers

Grave Titan, Ashnod's Altar and Nim Deathmantle, infinite etb, ltb triggers and infinite token generation. Can combo with Altar of the Brood or Blood Artist.. was considering leaving Mirkwood Bats in here for this combo, but I need time to test and think about it.

Geralf's Messenger, Ashnod's Altar and Nim Deathmantle, infinite etb, ltb, ping table to death

Mindcrank and Bloodchief Ascension, when opponent loses life it will cause an infinite trigger to drain them to death.

Poxwalkers, Gravecrawler, Phyrexian Altar and one other zombie on board is infinite mana. Put into Exsanguinate.

1.24.23 update: Removed Keen Duelist and Grim Tutor, replaced with Carnival of Souls and Perish

3.10.23 update: Removed Perish and replaced with Damnation. As cool as the old border is, for one more mana I can destroy all creatures.

Removed Sedgemoor Witch and replaced with Graveborn Muse. Not enough instants/sorceries to justify the witch. The muse on the other hand is like a phyrexian arena with potential to draw more.

Removed Oathsworn Vampire and replaced with Gravecrawler. Works the same in the combo for one less mana and i have a few different zombie token generators as well as zombie creatures.

5/10/23 update: removed Kokusho, the Evening Star and added Infernal Sovereign. As great as Kokusho is, I really wanted it in another deck and it had the same CMC as the Sovereign, who can really help me storm off and have some explosive turns.

**7/18/23 update: made some changes to another deck allowing me to include some fast mana in this deck. Added Chrome Mox, Mox Opal and Mana Crypt, removed Razaketh, the Foul-Blooded and Black Sun's Zenith

**8/22 update: added Mox Amber, removed the previously added Graveborn Muse which just wasn't having a huge impact for me. Unfortunately I think this means I don't have enough zombie sources for Gravecrawler and may in the near future be slotting back Oathsworn Vampire.

**8/23 update: removed Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood combo, I have a new enchantress deck that is going to run that combo and is more on theme. Instead I added Nim Deathmantle to combo with Grave Titan + Ashnod's Altar and Mirkwood Bats which happens to pair with the combo just mentioned, but also general good synergy with the deck

**8/27 update: Many such updates, wow! Went to a Cedh tournament and managed to take 2nd with the current list. Many new additions, most notably stealing my husband's Yawgmoth's Will, as well as adding multiple pieces of interaction. Can't say anything notable was removed but have been moved to the "maybe" board.

**9/7 - many more changes to the deck after playing a few more pods. Thoracle is really annoying so I added additional pieces to deal with it, Torpor Orb, Praetor's Grasp and Geier Reach Sanitarium. I also wanted to get back to the reason I built the deck, so I added Ad Nauseam!

***9/15: picked up a few goodies from my LGS, Jeweled Lotus, Agatha's Soul Cauldron, gemstone-cavern.

***10/18: in preparation for an upcoming event I'm trying out a few new cards.. Poxwalkers to support our main combo with Gravecrawler, Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Aetherflux Reservoir to support more bolas-citadel shenanigans. Removed Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools, Sudden Spoiling and Contamination as they just aren't doing enough.

***10/27: Had a ton of fun playing this deck at the event and it performed spectacularly!! However, I just can't stop tweaking it. Removing Mirkwood Bats and Sedgemoor Witch, these were alternative lines for the Chain of Smog combo. I'm really sad to pull the bats and it might end up in a later iteration. Replaced with Orcish Bowmasters (FINALLY!! WOOT), and Geralf's Messenger, slowly adding more zombies to support Gravecrawler combos as well as nims-deathmantle

***11/30: removed Torpor Orb and Agatha's Soul Cauldron. Torpor orb seems to really only shut off 3 things in my playgroup: thoracle, dockside and atraxa and I have better ways of dealing with those. However, Cursed Totem, which I added to replace shuts off a lot more. Sorry kinan players. I wanted to keep the soul cauldron in here, but I really need it in my Ashnod deck, but I haven't even gotten to deploy it in a game, I've paid attention in those games and there never really was a good point that it would have been impactful either so it's been replaced with a Vampiric Tutor.

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Date added 4 years
Last updated 3 months
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

22 - 0 Mythic Rares

41 - 0 Rares

15 - 0 Uncommons

6 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.54
Tokens Construct 0/0 C, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Orc Army, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
Folders TABLETOPDECKS, For Later, aristocrats, intersting decks, Commander, Aristocrats, cEDH
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