A Haunted Place

Commander / EDH Investigate Spirits Tokens Tokens WB (Orzhov)

maybeabitnerdy

Remains of the Village (36)

• 1x Goldmire Bridge
• 14x Plains
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Orzhova, the Church of Deals
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Silverquill Campus
• 1x Sunlit Marsh
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Witch's Cottage
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity

Thieves and Scavengers (13)

• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Ruthless Knave
• 1x Monologue Tax
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Underhanded Designs
• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Blood Money
• 1x Foul Play

The Haunting (19)

• 1x Banshee of the Dread Choir
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Drogskol Cavalry
• 1x Drogskol Reinforcements
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Hallowed Haunting
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x The Restoration of Eiganjo  ^Flip
• 1x Hostile Hostel  ^Flip
• 1x Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr  ^Flip
• 1x Havengul Laboratory  ^Flip
• 1x Devouring Greed
• 1x Hour of Reckoning
• 1x Not Forgotten

The Investigation (9)

• 1x Goldvein Pick
• 1x Magnifying Glass
• 1x Prying Blade
• 1x Staff of the Storyteller
• 1x Tempting Contract
• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Search the Premises
• 1x Thorough Investigation
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal

Commander (1)

The Villagers' Will (14)

• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Priest of the Blessed Graf
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer
• 1x Victory's Envoy
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Rabble Rousing
• 1x Expose Evil
• 1x Humble the Brute
• 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
• 1x Kaya, Geist Hunter
• 1x Kaya's Wrath

The Profane Cult (8)

• 1x Custodi Soulbinders
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip

---

The deck emphasizes token generation (spirits, clues, and treasures) to amass an army of spirits with flying. The deck has a bit of a slow start, so the emphasis is on making yourself an unappealing target to attack in the early game until the token generation really starts going. The deck has a toolkit of sticks and carrots for politics (e.g., Tempting Contract or Profane Procession  ), protections (e.g., Humble the Brute or Foul Play), and some pillowforting (e.g., Dictate of Erebos or Bastion of Remembrance) to do this until the tokens really start shining (e.g., Anointed Procession or Cathars' Crusade). There's also a fair amount of recursion for your creatures (e.g., Havengul Laboratory  ) and enchantments (e.g., Hall of Heliod's Generosity).

I wanted to make a deck that felt like it told a story and was still playable. I like Thalisse, Reverent Medium's character, and imagined a haunted mansion in a small village where people had gathered, drawn by occult power, greed of the hidden treasures the mansion might hold, or justice for those the mansion had claimed--and then Thalisse, the one person who could actually listen to the spirits the mansion contained and figure out what happened. Playing the deck, then, is playing out the investigation of the village and the mansion, finding clues and treasures and fighting against whatever forces the mansion or abbey throws at you. Admittedly, it's a silly head-canon kind of thing, but it adds to my enjoyment of the game and lets me spin a story during a Simic player's long turn at the table until we get back around to this deck.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Citizen 1/1 GW, Clue, Copy Clone, Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Food, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Skeleton 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Spirit Cleric */* W, The Atropal, Monarch Emblem, Treasure
Folders	Bookmarked CMDR, Decks i like