Shauku, Endbringer EDH?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on April 14, 2014, 5:31 p.m. by Grimaldii
I am OBSESSED with getting Shauku, Endbringer to work as a general. I'm thinking maybe straight-up vampire tribal, with lots of lifegain to offset her cons, and some untapping effects?
Anyone have any ideas or interesting card suggestions?
Platinum Emperion helps you not lose life, and Platinum Angel helps you not lose.
The only colorless, repeatable untap effect I know is Sword of the Paruns .
Um. Running tribal is actually counterproductive to what Shauku wants (because she wants to be a beatstick, and can't attack if there are other dudes). I'd run some dudes for ramp and such (Crypt Ghast , Nirkana Revenant ) then some sac outlets to clear your side of the board and some field wipes to reset your opponent's side (Grave Pact turns the first one into the second one, so there's that). Then add some artifacts for Voltron-ing and go to town.
April 14, 2014 5:40 p.m.
Isn't Staff of Domination banned?
Maybe cards that will have you switch life totals with an opponent like Magus of the Mirror , Soul Conduit , and maybe finish someone off with Rite of Consumption from all of the +1/+1 counter you'll get on her. Repay in Kind would be fun.
I see a cool mono-black self suicide deck going on here and I'm jealous.
April 14, 2014 8:38 p.m.
Staff of Domination was recently unbanned (around the time Prime Time got kicked)
April 14, 2014 8:40 p.m.
@erabel- Evidently I can, haha, thanks for Eon Hub . Off the top off my head, some other colourless effects are Puppet Strings and Umbral Mantle , like Dreno33 suggested.
@Gienah - Hadn't thought of life-swapping effects actually, a suicidal deck sounds like a great idea.
Is is optional sending your general to the command zone isn't it? You CAN choose to have it go the graveyard or exiled isn't it? If so I could tuck away Shauku with Synod Sanctum or Cold Storage before boardwiping..
April 14, 2014 10:12 p.m.
Yeah, the replacement effect for command zoning is optional. You can keep it in a graveyard or exile if you really wanted to.
April 14, 2014 11:07 p.m.
If your commander leaves the battlefield you can choose to have it go to the graveyard or the command zone. You also have a second choice if your graveyard gets exiled, if your commander is in your graveyard. However, if you forget your commander is in your graveyard and it gets exiled with your graveyard, it's gone for good.
You don't have a choice if your commander is bounced to your hand or gets tucked into your library.
April 15, 2014 12:07 a.m.
I've researched traditional black suicide decks as it's actually a concept I hadn't come across; spending life to do damage, Grave Pact + Death's Shadow + Phyrexian Reclamation and the like.
Whilst I'm nerdishly excited/interested in building it, I'm not entirely convinced that Shauku, Endbringer is not too durdly/cute/non-functional to be worth pumping money into..
Dreno33 says... #2
She's super expensive, I would suggest playing heavy control on top of her to make sure you keep a good amount of life by the time she hits the field. Also, make sure to add a few cards like Magewright's Stone , Thousand-Year Elixir , Puppet Strings , Staff of Domination , and/orJandor's Saddlebags . Good luck with the deck man, would be excited to see the final product. Link me to it late(:
April 14, 2014 5:38 p.m.